Research by Subject

CIA World Fact Book -- http://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html -- Facts about the countries of the world, including maps and statistics.

Fedstats: Fast Facts -- http://www.fedstats.gov/fast.html -- Statistical sources from the federal government, including the Statistical Abstract of the United States and sources on health and education in the U.S.

Finding Data on the Internet -- http://www.robertniles.com/data/ -- Links to reliable Internet sources for statistical information.

MEL: Business and Economic Data - -  http://mel.org/SPT--BrowseResources.php?ParentId=845

The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research -- http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/ -- An archive of public opinion polls and surveys from the Roper Center.

Statistical Resources on the Web -- http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html -- Government  Documents Librarian at the University of Michigan, Grace York, has compiled local, state, national, and international statistics in a handy table, arranged by topic.

The Stock Market -- http://library.thinkquest.org/3088/stockmarket/introduction.html -- A great online tutorial that explains the stock market in regular language.

U.S. Census Bureau -- http://www.census.gov/ -- Access statistical data regarding the entire U.S., regions, states, or localities. Includes a population clock of the U.S., updated every 5 minutes.

U.S. Gazetteer -- http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer -- Type in a place and state, or type in a zip code, and access the U.S. Census Bureau's statistics on that area.