Most of the titles listed in this section are worldwide compilations of a variety of economic,
social, and political statistics, typically covering continents, geographic regions, or more
than one country. Statistical compilations covering individual countries can be found by
searching the library catalog, CONSORT,
using either a keyword or a subject search with the name of the country followed by "statistics".
Also included are several single topic statistical compilations, like trade and energy,
which also have a wide geographic scope.
African Development Indicators. New York: United Nations Development Programme; Washington, DC: World Bank, c1992-
Library has: 1989, 1997, 2001. Latest edition Reference.
Earlier title: African Economic and Financial Data. 1989. HC800.A5567 1989
Most tables cover from 1970 to present.
Ref. HC800.A1 A356 (year)
Anuario estadistico de America Latina y el Caribe =
Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean. [Santiago, Chile] : Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 1986- Annual.
Library has: 1985, 1999.
Ref. HA751.A58 (year)
Asia Pacific Commerce
[computer file]. Washington, DC?: U.S. Dept. of Commerce; The Commercial Service, [1996]-
Library has: 1996, 1997.
Document Ref. Electronic C 1.89:AS 4/CD; C 1.89:AS 4/997/CD
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook. International Monetary Fund. Washington, D.C. : The Fund, 1981- Annual.
Library has: 1995- . Latest edition Reference.
Continues: Balance of Payments Yearbook. 1949-1980
Library has: 1938,1946-1947,1950-51 HF1014.I 5 (year).
Part 1: Country Tables. Aggregate and detailed statistics for 160 countries plus international investment position data for 48 countries.
Part 2: World and Regional Tables. Major balance of payment statistics.
Part 3: Methodologies, Compilation Practices, and Data Sources.
HG3882.B34 (year)
Basic Statistics of the Community. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. 1960?- Annual (irregular)
Library has: 1990 (1994 on order)
Ref. HA1107.5.A12 (year)
Business Source Premier. EBSCOhost.
Provides over 3000 full text scholarly publications and indexing for over 4000 journals in all areas of business. International coverage includes country economic reports from the EIU, DRI-WEFA, ICON Group and Country-Watch and details from the world's 5000 largest companies.
http://web2.epnet.com/search.asp?
Child Mortality Since the 1960s : A Database for
Developing Countries. Department of Economic and Social Development. New York : United Nations, 1992.
Ref. HB1323.C52 D443 1992
COMECON Data. Edited by the Vienna Institute for Comparative Economic Studies. New York: Holmes & Meier Publishers,1980- Biennial.
Library has: 1981 - 1990. Latest edition: Reference.
COMECON stands for the Council for Mutual Economic Aid.
HC244.C576(year)
Current National Statistical Compendiums. [microfiche]. Group 1- Bethesda, MD: Congressional Information Service, 1980-
Library has: Group 7- , 1987-
This is a subscription to the latest available official
statistical abstracts from about 80 countries. Accompanied by a finding
guide: Bibliographic Guide to the Microfiche Collection.
Document Ref. HA154.C878 Index Gr. 1- . Microfiche are grouped by continent, country, year.
Document Ref. Microfiche HA154.C878
Demographic Yearbook = Annuaire demographique. New York: Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office, United Nations, 1948-
Library has: 1948 - present. Latest edition
Reference.
Supplemented by: Historical Supplement = Supplement retrospectif. Special Issue. 1979. (HA17.D45 1978) and Population and Vital Statistics Report. Special Supplement. 1984
(Ref. HA17.D452 1984), both of which provide thirty-year time series for many variables.
HA17.D45 (year)
Direction of Trade Statistics. Yearbook. Washington, DC: International Monetary Fund, 1981-
Library has: 1995-. Latest edition Reference.
Covers events of the previous seven years. Covers
dollar volume and direction of trade between countries.
See also: Direction of Trade Statistics Quarterly (Per.HF 1016.I 652a).
HF91.I65 (year)
Dunning, John H. IRM Directory of Statistics of International Investment and Production. John Dunning and John Cantwell ; with the assistance of Pat E. Tolentino and Faith Province. New York : New York University Press, 1987.
Supplemented by World Investment Directory.
Ref. HG4538.W67 1992. v.1 Asia and the Pacific.
Ref. HG4538 .D823 1987
Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific. New York: United Nations, 2002.
Library has: 1981, 2002- . Latest edition Reference.
JX 1977 .A2 ST/ESCAP/187 (1981 edition)
HC412 .E26 (year)
Economic Survey of Europe in .... Prepared by the Research and Planning Division, Economic Commission for Europe, Geneva, Switzerland: [United Nations], 1954- . Annual.
