How-to: Resource guides
See an operational prototype of a searchable database of this "Guide to Resources" at http://www.scc.rutgers.edu/guides/index.cfm
CensusCD+Maps
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/reference/help/censusCDmaps/censuscdmaps.pdf
Description: CensusCD+Maps is a product which combines demographic data and software to provide easy analysis of all census geographic breakdowns for the United States.
Provider: University of Virginia
Community 2020 Tutorial
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/reference/help/community2020/com2020.pdf
Description: Community 2020 is a geographic and statistical data resource produced by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to help community development personnel identify, catalogue and keep track of grants and programs administered by HUD.
Provider: University of Virginia
CPS Utilities
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/dset_guides/cps/cpsutil.html
Description: This is not a complete guide to using the CPS Utilities Database but it does give an overview of CPS.
Provider: Columbia University
Datastream Advance User Guide
http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/dstreamadvance/index.html
Description: Datastream is a vast database of economic, company, and finance data. The database and the programs used to access the data are held on Datastream Research Service's mainframe computer in London, England.
Provider: University of Wisconsin-Madison
German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) and PSID-GSOEP Equivalent Data File Workshop User Guide
http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/apdu/gsoep_cd_TOC.html
Description: The Users Guide for the German Socio-Economic Panel, Waves 1-12 and PSID-GSOEP Equivalent Data File on CD-ROM
Provider: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Global Development Finance 1999 on CD-ROM, User Guide
http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/apdu/gdf_TOC.html
Description: The Global Development Finance CD-ROM contains data compiled from the World Bank Debtor Reporting System. Formerly known as World Debt Tables, the new name reflects an expanded scope and greater coverage of private financial flows.
Provider: University of Wisconsin-Madison
International Financial Statistics
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/dset_guides/imf-files/ifs.html
Description: The International Financial Statistics is the principle publication of the International Monetary Fund. The IFS contains data from 1948 until 1997.
Provider: Columbia University
International Social Survey Programme Data User Guide
http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/apdu/issp_cd_TOC.html
Description: The ISSP CD-ROM contains the complete collection of data and documentation of the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) between 1985 and 1992. In these years the ISSP conducted eight different Social Science Surveys in up to 17 countries.
Provider: University of Wisconsin--Madison
National Longitudinal Surveys
http://aaron.chrr.ohio-state.edu/manuals/gator/chapter0-toc.html
Description: This User's Guide illustrates how to begin using the Windows version of the data base access software NLS Investigator. This retrieval system accompanies one or more of the National Longitudinal Survey's (NLS) databases on CD-ROM.
Provider: The Ohio State University
OECD Statistical Compendium on CD-ROM: Users Guide
http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/apdu/oecd_cd_TOC.html
Description: The Statistical Compendium brings together various OECD publications into a compilation of the best-of-OECD statistics.
Provider: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade CD-ROM
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/reference/help/slavetrade/slavetrade.pdf
Description: This CD-ROM contains the records of over 27,000 slave trade voyages between the years 1527 to 1866. This user guide provides a quick overview of the query software and provides a detailed search.
Provider: University of Virginia
Union Army Study
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/reference/help/unionarmy/unionarmy.pdf
Description: The Union Army Data Set consists of 35,747 white males from 303 randomly selected Union Army companies during the Civil War, for whom military, socio-economic, and medical information from the several sources.
Provider: University of Virginia
United Nations Statistical Yearbook on CD-ROM
http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/apdu/un_cd_TOC.html
Description: The Statiscal Yearbook CD-ROM (SYB-CD) provides the complete contents of the fortieth issue of the Statistical Yearbook (with data through 1993/1994) in both a comprehensive database (SYB-CD Database ) and in book format.
Provider: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Using 2000 World Development Indicators CD-ROM
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/reference/help/worlddev/World%20Development.pdf
Description: The 2000 World Development Indicators CD-ROM contains a database of more than 500 time series covering the years 1960 through 1998, where data are available.
Provider: University of Virginia
Using 2001 Global Development Finance CD-ROM
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/reference/help/globalfin/Global%20Finance.pdf
Description: The 2001 Global Development Finance CD-ROM contains a database of more than 200 time-series indicators covering the years 1970 through 1999 in most cases and to 2009 for pipeline data.
Provider: University of Virginia
Using CensusCD Blocks
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/dset_guides/censuscd/censusblock.html
Description: CensusCD Blocks is the first product to contain demographic and housing data and map boundaries from the US Census Bureau for all 7 million+census blocks nationwide on a single CD.
Provider: Columbia University
Using SETS to Extract NHIS and Other NCHS Data on CD-ROM
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/dset_guides/nchs/sets20.html
Description: The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) is a principal source of information on the health of the civilian population of the United States, conducted annually since 1957 by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
Provider: Columbia University