Statistics Pathfinder

To find books in the MHS Media Center, open Spectrum (the electronic card catalog) located on the student desktop. On the Easy Search screen, enter keyword--Statistics, for example. On the Advanced Search screen, enter keywords--Statistics and children, for example.

001.4 CAM	Campbell, Stephen Kent. *Statistics You Can't Trust: A Friendly Guide to Clear Thinking about Statistics in Everyday Life.* Parker, Colo.: Think Twice, 1999.
304.6 BRE	Brewer, Cynthia A. Mapping Census 2000: The Geography of Diversity. Redlands, Calif.: ESRI Press, 2001.
303.3 BES	Best, Joel. Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians and Activists. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California, 2001.
310 HUF	Huff, Darrell. How to Lie with Statistics. New York: Norton, 2001.
519.5 PHI	Phillips, John L. How to Think about Statistics. New York: W.H. Freeman, 2000.
REF 306 STA	*A Statistical Portrait of the United States: Social Conditions and Trends.* Lanham, Md.: Berman, 1998.
REF 310 ILL	*The Illustrated Book of World Rankings.* Edited by George Thomas Kurian. Armonk, NY: Sharpe, 1997.
REF 310.3 TES	Tesar, Jenny E. The New View Almanac: The First All-visual Resource of Vital Facts and Statistics. 2nd ed. Woodbridge, Conn.: Blackbirch, 1999.
REF 310.3 WOR	*World Almanac and Book of Facts, 2005.* New York: World Almanac, 2005.
REF 317.3 STA	*Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2003.* 123rd ed. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2003.

FedStats
http://www.fedstats.gov
Provides statistics from over 100 U. S. Federal agencies on crime, education, energy, health, environment, labor, transportation, etc.

Statistical Resources on the Web (University of Michigan Documents Center)
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html
Statistics on health, cost of living, education, environment, weather, and many other topics.

U.S. Census Bureau (Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2004-2005)
http://www.census.gov/statab/www
Contains a selected collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States.

Occupational Outlook Handbook
http://www.bls.gov/oco/
Gives specific information about a variety of occupations.

Information Please
http://www.infoplease.com
Permits searching for factual information in almanacs, an encyclopedia, dictionary, or atlas.

These databases have current information, as well as periodical and newspaper articles.

     Infotrac -- contains databases of magazine articles, a biography resource, and health and
     business references. Try Reference Center Gold, Expanded Academic ASAP, and Biography
     Resource Center.

bigchalk eLibrary -- online reference center including books, magazines, newspapers,
pictures, maps, and TV transcripts.

   Massachusetts Newsstand -- newspaper articles from the Boston Globe (1980 - current),
     Boston Herald (1991 - current), and ten other Massachusetts newspapers.

     Grolier Online -- 2 electronic encyclopedias-- New Book of Knowledge and Grolier Multimedia
     Encyclopedia. Articles in these encyclopedias link you to other articles and also to relevant web
     sites where you can find more information on your topic.

These databases are also available from home. You can gain access to these resources from
home by going to the Answers...To Go! web page made available from the
Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library System:

and enter your public library card number (from Methuen or any MVLC member
library) where you are prompted for a patron or user number.