Library has: (1948-1950),(1953)-(1955),(1996-2000), (2001-2002). Latest in Reference.
Continues Economic Survey of Europe Since the War and Economic Bulletin for Europe.
HC240 .U52324
Online: http://www.unece.org/ead/pub
The Economist Book of Vital World Statistics. 1st U.S. ed. New York: Times Books, 1990.
Includes economic and social indicators.
Ref. HC59.W634 1990
Energy Statistics Yearbook = Annuaire des statistiques de l'energie. New York: United Nations, Department of International Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office. 1984- . Annual.
Library has: 1989 (1999 on order).
Ref. HD9502.A1 Y42 (year)
Europa World Yearbook. London: Europa Publications, 1989- . Annual.
Continues Europa Yearbook. 1969-1988.
Library has: 1969- . Latest edition in Ready Reference.
JN1 .E85 (year)
External Trade Statistical Yearbook: Recapitulation
1958-1989. Luxembourg: Office des publications officielles de Communautés européennes, 1990.
Data compiled by Eurostat for the European Community and presented by country and by commodity.
Ref. HF91.C65 1990
Financing and External Debt of Developing
Countries. Paris, France: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1986-1992.
Library has: 1985, 1991. Latest edition:
Reference.
HJ8899.E97 (year)
Foreign Trade by Commodities = Commerce exterieur par produits. [Paris]: OECD, Department of Economics and Statistics, 1983- . Semi-annual, annual.
Library has: 1981- . Latest year Reference.
Continues Statistics of Foreign Trade. Series C. Trade By Commodities,
Market Summaries. (Exports/Imports). 1968-1980.
Presents detailed import and export data for the 6 OECD member countries by country and by commodity according to the SITC (Standard International Trade Classification). Volume 5 of recent issues contains data for the total OECD, NAFTA, OECD-Asia and Pacific, OECD-Europe, and EU-15.
Oversize HF91.O 68 (year, vol.)
Global Development Finance. Washington, DC: World Bank, 1997- .
Library has: 1999- . Latest edition Reference. Continues World Debt Tables.
HJ8899 .W672 (year)
http://publications.worldbank.org/ecommerce/
Government Finance Statistics
Yearbook. v. 1- Washington, DC: International Monetary Fund, 1977-
Library has: 1977-1981, 1994 - present, latest
edition Reference.
Compilation of detailed data on revenues, grants, lending and financing, and debts of central governments with summary tables for state and local government operations when available. Standards, definitions, and sources of information are given.
HJ101.G68
(year)
Handbook of Economic Statistics. Washington, DC: National Foreign Assessment Center, 197?-1991. Annual.
Library has: 1980-1991.
Continued by Handbook of International Economic Statistics.
1992-present. Document PREX 3.10/7-5:
Current information on domestic and international energy activities including oil and natural gas production,
consumption, and trade of OPEC, OECD counties, East European, former Communist bloc countries, Asian countries
and developing countries. Data presented in decennial time-series graphs from 1960 - present with annual
data 1984 - present. Updated by monthly periodicals:
Economic and Energy Indicators 1981- .
Document PREX 3.14/2:
International Energy Statistical Review 1984- .
Document PREX 3.14:
Document PREX 3.10/7:ER 80-10452
Document PREX 3.10/7:CPAS nos.
Document PREX 3.10/7-5: (year)
Handbook of Industrial Statistics = Manuel de statistiques industrielles. New York: United Nations, 1982?- .
Library has: 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992. Latest edition Reference.
Continued by International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics. HC59.H293
See also: Industrial Statistics Yearbook. HC59.P365 (year, vol.)
HC59.H293 (year)
Handbook of International Economic Statistics. Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency, Directorate of Intelligence, 1992- . Annual.
Continues Handbook of Economic Statistics. Document PREX 3.10/7-5:
Document PREX 3.10/7-5:
Historical Statistics = Statistiques retrospectives. Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Statistics Directorate, c1995-1997. Annual.
Library has 1960-1995.
Earlier title: OECD Economic Outlook. Historical Statistics = Perspectives économiques de l'OCDE. Statistiques rétrospectives. 1982-1992.
Library has 1960-1982.
Continued by OECD Historical Statistics. 1960-1997. Latest edition Reference. HC10.842.
