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I. Agricultural and Agricultural Economics Information / Data
Internet Guides | Literature - Journals / Serials | Literature - Monographs | Organizations
Organizations - USDA | Statistics - Data Resources
II. Economic Information / Data
Internet Guides | Literature - Monographs | Organizations | Statistics - Data Resources
Teaching Resources
III. General Resources / Data
Internet Guides | Literature - Monographs | Statistics - Data Resources | Writing Resources
Dictionaries and Handbooks
IV. Business / Company Information / Data
Internet Guides - Company / Financial Reports |
VI. University of Minnesota Resources
I. AGRICULTURAL AND AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS INFORMATION / DATA
A. Internet Guides
Ag BioTech InfoNet
"Ag BioTech InfoNet covers all aspects of the application of biotechnology and genetic engineering in agricultural production and food processing and marketing. Our focus is on scientific reports and findings and technical analysis, although the page also covers emerging issues of widespread interest, developments in the policy arena, and major media coverage. We offer a road-map to the wealth of resources on the Internet where interested individuals can access original documents and more detailed information from a variety of sources."
AgEcon Search AgNIC
Includes links to reference resources, full-text resources, statistical data and resources, subject specific resources, etc.
AgNIC: Agriculture Network Information Center
AgNIC is "a voluntary alliance and partnership of nearly 60 member institutions and organizations working to offer quick and reliable access to quality agricultural information and sources."
Agricultural Market Information Virtual Library
"Market information sources available through the internet: daily to yearly market and outlook reports, prices, commodities and quotes"... written and managed by Jean-Charles Le Vallee, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University.
AgriGator
Collection of Internet sites and resources for agricultural related information.
Agripedia
"Agripedia is an Internet Accessible Interactive Multimedia Instructional Resource, developed by the University of Kentucky's College of Agriculture... Agripedia has been created to allow students to use resources across the country in an integrated, interactive learning resource on the Internet. As an 'encyclopedia of agriculture', Agripedia presents facts, figures, demonstrations, examples, graphics, and more regarding the concepts, practices, and vocabulary of agriculture in a multimedia format using audio clips, graphics, text and animation."
AgXpert
Links to agricultural resources.
Core List for an Environmental Reference Collection
"Information resources in the areas of environmental protection, management, and science as selected by librarians supporting the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Prepared in January 2002."
National Ag Risk Education Library
This site is "...a major component of the USDA's Risk Management Education (RME) program. The library organizes thousands of risk management materials which help producers and agricultural professionals quickly locate information, tools, and assistance on specifc risk management topics. The Library includes several major components including: Ag Risk Library (Main Library) - This is the core of the Library, containing over 2,000 documents organized by production, marketing, financial, legal, and human risk topics; Specialty Crop Library - Organized like the Main Library, it contains documents specifically related to specialty crops; Budget Library - Offering more than 2,750 crop budgets representing over 280 crops and more than 425 livestock budgets. All are available to help producers evaluate alternative enterprises; FINBIN Financial Database - Containing actual cost of production data from 3,500 farms representing more than 3.2 million acres of cropland, over 65,000 dairy cows, and more than 900,000 pigs."
National Agricultural Law Center Reading Rooms
The National Agricultural Law Center's Library has created a set of subject-based Reading Rooms. "Each reading room contains a comprehensive list of current electronic resources for an agricultural or food law topic. Links are provided to major statutes, regulations, case law, Federal Register Digest reports, Center-published research articles and bibliographies, government publications, Congressional publications, and numerous other research resources. Also contained in each room is an overview article that provides a thumbnail sketch of the history and development of that subject."
WebEc: Agriculture and Natural Resources
"WebEc lists and describes material that could be of interest to mainly academic economists and is at least in part freely available on the Internet..." This is one section of many on the the WebEc site. This is a great first stop for ag economics web resources.
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B. Literature - Journals / Serials
Agricultural Outlook
Agricultural Outlook was published 10 times per year by the Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Besides feature articles on agricultural topics, each issue also included a set of economic indicators for the agricultural economy. Agricultural Outlook was replaced by Amber Waves in 2003, but the statistical indicators are still updated on this web site.
AgZines: A Harvest of Free Agricultural Journals
"AgZines is a compilation of agricultural journals that are available free on the web."
CGVlibrary: Gateway to Global Agricultural Knowledge
Includes the "online libraries of all the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) centers."
Choices
"Choices is an online peer-reviewed magazine published by the AAEA for readers interested in the policy and management of agriculture, the food industry, natural resources, rural communities, and the environment."
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C. Literature - Monographs
AgEcon Search
AgEcon Search indexes and electronically distributes full text reports of scholarly research in the field of agricultural and applied economics.
Cooperative Extension Search
Provides a Google Search engine that searches over 750 Cooperative Extension sites in one-search.
The Core Historical Literature of Agriculture
The Core Historical Literature of Agriculture (CHLA) is a core electronic collection of agricultural texts published between the early nineteenth century and the middle to late twentieth century. Full-text materials cover agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, animal science, crops and their protection, food science,forestry, human nutrition, rural sociology, and soil science.
United States Farm Bills
Full text and resources for all U.S. Farm Bills 1935-present.
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D. Organizations
AAEA
"The Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) is a not-for-profit association serving the professional interests of members working in agricultural and broadly related fields of applied economics. Members of the AAEA are employed by academic or government institutions, as well as in industry and not-for-profit organizations, and engage in a variety of teaching, research, and extension/outreach activities. Their work addresses a broad range of topics such as the economics of agriculture, international and rural development, resources and the environment, food and consumer issues, and agribusiness."
Center for International Earth Science Information Network - Columbia University
CIESIN was established in 1989 as a non-profit, non-governmental organization to provide information that would help scientists, decision-makers, and the public better understand the changing relationship between human beings and the environment. CESIN allows you to browse for data by subject: Agriculture, Biodiversity & Ecosystems, Climate Change, Environmental Assessment & Modeling, Environmental Health, Environmental Treaties, Indicators, Land Use/Land Cover Change, Natural Hazards, Population & Poverty, and Remote Sensing for Human Dimensions Research.
Departments of Agricultural Economics and Extension (U.S. and Canada)
A listing of links.
