Welcome
Welcome to the SAIS Library's Statistics guide, designed to highlight a selection of our best resources.
Remember, the SAIS reference librarians are here to help. If you know of a useful source we haven't included, please share it with us!
Photo by James Cridland from CC
Have a Statistics Question?
Below are some answered questions. Answers open in a new window.
- Does SAIS subscribe to Bloomberg New Energy Finance?
- Does the Library have a Bloomberg terminal?
- Does the Library have the Euromonitor database?
Statistics at SAIS: recorded session
Want to learn more about our key statistics sources? Click on the image below to view a recorded session (73 minutes) offered by MSE Data Librarian Jen Darragh on October 22, 2010.
Key Sources: World-Wide Coverage
- Countrydata.com
- Economist Intelligence Unit Data Services Choose CountryData, Market Indicators and Forecasts, or CityData from the EIU menu.
- Global InsightClick on "DataInsight-Web".
- International Monetary Fund DataInternational Financial Statistics, Balance of Payments, Direction of Trade, Government Finance Statistics, and more. TIP: Use the "Query Builder"
- OECD Stat Connect to OECD iLibrary and click on "Statistics".
- Passport GMIDTo access data, click on "Search", then "Menu Search". First select your categor(ies), then countr(ies). After retrieving your search, you can adjust the time series, getting data back to 1977.
- ProQuest Statistical Datasets
- ProQuest Statistical InsightAn index to statistical publications of the US govt., IGOs, and private sector organizations.
- UNData
- World dataBank (World Bank)World Bank databases including World Devt. Indicators, Global Development Finance, African Devt. Indicators and more. WDI is also in print: REF HC59.15 .W67
Overviews
These annuals offer good statistical overviews, often pointing to sources with more detailed data:
- CIA World FactbookEarlier editions in print: G 122 .U56
- Europa World Also in print as Europa World Yearbook: JN 1 .E85
- International Yearbook and Statesmen's Who's WhoPrint only: JA 51 .I57
- Statesman's YearbookOnline and print (JA 51 .S7)
Ask a SAIS Librarian |
 SAIS Reference Librarians Who we are: left to right: Linda Carlson, Kate Picard, Steve Sears, Jenny Kusmik, Sheila Thalhimer |
Loading content... please wait