A digest of OECD data on long-term trends in such variables as national income and finance. Data are collected from the following OECD periodicals and publications:
| Labour Force Statistics. | Library has: 1959-1970, 1960-1971, 1968-1988 HD5764.A6 O58 |
| National Accounts. Vols. I and II. | See below for holdings. |
| Main Economic Indicators. | See below for holdings |
| Monthly Statistics of Foreign Trade: Series A. | Not available at Wooster. |
| Foreign Trade by Commodities: Series C. | See above for holdings. |
| Indicators of Industrial Activity. Quarterly. | Not available at Wooster. |
HC10.O 42 (years)
Industrial Statistics Yearbook = Annuaire de Statistiques Industrielles. New York : Department. of Economic and
Social Affairs, Statistical Office of the United Nations, 1982- Annual.
| Library has: |
v. 1, 1982, 1991. |
General Industrial Statistics. |
|
v. 2, 1991. |
Commodity Production Statistics. |
|
Latest edition Reference. |
Continues Yearbook of Industrial Statistics. Not available at Wooster.
Volume 1 continued by International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics.
See also: Handbook of Industrial Statistics. HC59.H293 (year) Latest edition Reference.
HC59.P365 (year)
International Financial Statistics. Country Notes. Washington, DC: International Monetary Fund, 2003- .
Library has: 2003. Latest edition Reference.
HG3881 .I62622 (year)
International Financial Statistics Yearbook. Washington, DC: International Monetary Fund, 1979- .
Library has: 1979-present. Latest edition Reference.
Updated by International Financial Statistics. per. HG3881.I626 (year)
HG3881.I6262 (year).
International Monetary Fund [computer file]. New York, 1995- Daily.
Timely financial and statistics data on the economic affairs of its 182 members. Full text of recent publications. Includes exchange and interest rates; oil prices; GDP; labor force characteristics, exports, balance of payments, external debt, inflation and net capital flows.
http://www.imf.org/
International Trade by Commodities Statistics/Statistiques du commerce international par produits. Paris: OECD, 2000- .
Library has: 1995-2000, 1996-2001. Latest edition Reference.
Oversize HF91 .O68
International Trade Statistics Yearbook/Annuaire
statistique des commerce international. New York: Department of International Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office of the United Nations, 1950-
Library has: 1950 - present, latest edition
Reference.
Earlier title: Yearbook of International Trade Statistics.
Current statistics for more than 140 countries, including imports and exports for each with value in U.S. dollars. Data by country and by commodity.
HF91.U473 (year)
International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics.
Vienna: United Nations Industrial Development Organization; Aldershot,
England; Brookfield, Vt.: Edward Elgar, 1995-
Library has: 1995-present. Latest edition Reference.
| Continues: |
Handbook of Industrial Statistics HC59.H293 (year) |
|
Industrial Statistics Yearbook HC59.P365 1982 v.1. |
Provides statistical indicators for international comparison on industrial development. Data presented for selected country groupings and for individual countries and areas. Includes manufacturing and international trade data. Some indicators are derived from estimates.
HC59.H293
(year)
Key Indicators of the Labour Market, 2001-2002. International Labour Office. New York: Routledge, 2002.
Ref. HD5712 .K49 2002
Kurian, George Thomas.The Illustrated Book of World Rankings. New York : Sharpe Reference, 2001.
Library has 1984, 1991, 1997, 2001. Latest edition Reference.
| Earlier titles: |
The New Book of World Rankings. HA 155 .K87 1991 |
|
The Book of World Rankings. 1979. Not available at Wooster. |
Ref. HA155.K87 (year)
Lane, Jan-Erik, David McKay and Kenneth Newton. Political Data Handbook OECD Countries. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
Comparative European Politics Series. Guide to the government and politics of the 24 OECD countries, with statistical tables covering the essential social and economic background information for each. Includes for comparison, data for 19 additional countries in Western Europe, plus Canada, U.S., Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. Comparative tables typically cover the post-World War II era (1950-1990) and later when possible.
Ref. HA155.P65 1997
Lexis-Nexis Statistical.
Has international coverage through entries from their Index to International Statistics.
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/statuniv
Main Economic Indicators : Historical Statistics = Principaux
indicateurs economiques, statistiques retrospectives.
Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Department of Economics and Statistics, 1990- . Annual.
Library has: 1955-1971, 1960-1979, 1964-1983, 1969-1988.
See also Main Economic Indicators, Historical Statistics. Prices, Labour and Wages. 1962-1991. 1993- Ref. HC59.O 752 M3 (dates)
Current information is reported in the monthly bulletin: Main Economic Indicators
(Per. HC 59.O 75 M3) and compiled into cumulative editions of the Historical Statistics.