Directory of Rural Farmer, Rancher, and Fishery Cooperatives
"This directory contains a listing, by State, of over 1,100 farmer-owned marketing, farm supply, service, fishery, and bargaining cooperatives. The information was collected from every farmer and fishery cooperative that USDA Rural Development’s Cooperative Programs surveys that wished to be in this directory. The information includes the cooperative’s contact information, type of cooperative, and products that they sell."
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Includes links to the statistical databases of the FAO, as well as links to information about food outlook, current crop production situations in various countries, press releases, etc.
International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium
The home page of the Consortium gives a history of the organization, information about upcoming meetings and links to copies of their publications.
National Agricultural Law Center
"The Center conducts objective legal research and provides timely, accurate, and non-partisan agricultural information to those in the agricultural community. Its website provides access to Center publications and serves as a gateway to resources on the Internet."
National Agricultural Library
The NAL homepage allows you to search all NAL products including: "National Agricultural Library Web Site; AGRICOLA Articles Database; AGRICOLA Books Database; USDA Nutrient Database; TEKTRAN: Technology Transfer Database; Foodstamp Nutrition Education & Training; Healthy Meals Resource System; Water Quality Information Center; Native American Nutrition Education Database; Nutrition.gov; AgNIC Database; Federal Funding Sources for Rural Areas; WIC Education and Training Materials Database; Food Stamp Nutrition Connection Recipes Finder; Food Safety Research Information Office Projects Database."
U.S. House Committee on Agriculture
The home page of the Committee on Agriculture has information on the next Farm Bill, and other related issues. The resources include news releases, a glossary, hearings and information about the committee.
U.S. Senate Committe on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry
This Senate website contains information about the committee and its sub-committees, press releases, hearings, briefs, links to other resources and a history of the committee.
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E. Organizations - USDA
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Links are provided to data and publications of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, plus information on current agricultural issues.
USDA Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
The CSREES home page has a link to funding, program and news resources.
USDA Current Research Information System (CRIS)
This site includes reports of ongoing and recently completed research projects in agriculture, food and nutrition, and forestry. Projects are conducted or sponsored by USDA research agencies, state agricultural experiment stations, the state land-grant university system, other cooperating state institutions, and participants in CSREES-administered grant programs.
USDA Economic Research Service
The ERS web site has links to their publications and data. Briefing rooms for the following topics provide current data: Ag Chemicals and Production Technology, Agricultural Baseline Projections, Agricultural Biotechnology, Agricultural Research and Productivity, Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS), Animal Production and Marketing Issues, Aquaculture, Bioenergy, Brazil, Canada, Cattle, Child Nutrition Programs, China, Conseration Policy, Consumer Food Safety Behavior, Corn, Cotton, Dairy, Diet and Health, Dry Beans, Economics of Foodborne Disease, Environmental Interactions with Agricultura Production, European Union, Farm and Commodity Policy, Farm Household Economics and Well-Being, Farm Income and Costs, Farm Policy, Farm Households, and the Rural Economy, Farm Risk Management, Farm Structure, Floriculture Crops, Food and Nutrition Assistance Program Linkages with the General Economy, Food Assistance and Nutrition Program Outcomes, Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs, Food Consumption, Food CPI, Prices, and Expenditures, Food Market Structures, Food Marketing and Price Spreads, Food Security in the United States, Food Stamp Program, Fruit and Tree Nuts, Global Climate Change, Global Food Markets, Global Food Security, Global Resources and Productivity, Government Food Safety Policies, Hogs, India, Industry Food Safety Actions, Information Policy, Invasive Species Management, Irrigation and Water Use, Japan, Land Us, Value and Management, Macroeconomics and Agriculture, Measuring Rurality, Mexico, NAFTA, Organic Farming and Marketing, Potatoes, Poultry and Eggs, Rice, Rural Development Strategies, Rural Income, Poverty, and Welfare, Rural Industry, Rural Labor and Education, Rural Population and Migration, Rural Telecommunications, Russia, Sheep and Wool, South Korea, Soybeans and Oil Crops, Sugar and Sweeteners, Tobacco, Tomatoes, Traceability in the U.S. Food Supply, U.S. Agricultural Trade, Vegetables and Melons, Vulnerable Populations, Wheat, WIC Program, WTO.
USDA Economics, Statistics and Market Information System (ESMIS)
The USDA Economics, Statistics and Market Information System (ESMIS) is a collaborative project between Albert R. Mann Library at Cornell University and several agencies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The system contains nearly 2500 reports and datasets. These materials cover U.S. and international agriculture and related topics. Available titles include both current and historical data. Many of the current titles are available via email subscription.
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service
The FAS site has many valuable resources for agricultural economists. The "Hot Country Pages" include recent press releases, attache reports, and export/import statistics by country. The "Commodities and Products" pages give comprehensive commodity by commodity breakdown of exports and imports. The "Attache Reports" are available for 130 countries and may be searched by keyword.
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
The NASS website has links to data and publications on the agricultural situation in the United States. Historical data and graphical presentations of data are available. The Census of Agriculture is published by NASS and is available in PDF format. This site also has links to agricultural statistics for each state -- including Minnesota at http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Minnesota/index.asp
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F. Statistics - Data Resources
Ag Atlas Maps; 2007 Census Publications
Ag Atlas Maps are available in the following areas for the 2007 Census of Agriculture: Crops and Plants; Economics; Farms; Livestock and Animals; Operators.
Agricultural Outlook: Statistical Indicators
"The statistical indicators formerly provided in the Agricultural Outlook magazine include data on individual commodities, the general economy, agricultural trade, farm income, and expenses, farm prices, food prices and expenditures, and other statistical indicators of the food and agiculture system."
Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI)
"The ASTI initiative compiles, processes, and makes available data on institutional developments and investments in agricultural R&D worldwide, and analyzes and reports on these trends in the form of periodic policy digests. It entails a large amount of original and on-going survey work focused on developing countries."
AMAD - Agricultural Market Access Database
"AMAD results from a co-operative effort by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, EU Commission - Agriculture Directorate General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, The World Bank, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and United States Department of Agriculture - Economic Research Service. The database includes a broad set of information in a format intended to facilitate reference and calculation. There is currently data for 50 countries. Updates once each year."
