Statistical Resources for Journalists

At Columbia | Internet Resources | Reference Sources

At Columbia University

GIS & Statistical Data Resources at the Digital Social Science Center (DSSC)

Located in Lehman Library, the DSSC offers access to a variety of data sources and its staff provides guidance and instruction.

Internet Resources

• Statistical Sources on the Web
  A guide from Columbia University's Lehman Social Sciences Library.
  
  
• Bureau of the Census
  
  
• Business Statistics Sites from CU Business & Economics Library
  
  
• Facts About Newspapers 2002
  From the Newpaper Association of America.
  
  
• Finding Data on the Internet
  
  
• The Gallup Organization
  
  
• The Institute for Research In Social Science's Public Opinion Item Index
  
  
• Media Industry statistics
  From Advertising Age.
  
  
• Newspaper Association of America - Advertising and Marketing Statistics
  
  
• Sree's Suggestions for Journalism Web Research
  From the Journalism School's own Sreenath Sreenivasan.
  
  
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
  
  
• Stat USA

Reference Sources

Fitzpatrick, Gary L. Direct line distances (1986)

Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press

JOURNALISM G109 .F53 1986

Gale book of averages (1993)

Detroit : Gale Research Inc

JOURNALISM HA155 .G34 1993

Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; U.S. Statistical abstract of the United States (1995)

Washington : G.P.O.

JOURNALISM HA202 .Un31

Statistical forecasts of the United States (1993)

Detroit : Gale Research

JOURNALISM HC106.8 .S7357 1993

Taeuber, Cynthia Murray. Statistical handbook on women in America (1991)

Phoenix, AZ : Oryx Press

JOURNALISM HQ1420 .T34 1991

Statistical record of children (1994)

Detroit : Gale Research

JOURNALISM HQ767.8 .S73

Statistical record of the environment (1991)

Detroit : Gale Research

JOURNALISM TD180 .D37 1991

Upclose 1990 census sourcebook (1992)

El Granada, Calif. : UPCLOSE Publishing

JOURNALISM HA202 .U63 1992g

Derks, Scott. Value of a dollar: prices and incomes in the United States, 1860-1989

Detroit : Gale

JOURNALISM HB235.U6 V35 1994g

Stanley, Harold W. Vital statistics on American politics (1994)

Washington, D.C. : CQ Press

JOURNALISM JK274 .S74 1994