Ref. HC59.O752M3 (dates)
A Matter of Fact [computer file]. Ann Arbor, MI: Pierian Press, .
Quarterly.
Covers 1984-present.
Statistical evidence and excerpts from periodical and newspaper
articles on current social, economic, political, health, and environmental
public policy issues.
Excerpts are taken from a wide variety of sources including the U.S.
Congressional Record and congressional hearings of major committees of
the House and Senate, as well as a large variety of newspapers, magazines,
newsletters, Web sites, and other resources. Also includes material in
publications from South Africa, Nicaragua, China, Australia, England,
Israel, Japan, Switzerland, and Canada, including the Debates of the
Canadian House of Commons and Senate. Approximately 12,000 new records
added each year.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/databases/login/amof
Mergent Online: [computer file] New York, NY: Financial
Communications Company, Inc., Moody's Investors Service, Financial
Information Services, .c1998- . Daily.
Combines Moody's Company Data, International Company Data,
and Global Company Data services. Provides Internet access to real-time EDGAR (SEC) filings with full
text capability. Fully searchable data on more than 10,000 U.S.
public companies on the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ exchanges. Financial
data includes balance sheets, income statements, expenditures, assets,
liabilities, cash flow, and performace trends "as reported". Time
sensitive information is also available on over 15,000 international
companies, 18,000 municipal entities, with extensive corporate and
municipal bond, UIT, international annual reports, and dividend information. Accessed through the
Libraries' Home Page/Additional Research Resources/Databases by Title. Formerly called FIS Online
http://www.fisonline.com/
Mitchell, B.R. International Historical Statistics - Europe 1750-1993.
4th ed. London: Macmillan Reference, 1998.
See also his other historical compilations. Date coverage varies depending upon the variable and the country:
| International Historical Statistics: Africa, Asia, and Oceania 1750-1993 | Ref. HA4675.M55 1998 |
| International Historical Statistics: The Americas 1750-1993 | Ref. HA175.M55 1998 |
| British Historical Statistics | Ref. HA1134.M88 1988 |
Ref. HA1107.M5 1998
Müller, Georg P. and Volker Bornschier. Comparative World Data; A Statistical Handbook for Social Sciences. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988.
Accompanied by full data set on diskettes (Closed
Reserve).
Gives statistical profiles for 128 countries with 51
variables including society, politics, economics, international exchange,
flow of capital, and commodities at 1 - 3 year time points or intervals.
Possibility for simple correlations between variables during the seventies.
Comparable data for the sixties can be found in Bornschier and Heintz,
Compendium of Data for World-Systems Analysis. 1979. Not available at Wooster.
Ref. HA155.M85 1988
National Accounts ESA. Detailed Tables by Branch = Comptes nationaux SEC.
Luxembourg: Office des publications officielles des Communautes Europeennes, 1980- 2 vols. Annual
Latest edition Reference.
| Vol. 1: |
Tableaux detailles par branche = Nationale Rekeningen
ESER. Gedetailleerde Tabellen per Branche / Eurostat. 1984-1989. |
| Vol. 2: |
Aggregates. Comptes nationaux SEC = Agregats. Nationale Rekeningen
ESER. Totalen. 1970-1991. |
Results of the principal aggregates of the national accounts drawn up according to ESA (European system of integrated national accounts). Development and comparison between the Community as a whole (EUR 12), the 12 Member States, the United States, and Japan.
HC240.9.I5N37 (year)
HC240.9.I5S7a (year)
National Accounts/Comptes nationaux. Paris,
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Department of Economics
and Statistics, 1952-
| Library has: |
v. I: Main Aggregates. Principaux agrégats 1969-
Library has: 1951-1980, 1952-1981, 1953-1982, 1960-1988, 1960-1993, 1960-1994, 1989-2000
v. II: Detailed Tables. Tableaux détaillés. 1963-
Library has: 1963-1980,1964-1981, 1981-1993
|
| Earlier title: |
National Accounts Statistics = Statistiques des comptes nationaux.
Library has: 1980. Ref. HC79.I5O7a (dates). |
Ref. HC79.I5O7a
OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development).
Under the "find" menu, choose "statistics."
http://www.oecd.org/home/
OECD Historical Statistics = OCDE Statistiques rétrospectives Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development, 1999- Annual
Library has: 1960-1997- . Latest edition Reference. Earlier title: Historical Statistics. 1960-1995.