Cost and Return Studies for California
The University of California, Davis has posted their current and archived copies of cost and return studies for a broad range of commodities produced in California. Studies can be sorted by commodity, production region, or county within California. All studies are available in pdf format. Selected studies are also available in spreadsheet format. Studies date back to 1931.
Crop Profiles and Timelines
"Crop Profiles are descriptions of crop production and pest management practices compiled on a state basis for specific commodities. They are searchable by crop, state or keyword...Crop Timelines are descriptions of generalised crop phenology, pest occurrence and human activity for specific crops by state."
EarthTrends: Environmental Information
This searchable database is provided by World Resources Institute. The database includes data tables, country profiles, maps and other information arranged in 10 topical sections including sections for Water Resources, Energy Resources, and Agriculture and Food.
ECONlinks: Economic Resources for Economists
ECONlinks was developed to provide easy access to basic economic and financial information for studens in economics and business courses. ECONlinks lists websites on news, economic indicators, financial markets, forecasts, economic data, government publications, international resources, teacher resources, etc.
Environmental Working Group Farm Subsidy Database, 1995-2003
"The Environmental Working Group's online database of government farm subsidy records for subsidy checks sent from 1995-2003 is searchable by city, county, or name."
FAPRI (Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute) Databases
"FAPRI's interactive databases include Commodities Database which "provides historical and projected information for several countries, products and variables (such as acreage, yield, and demand)...The Elasticities Database is a storehouse of elasticity values from the FAPRI model estimates. The Agricultural Policy Database provides historical and projected agricultural policy information for the countries covered by the FAPRI models."
Food Availability (Per Capita) Data System
"ERS food availability (per capita) data system includes three distinct but related data series on food consumption. The data serve as popular proxies for actual consumption. Food availability data are now available through 2005 at the national level. Also included are data on nutrient availability in the food supply and data on loss-adjusted food availability. This latter data series uses dietary recommendations from the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and its supporting guidance document MyPyramid Plan.
Food Security Statistics
From the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Includes time series for many countries on: food deprivation, food needs, food consumption, food production and trade, diet composition, access to food, food aid, nutritional status, health, poverty, and population. Also includes country profiles and FAO hunger map.
GATS
GATS is "the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's Global Agricultural Trade System. GATS includes international agricultural, fish, forest and textile production trade statistics dating from the inception of the Harmonized coding system in 1989 to present."
International Macroeconomic Data Set
"The international macroeconomic data set provides data from 1969 through 2017 for real (adjusted for inflation) Gross Domestic Product (GDP), population, real exchange rates, and other variables for the 190 countries and 34 regions that are most important for U.S. agricultural trade."
LDP Information
The University of Iowa, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development provides this interactive Loan Deficiency Payments Database that includes "several options for checking LDP's of several crops by state and county. It also provides targeted marketing strategy information for corn and soybeans based on your crop's current LDP rate." Options include: 1) County-wide LDPs and Marketing Strategies; 2) State-wide LDP Information; 3) County-specific LDP Archive.
National Basic Food Prices - Data and Analysis Tool
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Part of the Global Information and Early Warning System. Includes staple food prices on national markets in 55 developing countries.
Producer and Consumer Support Estimates, OECD Database 1986-2003
"This database is a complement to the report Agricultural Polices in OECD Countries: At a Glance - Edition 2004.It provides detailed information on Producer support estimates and Consumer support estimates in the Excel format."
Production, Supply and Distribution Online
"This database contains current and historical official USDA data on production, supply and distribution of agricultural commodities for the United States and key producing and consuming countries."
Rural Indicators Map Machine
"...internet-based mapping utility that provides a visualization of indicators for rural areas available from ERS. These indicators include the Natural Amenities Scale, the Rural Typology Code, the Urban Influence Code, the Rural-urban Continuum Code, and the Rural-urban Commuting Area Code."
State Fact Sheets
"State Fact Sheets provide information on population, employment, income, farm characteristics, farm financial indicators, and top commodities, exports, and counties for each state in the United States."
State of the Land
This site from the Natural Resources Conservation Service, provides data and analysis on land use, soil erosion, water quality, wetlands, and other issues regarding the conservation and use of natural resources. It includes: "agricultural productivity; basemaps; climate; conservation programs; cropland; forest land; grazing land; irrigation; land capability; land cover/use; prime farmland; socio/economic; soil erosion; soils; urbanization; water quality; water supply; wetlands; and wildlife habitat."
USAID Data: Horn of Africa Famine Response Data
The data from the Famine Early Warning System is used to create a set of maps that highlight information about the famine in the Horn of Africa. Data and maps include price data, food security conditions, livelihood zones data, vegetation index and rainfall estimates.
USDA National Nutrient Database
Provides a searchable database of nutrient content for foods.
Web Soil Survey
"Access to soil survey information is provided through maps from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service."
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AmosWEB
AmosWEB features include: GLOSS*arama -- a database of over 2,000 economic concepts and terms; CLASS*portal -- instructional materials for introductory courses; QUIZ*tastic -- multiple choice exam questions to "practice up" for the real thing; STAT*opia -- a database of official economic statistics and measurements; and ECON*world -- a searchable database of economic web sites.
Census Links
Census Links is a directory of links to Census materials, mainly U.S., with links by state.
Library of Economics and Liberty
"The Library of Economics and Liberty is dedicated to advancing the study of economics, markets, and liberty. It offers a unique combination of resources for students, teachers, researchers, and aficionados of economic thought...The site features: Authorative editions of classics in economics, and related works in history, political theory and philosophy;
RFE: Resources for Economists on the Internet
"This guide is sponsored by the American Economic Association. It lists more than 2,000 resources in 97 sections and sub-sections available on the Internet of interest to academic and practicing economists, and those interested in economics. Almost all resources are described." Categories included in the list are: data; dictionaries, glossaries and encyclopedias; economists, departments and universities; forecasting and consulting; jobs, grants, grad school and advice; mailing lists, forums and usenet; meetings, conferences and announcements; news media; organizations and associations; other internet guides; scholarly communication; software; teaching resources; blogs, commentaries and podcasts; and neat stuff.
