Research Guides: Demographic and Consumer Data: Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Online Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Britannica Online Academic Edition - World Data
In this portion of EB you can see statistics at a glance (“snapshots”), create tables and charts comparing countries across multiple statistical categories, or focus on statistics for a single country. You can also create tables and charts comparing countries’ changes over time (data spans up to 90 years).
Concise Encyclopedia of Economics (CEE)
Concise Encyclopedia of Economics, edited by David R. Henderson, features easy-to-read articles by over 150 top economists, over 80 biographies of famous economists, and many tables and charts illustrating economics in action.
The Economist: glossary of economic-related terms

Print Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

Historical statistics of the United States, colonial times to 1970
Call Number: REF/HA202.B87 1975
ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States.
Publication Date: 2013
Continues/replaces the "Statistical Abstract of the United States" (see below) from 2013 on.
Statistical abstract of the United States
Call Number: REF/HA202.A38 2009

Featured Resource: Census Atlas of the United States

This is the first general population and housing statistical atlas published by the U.S. Census Bureau since the 1920s. Includes maps, figures, and text selected and organized to enhance public understanding of population and housing characteristics of the United States, from 1790 to 2000.