Ref. HC10.O42 (years)
OECD Statistical Compendium [computer file] = Compendium des donnees statistiques de l'OCDE. Rheinberg, Germany: DSI Data Service and Information, Department CD-ROM; Paris: OECD/OCDE, Electronic Editions, 1994- . Annual, semiannual.
Library has: 1998-2002.
Document Ref. Electronic HC240.A1O43
Short-term Economic Statistics: Transition Economies = Statistiques
economiques a court terme: Economies en transition. Paris:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Centre for Co-operation with the European Economies in Transition, 1992- .
Covers 20 countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the New Independent States (NIS).
Ref. HA1107.7.S46 1992
Social Indicators of Development. Washington, DC:
World Bank, 1987- . Annual.
Library has: 1990, 1993, 1995. Latest edition Reference.
Continued by World Development Indicators. Ref. HC59.15.W656
Data is presented by country.
HC59.69.S63 (year)
Statesman's Year-book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1884- Annual
Library has: 1884 - present (nearly complete). Latest edition Ready Reference.
JA51.S7 (year)
Statistical Abstract of Latin America for (year). Prepared by Committee on Latin American Studies, University of California at Los Angeles. Los Angeles: The University, 1956- Triennial.
Library has: 1968, 1971, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1993, 1997, 2000. Latest edition Reference.
HA935.S8 (year)
Statistical Abstract of the World. New York: Gale Research, Inc., c1994- . Annual.
Library has: 1994, 1997
Ready Ref. HA154.S68 (year)
Statistical Handbook: States of the Former USSR. Country Department III, Europe and Central Asia Region. [... under the supervision of Misha V. Belkindas]. Washington, DC: World Bank, c1992.
Ref. HA1444.S72 1992
Statistical Handbook on Poverty in the Developing World. Edited by Kaul,
Chandrika and Valerie Tomaselli-Moschovitis. Phoenix, AR: Oryx Press, 1999.
Ref. HC59.72.P6573 1999
Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the
Pacific. [Bangkok] Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations. 1973-
Library has 1981, 1988, 2000. Latest edition Reference.
Ref. HA1665.S73 (year)
UNESCO. Statistical Yearbook = Annuaire
statistique. Paris: UNESCO Press, 1963-
Library has: 1974-1979,1982 - present. Latest edition
Reference.
HA40.C8U59
(year)
Thomson Research [computer file]. Bethesda, MD:
Previously named Global Access Disclosure Incorporated, 19??- . Daily.
Contains corporate information and data on public
companies including 10K's, 10Q's, Proxy, Registration, 20Fs, company
and financial tearsheets for companies on the NYSE, AMEX, and NASDAQ.
Also includes annual reports for more than 15,000 international companies.
A source of real-time and historical financial and business information,
this database is a powerful integrated research tool providing access
to a full-range of critical company information-from an OhioLINK staff
e-mail message. Context sensitive help, detailed help options, User
Manuals, and Quick Reference Guides are available online. Guide to SEC
Filings and Guide to International Filings may also be found by pressing
the HELP button under the Reference Corner. Accessed from the Libraries'
Home Page/Which Database to Use.
http://www.primark.com/dga_logon/search.cgi?parm1=ohiobasic
United Nations. Statistical Office. Statistical Yearbook = Annuaire statistique. New York: 1948-
Library has: 1948 - present. Latest edition Ready
Reference.
Summary compilation by country of international data including
population, agriculture, mining, and manufacturing. Time series
tables with source references. A monthly statistical update is
provided by the U.N. Monthly Bulletin of Statistics.
1947-1961. per. HC57 .U66.
HA12.5.U63 (year)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Handbook of International Trade and Development
Statistics = Manuel de statistiques du commerce international et du
developpement. New York : United Nations, 1969- Irregular
Library has: 1983, 1989. Latest edition Reference.
See also: Supplement. Ref. HF1016.U54b 1984
Ref. HF1016.U54a (year)
World Bank Group [computer file] Washington, DC:
The World Bank Group includes the IBRD, International Bank
for Reconstruction and Development; IDA, International Development
Association; IFC International Finance Corporation; MIGA, Multilateral
Investment Guarantee Agency; and the ICSID, International Centre for
Settlement of Investment Disputes.
The World Bank Group offers loans, advice, and an array of customized
resources to more than 100 developing countries and countries in transition.