Intute: Social Sciences
"Intute: Economics provides free access to high quality resources on the internet. Each resource has been evaluated and categorised by subject specialists based at UK universities. We aim to match resources to the economics curriculum and the needs of researchers."
Statistical Resources on the Web - Comprehensive Economics
This website, maintained by the University of Michigan's Documents Center, includes links to U.S. economic data listed by agency and topic.
WebEc: World Wide Resources in Economics
"WebEc is an effort to categorize free information in economics on the WWW." It contains links to economic data, teaching resources, economics journals... and much more. Not updated after May 2007.
World Enterprise Surveys from World Bank Group and International Finance Corporation
This database provides the world's most comprehensive firm-level data in emerging markets and developing economies for over 120,000 firms in 125countries and expanding. Data are used to create indicators that benchmark the quality of the business and investment climate across countries. Data cover includes surveys in topics such as finance,infrastructure, sales, competition, crime, business-government relations,labor, and performance. Time span is 2002 -
WTO/GATT Research
"This guide lists the essential sources for researching the current WTO system and the predecessor system under the 1947 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade."
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C. Literature - Monographs
AgEcon Search
AgEcon Search indexes and electronically distributes full text reports of scholarly research in the field of agricultural and applied economics.
Archive for the History of Economic Thought
This archive is an attempt to collect in one place a large number of significant texts in the history of economic thought...including representative texts of all of the major thinkers and schools of thought; and most of the sub-fields of economics.
The Concise Encylopedia of Economics
IDEAS
A collection of economics working papers--many available full-text.
Tuck Trade Agreements Database
"The Tuck Trade Agreements Database contains the most comprehensive collection of texts of bilateral and regional free trade agreements available on a single online site as well as the only database of free trade and customs union agreements text-searchable by provision or keyword."
Working Papers and Technical Reports and in Business, Economics and Law
"To increase awareness of and access to valuable grey literature in business, economics and law, the Library of Congress provides online access both through its catalog and through these web pages to a growing number of working papers and technical reports in the social sciences placed online by institutions responsible for ctreating the reports."
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D. Organizations
AAEA On-Line
The official site of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, with employment information, meeting information and information about AAEA publications.
OECD Online
The OECD's website provides links to statistical databases, books and periodicals related to OECD countries.
Resources for the Future
"RFF is a nonprofit and nonpartisan think tank located in Washington, DC that conducts independent research – rooted primarily in economics and other social sciences – on environmental and natural resource issues." This site includes links to full-text RFF discussion papers.
SourceOECD
SourceOECD is a subscription service providing access to the full-text of OECD periodicals and books, as well as real-time access to OECD's statistical databases. The University of Minnesota subscribes to this service.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
"The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. The BLS is an independent national statistical agency that collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to the American public, the U.S. Congress, other Federal agencies, State and local governments, business, and labor. The BLS also serves as a statistical resource to the Department of Labor."
WOODROW - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
This website includes links to the full-text of Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis publications as well as links to data on agriculture, banking, business, exports, labor, natural resources, and population.
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F. Statistics - Data Resources
American Community Survey
This is an "on-going survey; is sent to a small sample of the population; tells us what the population looks like and how it lives; helps communities determine where to locate services and allocate resources."
Census Atlas of the United States
"...the first comprehensive atlas of population and housing produced by the Census Bureau since the 1920s. The Census Atlas is a large-format publication about 300 pages long and containing almost 800 maps. Data from decennial censuses prior to 2000 support nearly 150 maps and figures, providing context and an historical perspective for many of the topics presented. A variety of topics are covered in the Census Atlas, ranging from language and ancestry characteristics to housing patterns and the geographic distribution of the population. A majority of the maps in the Census Atlas present data at the county level, but data also are sometimes mapped by state, census tract (for largest cities and metropolitan areas), and for selected American Indian reservations." Chapter titles include Population Distribution; Race and Hispanic Origin; Age and Sex; Living Arrangements; Place of Birth and U.S. Citizenship; Migration; Language; Ancestry; Education; Work; Military Service; Income and Poverty; Housing.
CensusScope: Your Portal to Census 2000 Data
"CensusScope is an easy-to-use tool for investigating U.S. demographic trends, brought to you by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN) at the University of Michigan. With eye-catching graphics and exportable trend data, CensusScope is designed for both generalists and specialists."
CESSDA: Council of European Social Science Data Archives
"The CESSDA Catalogue enables users to locate datasets, as well as questions or variables within datasets, stored at CESSDA archives throughout Europe. Data collections include sociological surveys, election studies, longitudinal studies, opinion polls, and census data. Among the materials are international and European data such as the European Social Survey, the Eurobarometers, and the International Social Survey Programme."
Community Information by Zip Code
"This site includes links to data on population, education, health, environment, business and politics."
Comparing Sources of Data on Employment
A resource from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development that lists employment data for U.S. and Minnesota.
Country Briefings
This website sponsored by The Economist has a collection of briefings that include articles from The Economist, background profiles, forecasts and statistics, market and currency updates, news headlines and links.
Country Commercial Guides
"Country Commercial Guides are available in the Market Research Library on the U.S. Commercial Service website (select "Report Type: Country Commercial Guides). These guides present a comprehensive look at countries' commercial environments using economic, political, and market analysis."
Current Population Survey (CPS) Table Creator
"The CPS Table Creator gives you the ability to create customized tables from the Current Population Survey's Annual Social and Economic Supplement."
DataFinder
"A database with hundreds of variables for the U.S. and the world." Users can display data as rankings, maps or bar graphs. U.S. topics include Population Characteristics, Education, Health, Labor Force and Commuting, Economic Security, Housing, Family Structure. World Topics include Population Trends,
Education, Economic, Environment, Health, HIV/AIDS, Reproductive Health.
Data.Gov - U.S. Government
"The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government."
Demographic Yearbook
This web site "collects, complies and disseminates official statistics on a wide range of topics. Data has been collected from national statistical authorities since 1948 through a set of questionnaires dispatched annually by the United Nations Statistical Division to over 230 national statistical offices. The Demographic Yeabook disseminates statistics on population size and composition, births, deaths, marriage and divorce on an annual basis. Demographic Yearbook special topics issues cover a wide range of additional topics including economic activity, educational attainment, household characteristics, housing, ethnicity and language, among others."
