Cerritos College

Your search for statistical information on various topics can include books, periodical articles, online databases, and authoritative Internet resources.

Use the Library Catalog to find books on your subject. You can search for general statistical data not related to a specific place or topic under the subject Statistics. Statistical data on a specific topic or place can be found under that place or topic using the subdivision –statistics.

Selected related subjects:

Economics

Census

Educational statistics

Mathematical statistics

Medical statistics

Baseball players - statistics

Political statistics

Vital statistics

Listed below are some reference books that may be useful in your research.

Journals and magazines usually provide the most current information on a topic. Journal articles are more scholarly or professional while magazine articles tend to be shorter and more general. Newspaper articles, while not usually scholarly or professional, can give you the most current news and some additional facts on your topic. To find articles on your topic, use one of the online indexes listed below. They are available at http://www.cerritos.edu/library/http://www.cerritos.edu/library/e-resources.html . Use subject headings similar to those used to locate books. The Library also has print indexes that must be used to find older articles, generally anything published before 1985.

The Internet can be a valuable source for supplementing the information you have gathered from books and periodicals. It is important that you evaluate the information you get from the Internet to determine if it is reliable and useful to your research. A few Internet sites that may be useful are listed here.

Google
http://www.google.com/
 

Agricultural Statistics

CIA World Fact Book
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

Economic Statistics Briefing Room

FEDSTATS

GeoHive: Global Statistics

National Center for Education Statistics

National Center for Health Statistics

OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web

Social Statistics Briefing Room

Statistical Abstract of the United States
http://www.census.gov/statab/www/

Statistical Resources on the Web

Statistical Sites on the World Wide Web

U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/

U.S. Department of Justice - Bureau of Justice Statistics

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