Statistical sections include development goals, country data, data by topic,
and data publications with sample tables and excerpts.
http://www.worldbank.org/
World Debt Tables. External Finance for Developing
Countries. Washington, DC: World Bank, 1977-1996. Annual.
| Library has: |
v. 1 Analysis and Summary Tables. 1988-1989, 1996.
v. 2. Country Tables. 1996. |
Latest edition Reference.
Continued by Global Development Finance.
Ref. HJ8899.W672 (year)
World Development Indicators. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 1978- . Annual.
Library has: 1997-present. Latest edition Reference.
Continues Social Indicators of Development. 1995- . HC59.69.S63 (year)
Selected indicators online: http://www.worldbank.org/data/wdi/home.html
Available also as CONSORT electronic resource.
Data for 148 economies was reported by country in the earlier series and is now arranged topically: people, environment, economy, states and markets, and global links.
HC59.15.W656 (year)
World Development Report. [New York]: Oxford University Press, 1978- Annual.
Library has: 1979-1981, 1983 - present. Latest
editions Reference and Reserve.
Published for the World Bank. Each year has a special focus, e.g., centrally planned economies, work and workers, and poverty.
HC59.7.W659 (year)
World Economic and Social Survey. New York: United Nations, 1994- . Annual.
The first few chapters have a macroeconomic focus; the remaining chapters focus on microeconomics. Includes tables and sidebars.
Detailed table of contents points reader to topics since there is no index.
Library has: 1967, 1987, 1990, 1994-present. Latest edition Reference.
Continues World Economic Survey. 1956-1993. HC59 .A169 (year)
HC59.A169
World Economic Factbook. London: Euromonitor, 1993-
Library has: 1999-00, 2002-2003. Includes statistics for three years. Latest edition in Reference.
HC59.15.W67(year)
World Economic Outlook; A Survey by the Staff of the International Monetary Fund. Washington, D.C.: The Fund, 1980- . Annual, semiannual.
Continues the IMF Occasional Papers Series, 1981-1984.
Library has: Scattered holdings. Various topics and call numbers.
See also: The IMF World Economic and Financial Surveys. 1986-present.
Various topics and call numbers.
Good source of international statistics in economics, business, and political science.
HD82.W67
The World Factbook. Washington, D.C: Central Intelligence Agency, 1981- . Annual
- Library has: 1983-1984, 1991-present. Latest edition: Document Ready Reference.
- CD-ROM: 1995-present. Document Ref. Electronic PREX 3.15/2:
- Online: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Brief current information and statistical portraits of 249 countries or regions.
Individual reports published first in the series:
Background Notes (Document Ref. GP 3.22/2:093/ (year).
Document PREX 3.15: (year)
World Population Profile. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1973- . Biennial.
Library has 1977, 1979, 1983-1985.
Latest issues online: http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/publist.html
See also: Keyfitz, Nathan and Wilhelm Flieger. World Population Growth and
Aging : Demographic Trends in the Late Twentieth Century.
Ref. HA155 .K49 1990
Document Ref. C 3.205/3:WP- #s
World Resources : A Report. By the World Resources
Institute and the International Institute for Environment and
Development. New York : Basic Books, 1986- Annual
Library has: 1988 - present. Latest edition Reference.
Available online: http://www.wristore.com/wristore/ind_7.html
The 1998-99 ed. has subtitle: A Guide to the Global Environment with sections on: environmental change and human health; global environmental trend and data tables.
A joint publication of the World Resources Institute, the United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations Development Programme, and the World Bank.
HC10.W827
(year)
World Tables. Baltimore, MD: Published for the World Bank
by the Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976-1996? Annual, irregular.
Library has: 1976, 1980, 1984, 1989/90 -1991, 1993-1995. Latest edition Reference.
Basic socio-economic time series from the World Bank data files including gross national product, resources and expenditures, and domestic price indexes by country.
HC59.W669 (year)
Year-book of Labour Statistics = Annuaire des
statistiques du travail = Annuario de Estadisticas del Trabajo. New York: International Labour Office, 1936- . Annual.
Library has: 1938, 1957,1969-1978,1980 - present. Latest edition Reference.
Contains time series data on international labor by country,
including statistics on population, employment, wages, and prices.
Includes contents of the quarterly Bulletin of Labor Statistics,
issued by the International Labour Office. Library has:
1978-present. per. HD4828.I 58
See also historical supplement: Yearbook of Labour Statistics
1945-89. Retrospective Edition on Population Censuses. Geneva:
International Labour Office, 1990. Ref. HD4826.Y43 1990.
HD4826.I63 (year)
URL: http://www.wooster.edu/Library/resources/bibliographies/economics/InternationalSources.html