FRASER: The Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research
"The Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research is a project by the Research Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis to expand on its mission to provide economic information and data to researchers interested in the U.S. economy. On this web site you will find links to scanned images (in Adobe® Acrobat® PDF format) of historical economic statistical publications, releases, and documents. When used in connection with data contained in FRED®(Federal Reserve Economic Data) and ALFRED® (Archival Federal Reserve Data), FRASER® allows the researcher to create uninterrupted data series by accessing sources previously available only in printed form and those currently available electronically (on FRED® and ALFRED®). In addition, the ability to retrieve series presented in preliminary, revised, and final releases provides a powerful tool in recreating and evaluating previous economic research and policy."
FRED
FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) is "a database of over 20,320 U.S.economic time series. With FRED you can download data in Microsoft Excel and text formats and view charts of data series." Categories include: "banking, business/fiscal, consumer price indexes (CPI), employment and population, exchange rates, foreign exchange intervention, gross domestic product (GDP) and components, interest rates, monetary aggregates, producer price indexes, reserves and monetary base, U.S. trade and international transactions, U.S. financial data, regional data."
GenderStats
"GenderStats is a one stop source of information on gender at the country level. A compilation of data on key gender topics from national statistics agencies, United Nations databases, and World Bank-conducted or funded surveys."
GEOSTAT: Geospatial & Statstical Data Center
This site from the University of Virginia is an excellent guide to data resources, including the Census and BEA. It also includes documents that explain FIPS, SIC, etc."
Global Distribution of Poverty
"Global data sets include two proxy poverty measurements: Malnutrition (underweight children) and Infant Mortality Rates and possible poverty determinants, all translated to a common quarter-degree grid. A quarter-degree grid cell is approximately 770 square kilometers (300 square miles) at the equator, and progressively less at higher latitudes. Small Area Estimates Data Sets contain poverty, inequality, and related data for subnational administrative units in approximately twenty countries. Unsatisfied Basic Needs Data Sets contain measures of unmet basic needs for subnational administrative units of numerous countries in Latin America. Poverty and Food Security Data Sets contain poverty and food security measures for several case study countries." Poverty Maps are also included.
Global Education Database (GED)
"The GED includes education data from UNESCO and the DHS. UNESCO data include a broad range of indicators, including data on tertiary education, and are available as time series. The DHS, by contrast, has more detail about primary and secondary education and disaggregates some data into urban versus rural areas. However, as the DHS data are based on surveys in particular countries, time series data are not available. The GED also provides a series of analytic tools, such as the Rapid Assessment tools and Millennium Development Goals tool, to facilitate effective use of the data. The Rapid Assessment tools help identify the factors influencing the generation and use of human capacity within a country or set of countries. The Millennium Development Goals tool presents data on two education-related monitoring indicators and tracks country status versus the goals."
Global Financial Data (GFD)
"The Global Financial Database is a collection of financial and economic data provided in ASCII or Excel format. There are 20,000 historical or current data series which may be downloaded directly from the web site. Global coverage includes stocks, bonds and treasury bills, interest rates, commodity prices, CPI, GPD, exchange rates, indexes, population and more." Licensed Product - University of Minnesota Researchers Only
International Economic Statistics (IES) Database
"The International Economic Statistics Database simplifies the search for worldwide economic indicators. The database provides links to individual indicators (such as GDP and CPI) for each country, as well as a detailed description of the data. Descriptions are searchable by title, country, subject, and keyword."
International Macroeconomic Data Set
"The international macroeconomic data set provides data from 1969 through 2020 for real (adjusted for inflation) Gross Domestic Product (GDP), population, real exchange rates, and other variables for the 190 countries and 34 regions that are most important for U.S. agricultural trade."
The Least Developed Countries Report 2002
"The least developed countries (LDCs) are a group of 49 countries that have been identified by the UN as "least developed" in terms of their low GDP per capita, their weak human assets and their high degree of economic vulnerability. This Report is the first international comparative analysis of poverty in the LDCs. It is based on a new set of poverty estimates constructed specifically for the Report."
Location Quotient Calculator
"The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has added a powerful new tool for labor market analysis to its web site services: the Location Quotient Calculator. The new calculator generates location quotients, a measure that is familiar to regional labor economists as a way to readily compare the industrial activity levels among different areas of the country. In general, location quotients are ratios that compare the concentration of a resource or activity, such as employment, in a defined area to that of a larger area or base. For example, location quotients can be used to compare State employment by industry to that of the nation; or employment in a city, county, metropolitan statistical area (MSA), or other defined geographic sub-area to that in the State. The new BLS location quotient calculator uses a timely data source that is especially rich in comprehensive industry and area detail – BLS's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW)."
Markets and Data - Economist.com
Economist.com includes a markets and data page with live stock prices, intraday and historical stock charts, company information, currency converters, weekly economic and financial indicators (output, prices, jobs, The Economist commodity-price index, budget balances and interest rates, markets, global investment-banking fees, money and interest rates, foreign reserves, retail sales, producer prices, wages), plus the the Big Mac Index - how many minutes to earn the price of a Big Mac.
MBS - Monthly Bulletin of Statistics Online
"The Monthly Bulletin of Statistics Online presents current economic and social statistics for more than 200 countries and territories of the world. It contains 51 tables, comprising over 100 indicators, of monthly, quarterly and annual data on a variety of subjects illustrating important economic trends and developments, including population, industrial production indices, price indices, employment and earnings, energy, manufacturing, transport, construction, international merchandise trade and finance. For more than 80 years, the Monthly Bulletin of Statistics has been published on a continuous basis by the United Nations Statistics Division."
MeasuringWorth
"MeasuringWorth is a service for calculating relative worth over time."
NationMaster.com
"...a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, World Health Organization, UN, and OECD...you can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics..."
