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Geographically-Based

Statistical Abstract of Latin America (UCLA Latin American Center Publs.; annual). Provides all kinds of statistics. HA935 .S8

South America, Central America and the Caribbean (Europa Publs.; annual). A yearbook featuring encyclopedic entries, directories, and all kinds of statistics. F1401 .S68

Canada Year Book (Statistics Canada). Provides all kinds of statistics. HC111 .A1 C3x

The Middle East and North Africa (Europa Publs.; annual). A yearbook featuring encyclopedic entries, directories, and all kinds of statistics. DS49 .M5

Africa South of the Sahara (Europa Publs.; annual). A yearbook featuring encyclopedic entries, directories, and all kinds of statistics. DT351 .A37

Europa World Year Book (Europa Publs.). A yearbook featuring encyclopedic entries, directories, and all kinds of statistics. JN1 .E85

World Factbook (CIA). Encyclopedic entries for each country. Now primarily an electronic source.

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Whitaker's Almanack AY751 .W45x (mostly for Great Britain) Information Please Almanac AY64 .I55 World Almanac AY 67 .N5 W7 Statesman's Year-Book JA 51 .S7

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Direction of Trade Statistics Yearbook (International Monetary Fund). Imports/exports organized by country. HF91 .I65

International Trade Statistics Yearbook (United Nations). Imports/exports organized by country. HF91 .I4x

World Trade Annual (Walker & Co., for the UN). Gives imports/exports, organized by commodity. HF53 .W6

The CRB Commodity Yearbook (John Wiley, for Knight-Ridder). US & international statistics, organized by commodity. HF1041 .C56 (most recent in Business Alcove I)

World Resources (Oxford Univ. Press, for World Resources Institute et al.; annual). Organized by subject: cities & urban environments/economic indicators/human population/forests & land cover/food & agriculture/biodiversity/energy & materials/water & fisheries/climate. HC10 .W827

Demographic Yearbook (United Nations). Organized by subject: world summary/population/ natality/mortality/marriage-divorce/household composition. HA17 .D45

Statistical Yearbook (United Nations). Organized by subject: population & social statistics/ economic activity/international economic relations. HA12.5 .U63

UNESCO Statistical Yearbook (UNESCO). Organized by subject: education/science & technology/culture & communication (incl. world summaries, libraries, book production, newspaper & periodical production, museum collections, broadcasting, international trade in printed matter). AZ361 .U45

FAO Yearbook: Production (Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN). Organized by subject: land use/agricultural population/agricultural production/world summary/crops/livestock/means of production. HD1421 .P76

FAO Yearbook: Trade & Commerce (FAO). Organized by subject: indices of trade by region/ trade in agricultural products/trade in agricultural technology/value of trade by country. HD9000.4 .T7

World Health Statistics (World Health Organization; annual). Organized by country. RA651 .A4851x

Yearbook of Labour Statistics (International Labour Office). Organized by subject: economically active population /employment /unemployment /workhours /wages /labour cost / consumer prices /occupational injuries /strikes & lockouts. HD4826 .I63 (most recent in Business Alcove I)

International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics (UN Industrial Development Organization). Organized by product and by country. HC10 .I68 (Business Alcove I)

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LexisNexis Statistical provides statistical surveys, charts, and tables produced by federal, state, and intergovernmental agencies, professional and trade organizations, commercial publishers, independent research organizations, and universities. It also includes the online version of the American Statistics Index (ASI). This database is available on campus via the campuswide information system, WKUNet, and off-campus via the proxy server.

Britannica Book of the Year (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Includes summary statistics on many subjects, by-subject and by-country. AE5 .E364

Travel Guides: The Fodors series, and the annual regional handbooks published by Passport (for: South America/Mexico & Central America/The Caribbean Islands). These are mostly for tourists, but do have some otherwise useful data such as monetary exchange rates.

Historical Statistics: An especially useful series by B.R. Mitchell (for Stockton Press) is International Historical Statistics, in three separately catalogued volumes (for: The Americas; Africa/Asia/Oceania; and Europe).

Bibliography: When the preceding sources fail, try the following bibliographic sources (both at Ready Ref): (1) International Statistics Sources (Routledge) Z7551 .I42 (2) Statistics Sources (Gale; for US and International statistics) Z7551 .S84

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