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Databases
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China Data Online offers comprehensive statistics and economic information of China. Database includes 1) Yearly Macroeconomy Statistics 2) Monthly Macroeconomy Statistics 3) Monthly Reports on Economy Development 4) City Statistics 5) County Statistics 6) Industrial Statistics 7) and 40 plus Statistical Yearbooks. Includes 2000 China county/district population census data assemblies.
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Credo Reference is an online collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other ready-reference books covering a range of subject matters, such as art, business, literature, and science. By searching over three million entries at once, Credo Reference provides accurate information quickly and across disciplines. Credo also includes maps, images, and sound files.
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GDF is the electronic version of the World Bank's statistical directory of developmental country finance. It provides current data on the debt and financial flows for the 138 countries that report public and publically-guaranteed debt to the World Bank's debtor reporting system. Focus is on country investment data as well as the credit valuation of a country, necessary to assess investment prospects.
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GEM is the World Bank's portal for analysis of current economic trends, and economic and financial indicators. GEM features up-to-date analysis on global economic conditions, including a daily brief and event-driven focus reports, direct access to high-frequency datasets via Quick Query, forecasts for commodity prices and main macroeconomic indicators for over 130 countries.
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Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition contains over 37,000 different time-series statistics providing a quantitative view into American history, Colonial Times to the present. Data series address many different topics of the United States, including Colonial, Revolutionary, and Confederate States aspects of American History. The Millennial Edition includes dozens of new topics including slavery, American Indians, and …
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Provides access to the world's largest archive of computer-based research and instructional data for the social sciences. Anyone may search the database, however, only KU affiliates may set-up the necessary account to download data. Contact the ICPSR liaison (data@ku.edu) for more information.
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Includes statistical data produced by the U.S. government; international intergovernmental organizations, professional and trade organizations, business organizations, commercial publishers, independent research organizations, state government agencies, and universities. The KU Libraries subscribe to the Power Tables Base Edition and to the American Statistics Index (ASI) and Index to International Statistics (IIS) modules. ASI abstracts and …
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Research Insight contains financial, statistical, and market data for U.S. and Canadian corporations, banks, savings and loans, ADR's/ADS's, business segments, geographic areas, industry composites and indexes. Includes coverage of annual and quarterly income statements, balance sheets, cash flow and supplemental data on publicly held companies. Research Insight on the Web is updated on a daily basis and requires a special plugin to run …
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Roper Center Public Opinion Archives provides access to the iPOLL Databank, with over 500,000 public opinion questions from 1930 onward, as well as access to RoperExpress, providing access and download of datasets. User registration is required.
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Provides tables and information on worldwide financial and economic statistics/indicators. Contains full-text content of the OECD monographs and reports, selected loose-leaf reference titles; selected periodicals; and the OECD and IEA statistical databases. Includes access to OECD Health Data and OECD Statistical Compendium. Produced by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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Provides the most recent economic, business, and international trade information produced by the U.S. Government and is a service of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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A portal that retrieves data series from the United Nations System and other international organizations. Sources include FAO, ILO, WHO, and the Human Development Report. Country profiles and glossaries are also provided.
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WDI provides current data on global social and economic conditions and developments, both on a national country level and aggregated on a global basis. Data includes over 200 indicators on 575 countries, with regional and income groups for more than 40 years where data is available.



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