North American Transportation Statistics Database
"Statistics On-Line Database presents information on transportation and transportation-related activities among Canada, the United States and Mexico, both within individual countries and between the countries. This database, presented in French, English and Spanish, is accessible in table and time series formats, and covers twelve thematic areas, including transportation and the economy, transportation safety, tranportation's impact on energy and the environment, passenger and freight activity, and transportation and trade."
OECD Factbook eXplorer
"A new tool with statistics on employment and fertility with scatter plots, time-series data and interactive maps.
OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web
Presents links to free and easily accessible statistics from official sources by country, region and topic.
Oxford Latin American Economic History Database: OxLAD
"The Oxford Latin American Economic History Database (OxLAD) contains statistical series for a wide range of economic and social indicators covering twenty countries in the region for the period 1900-2000. Its purpose is to provide economic and social historians worldwide with a systematic recompilation of available statistical information in a single on-line source. The data presented in OxLAD have been selected with a view toward providing comprehensive coverage while ensuring as much consistency and intercountry comparability as possible in the definition, coverage, and valuation of the series. In doing so, it makes an important contribution to long-run comparative research on Latin American." (http://oxlad.qeh.ox.ac.uk)
RBA Statistics
This site, provided by RBA Information Services, provides links to general sources of statistics followed by sources of statistics by country.
Regional Economic Conditions (RECON)
"RECON was originally designed to assist the FDIC in the examination process by providing economic information at the state, MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area), and county levels...Using RECON, anyone with Internet access is able to drill down to any state, MSA, or county to view standard graphs, tables, and maps depicting economic conditions and observe how they have changed over time. RECON contains a 'shopping cart' feature that allows the user to assemble charts and tables of interest and then print them together at the end of their session."
Social Science Data Archives: Sociosite
The University of Amsterdam Sociology Department maintains this list of data resources broken down by region and country.
Social Science Data Search
"The Google Custom Search Engine (CSE) targets 800+ academic, government agency, non-profit, and other web sites that provide high quality, downloadable statistical information and data sets. Emphasis is on data pertaining to the social sciences, health, developing countries, energy, natural resources, and the environment."
State & Local Finance Data Query System (SLF-DQS)
"This system allows for the flexible presentation of data from the Census of Governments State and Local Finance series. That series contains detailed revenue, expenditure and debt variables for the United States, each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia for 1977-2006. The data available by type of government: state, local, state and local totals, and local government detail. All data presented is state aggregates of finance data for the selected level of government. The user can view the data on different dimensions, in real or nominal dollars, and on a per capita or fraction of personal income, general revenues, or total expenditures basis. This tool is useful for comparative, single state, or times series analysis." This web site is provided by the Tax Policy Center.
State of Metropolitan America Indicator Map (Interactive)
The State of Metropolitan America is a signature effort of the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program that portrays the demographic and social trends shaping the nation’s essential economic and societal units—its large metropolitan areas—and discusses what they imply for public policies to secure prosperity for these places and their populations.
The Taxpayers Network - 50 State Comparison
Includes state comparisons of population, housing, income, poverty, taxes, gambling, lottery, government employment, debt, small business, patents, farms, exports, insurance premiums, education, natural resources, transportation, gas prices, electricity prices, public safety, crime, welfare, health.
Trade, Production and Protection, 1976-2004
"The Trade Production and Protection Database merges trade flows, production and trade protection data available from different sources into a common classification: the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), Revision 2. Data availability varies, but the database potentially covers 100 developing and developed countries over the period 1976-2004. This database updates the earlier release made available in Nicita and Olarreaga (2001)."
TradeStats Express
TradeStats Express displays the latest annual U.S. merchandise trade statistics - at national and state levels; in maps, graphs, and tables; as exports, imports, and trade balances; customed tailored to your year and dollar ranges and display preferences. The National Trade Data are available from 1989 for individual countries, trade/economic groups, or geographic regions. The State Export Data are available from 1999 for individual states or U.S. regions.
UNCTADstat
Produced by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, this website contains information on: International merchandise trade, International trade in services, National accounts, Balance of payments, Exchange rates, Foreign direct investment, External financial resources, Population and labour force, Commodities, Information economy, Maritime transport.
UNdata
"The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) launched a new internet based data service for the global user community. It brings UN statistical databases within easy reach of users through a single entry point (http://data.un.org/). Users can now search and download a variety of statistical resources of the UN system...The numerous databases, tables and glossaries containing over 60 million data points cover a wide range of themes including Agriculture, Crime, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Health, HIV/AIDS, Human Development, Industry, Information and Communication Technology, National Accounts, Population, Refugees, Tourism, Trade, as well as the Millennium Development Goals indicators."
UNECE Statistical Database
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Database contains Economic Statistics: National accounts, Labour force, Price indices and interest rates, Industrial production and wages, External economic relations; Gender Statistics: Gender country profiles, Population, Families and households, Work and the economy, Education, Public life and decision making, Health, Crime and violence; Transport Statistics: Road traffic accidents, Road traffic, Road vehicle fleet, Railway traffic, Railway vehicles, Inland waterway vessels, Oil pipline transport, Transport infrastructure, Employment, Forestry.
U.S. Census of Agriculture
This web page provides access to the 2007 Census of Agriculture, and earlier census data.
U.S. Counties in Profile
U.S. Counties in Profile is a website created by Stats Indiana. The website allows you to compare U.S. counties, or to retrieve data on population, housing, income, labor, employment, wages, or earnings by individual counties or states. Data is available for all 50 states and their counties.
U.S. Economy at a Glance
This website from the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics provides current data for the Unemployment Rate; Change in Payroll Employment; Average Hourly Earnings; Consumer Price Index; Producer Price Index; U.S. Import Price Index; Employment Cost Index; and Productivity. Each data item includes links to prior data in graphs and tabular format.
U.S. FIPS Finder
This FIPS code finder allows you to search for FIPS code by county, or for county name by FIPS code.
U.S. Historical Census Data Browser
The data represented her describe the people and the economy of the U.S. for each state and county from 1790 to 1960. This site is made available with the cooperation and consent of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
U.S. International Trade Statistics
This website from the U.S. Census Bureau contains monthly import and export data by SITC Codes: Food and Live Animals; Beverages and Tobacco; Crude Materials, Inedible, Except Fuels; Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and Related Materials; Animal and Vegetable Oils, Fats and Waxes; Chemicals and Related Prodcuts, N.E.S.; Manufactured Goods Classified Chiefly by Material; Machinery and Transport Equipment; Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles; Commodities andTransactions, N.E.S.
USA Counties
"USA Counties features over 6,000 data items for the United States, States and counties from a variety of sources. Files include data published for 2008 estimates and many items from the 2000 Census of Population and Housing, the 1990 census, the 1980 census and the 2002, 1997, 1992, 1987, 1982 and 1977 economic censuses. Information in USA Counties is derived from the following general topics: age, agriculture, ancestry, banking, building permits, business patterns, crime, earnings, education, elections, employment, government, health, households, housing, income, labor force, manufactures, population, poverty, retail trade, social programs, veterans, vital statistics, water use, and wholesale trade. Files contain a collection of data from the U. S. Census Bureau and other Federal agencies, such as the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Social Security Administration."
World Resources Report
World Resources Institute provides an electronic version of their annual report, including data tables.
World Trade Indicators
World Trade Indicators (WTI) is “…a wide-ranging database and innovative ranking tool designed to benchmark trade policy and performance. First launched by World Bank Institute in June 2008, and updated in January 2009, the database contains a broad set of trade indicators for 211 countries and territories to help policy makers, advisors and analysts identify border and behind-the-border constraints to trade integration. The database is organized around five thematic categories or pillars, namely (i) Trade Policy, (ii) External Environment, (iii) Institutional Environment, (iv) Trade Facilitation, and (v) Trade Outcome.”
ZipWho.com
Provides ZIP code demographic information based on the 2000 U.S. Census. Users can search by ZIP code or by demographic characteristics.
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II. ECONOMIC INFORMATION / DATA
H. Teaching Resources
Classroom Expernomics
"Classroom Expernomics is dedicated to the use of economic experiments as a teaching tool for the classroom."
Economics Interactive Tutorials
This resource contains tutorials on cost, demand, elasticity, monopoly, rate of return and risk.
Game Theory.net
This collection of teaching resources includes lecture notes, books, games, interactive materials, quizzes and tests, and links to other resources.
METAL - Mathematics for Economics: Enhancing Teaching and Learning
This resource "provides lecturers and students with a selection of free learning resources designed to engage Level 1 students more fully and enthusiastically in mathematics for economics. It includes the following resources: An online question bank of mathematics teaching and assessment materials; Interactive and learning guides; Teaching and learning guides; Economics case studies; An interactive website."
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A. Internet Guides
AcademicInfo
This "in-depth directory is a round up of the best and most useful links and resources within a specific subject area. In most cases they list both printed reference works and electronic resources. The subject guides are also put together taking into account their accessibility, authoritative sources as well as their ease of use and aim to present a fair and well rounded perspective of the respective subject matter.'
GPO Access
"GPO Access is a service of the U.S. Printing Office that provides free electronic access to a wealth of important information products produced by the Federal Government" including Congressional Bills and Hearings, Budgets of the U.S. Government, Economic Indicators, etc.
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C. Literature - Monographs
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
"Columbia International Affairs Online is the most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs. CIAO is also widely-recognized source for teaching materials including original case studies written by leading international affairs experts, course packs of background readings for history and political science classes. Note: University of Minnesota Users Only (Licensed Resource)."
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F. Statistics - Data Resources
About Counties
The National Association of Counties collects information on U.S. counties, such as county officials, courthouse addresses, county seats, cities within a county as well as various statistical and geographical information. To see a listing of the counties for a state, select a State from the map or you can pick a state from the drop-down menu or pick a state from the map of the U.S.
Africa South the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources -- Statistics
A list of data resources collected by the African Studies Association.
Blank & Outline Maps
"Collections of blank and outline maps" for nations and states.
Demographic Yearbook
"The United Nations Demographic Yearbook collects, compiles and disseminates official statistics on a wide range of topics. Data has been collected from national statistical authorities since 1948 through a set of questionnairies dispatched annually by the United Nations Statistics Division to over 230 national statistical offices. The Demographic Yearbook disseminates statistics on population size and composition, births, deaths, marriage and divorce on an annual basis. Demographic Yearbook special topics issues cover a wide range of additional topics including economic activity, educational attainment, household characteristics, housing, ethnicity and language, among others."
DISC Internet Crossroads
Internet Crossroads in Social Science Data from the University of Wisconsin "contains over 285 annotated links to data-related resources on the Internet. Topics include agriculture, crime, data archives and web directories, data extraction, economic, education, elections, family life, finance, geography and environment, health, historical, housing, international statistical agencies, labor, migration, organizations and associations, philanthropy, politics, policy and government, population, public opinion and attitudes, ready reference, religion, sociological, trade and transportation."
EdStats
"Ed Stats - the World Bank's comprehensive Database of education statistics: makes a variety of national and international data sources (such as UIS and OECD) available in one location; compiles World Bank data on pertinent education topics; adopts an analysis-friendly format that enables flexible access and custom-tailored reports; provides links to a large number of education websites worldwide." (http://go.worldbank.org/ITABCOGIV1)
Gary Price's List of Lists
"The List of Lists is a database of ranked listings of companies, people and resources freely available on the Internet. Content comes from a number of sources including: Specialissues.com, Gary Price's "Resource Shelf" and individual users of LOL. The LOL is organized by subject headings based on the two-digit 1997 U.S. NAICS Codes."
Historical Climate Data Retrieval
Minnesota weather statistics from the Minnesota Climatology Working Group. Data includes temperature and precipitation, plus storm reports.
HNPStats - World Bank Health, Nutrition and Population Statistics Database
"HNPStats is a one-stop data source for health, nutrition and population indicators from various national and international data sources. It provides direct access to more than 100 indicators, with time series for countries and country groups from 1960 to the most recent year, where data are available.
In this single data platform, HNPStats compiles key health, nutrition and population indicators for data access, comparison and analysis. Its dynamic data query system is designed in a user-friendly format and creates ready for use reports. A section of HNPStats contains an atlas database where users can access and download maps."
NationalAtlas.gov
"The National Atlas of the United States® is intended to provide a comprehensive, map-like view into the enormous wealth of data collected by the Federal Government." Maps are provided on agriculture, climate, water, environment, etc. This service is provided by the U.S. Department of Interior.
Public Records Online Directory
"The online Public Records database is an information portal to official state websites, and those Tax Assessors' and Recorders' offices that have developed websites for the retrieval of available public records over the internet. Public records information that you may find includes copies of deeds, parcel maps, GIS maps, tax data, ownership information and indexes, and will vary to the extent that the particular office has developed their site. For example, some recorders' offices have marriage and birth records available online. Although not every county and parish has data online, many have homepages, and where neither is available a phone number has been provided."
Social Science Electronic Data Library (SSDEL)
"With funds from NIH and NSF, Sociometrics developed the Social Science Electronic Data Library (SSEDL), a premium health and social science resource that consists of over 500 datasets from more than 250 studies. The datasets are organized into 9 topically-focused collections or archives including: AIDS/STD, disability, American family, adolescent pregnancy, aging, maternal drug abuse, contextual, child well-being and poverty, complementary and alternative medicine."
State & County Quick Facts
A clickable map or drop down box allow users "quick, easy access to facts about people, business, and geography."
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
"The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office website has a list of patent data -- by country, state and year (1990-2003 plus 1963-1990 totals).
VitalStats - from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is "a collection of vital statistics products including tables, data files, and reports that allow users to access and examine vital statistics and population data interactively.
World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases
"The World Data Centre for greenhouse gases (WDCGG) was established at the Japan Meteological Agency (JMA) in October 1990 to make collection and distribution of data on the concentrations of greenhouse and related gases (CO2, CH4, CFCs, N2O, O3, CO, NOX, SO2, VOC, etc.) in the atmosphere and the ocean. The WDCGG collects data from the GAW observing network, research organizations, and other cooperative programmes." (http://gaw.kishou.go.jp/wdcgg/introduction.html)
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G. Writing Resources
EasyBib.com
Provides assistance in preparing bibliographies according to the MLA Handbook for Writers and Researchers.
EnhanceMyWriting.com: A Complete Collection of Indispensable Writing Resources
“You'll find everything on and off the Net that you could possibly need in writing or researching a paper, including links to all sorts of reference material, links to writing labs, links to Web search engines, and links to writing-related Web sites.”
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I. Dictionaries and Handbooks
Almanac of American Politics
This online almanac incudes biographical and political profiles of all governors and members of Congress. It also includes lists of al Congressioanl Committees, information on campaign finance, guides to redistricting,etc.
Plant Information Online
Information on where to purchase plants and seeds. Contact information and links to over 2,000 North American retail and wholesale seed and nursery firms. Bibliographic details for more than 350,000 images of wild and cultivated plansts. Links to expert-selected sites on growing plants in all regions of Canada and the U.S.
Water Words Dictionary
This online dictionary includes word definitions as well as a list of conversion tables and abbreviations.
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IV. BUSINESS / COMPANY INFORMATION / DATA
A. Internet Guides - Company / Financial Reports
EDGAR Database
EDGAR contains electronic filings by corporations to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission -- annual 10K reports, etc.
FreeEDGAR
"FreeEDGAR provides view & print filings using RTF; free, unlimited access to indexed SEC EDGAR Filings; free, unlimited access to Today's Filings; free e-mail alerts of targeted company filings by creating a Watchlist; and instant download of financial data directly into Excel spreadsheets."
Melissa Data: Free Online Lookups
A web list of business related resources on addresses, zip codes, doemographics, income tax statistics, labor statistics,nonprofits, schools, etc.
RBA Business Information on the Internet
"...a selection of key business information sites on the Internet."
SEC Info
"Securities Information from the SEC EDGAR and CSA SEDAR databases."
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VI. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA RESOURCES
University of Minnesota, Department of Economics
The mission of the Department of Economics is to produce high-quality research, provide high-quality training for graduate students and undergraduate majors, and offer high-quality courses accessible to non-major undergraduates that introduce them to the principles and methods of economics.
University of Minnesota, Economics Research Library
Includes links to lists of discussion papers from many departments of economics- both domestic and international.
University of Minnesota, School of Statistics, Statistical Consulting Service
"The Statistical Consulting Service provides statistical help for researchers at the University of Minnesota. Founded in 1972, the consulting service has worked on literally thousands of projects with University researchers. We get questions that can be answered on the spot and harder research questions that can take months or even years of collaboration between the center staff and other university researchers. We provide service to all parts of the University. Since most of our funding is from the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, researchers and students affiliated with the MAES receive priority for our service. University researchers are generally not charged for our services. We also receive funding from the College of Liberal Arts."
University of Minnesota, University Libraries
Includes links to the University of Minnesota online library catalog (MNCAT) as well as to indexes, electronic journals, reference sources, news sources and information about library services and policies.
University of Minnesota, Water Resources Center
"The WRC works to help coordinate outreach and research within the University, enabling more effective delivery of research to decision-makers and citizens; to open new avenues for multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary partnerships; and to provide a critical link between students and water-resources professionals, allowing students maximum access to the University's water programs."
University of Minnesota Extension Service
"The University of Minnesota Extension Service is committed to delivering high-quality, relevant educational progams and information to Minnesota citizens and communities...The University of Minnesota Extension Service provides practical information to people who need it, when they need it."
University of Minnesota Extension Service, Tourism Center
"Our Mission is to lead in providing education, research and outreach services that enhance the understanding of travel and tourism and its relationship to people, communities, industry and the environment."
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Comparing Sources of Data on Employment
A resource from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development that lists employment data for U.S. and Minnesota.
District Demographic Profiles
This website from the Minnesota Legislature includes reports and maps by congressional district and legislative district. Statistics included are: age, educational level, poverty, income, housing, unemployment and minority.
Minnesota Maps Online
This web site has historic maps from the collection of the Minnesota Historical Society and the Office of the Secretary of State, including original land survey maps, plat books and atlases.
WOODROW - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
This website includes links to the full-text of Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis publications as well as links to data on agriculture, banking, business, exports, labor, natural resources, and population.
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