Sources –American Statistics Index (ASI) U.S. government sources 1973 to present –Statistical Reference Index (SRI) State and private sector sources 1980 to present –Index to International Statistics (IIS) International Intergovernmental Organizations 1983 to present

Search tips –Boolean AND OR AND NOT –Truncation ! (e.g. environment!) * (wom*n) –Advanced Search StrategiesAdvanced Search Strategies

Index by Categories – ASI & SRI Index by Categories – IIS

Tables Research Edition (TRE) –Searches ONLY full-text items (i.e. tables) –Content – Monographic series with data from: –200 Federal Agencies –50 State Governments –100 International Intergovernmental Organizations –500 Private/Academic sources

Tables Research Edition (TRE) –Access to over 130,000 individually indexed tables –Tables formatted as GIF images –Excel spreadsheets available (~20%)

Tables Research Edition (TRE) –Dates –coverage runs from approximately 1997 – present –some data is available for earlier dates –Indexed by –title –row headings –column headings –subject descriptors –subject descriptors’ synonyms

Sample Table

Tables Research Edition (TRE)

Abstracts –Searches entire database –Dates ASI (federal): present SRI (state/private): present IIS (international): present

Abstracts –Documents indexed at publication level, not full-text Not all search results contain tables Tables are linked when available –Abstracts describe the content of a publication –Links provided to full-text source documents and tables, when available.

Sample Abstract

Abstracts

Documents –Availability Full-text for some documents in database (~2004 to present in ASI) In print or online through Chinook In microfiche –ASI Microfiche Library (Gov Pubs) –SRI Microfiche Library (Gov Pubs – S,U; Business – A,B,C,R) –IIS Microfiche Library (Gov Pubs)

Further help GovPubs Help Guide – LexisNexis Statistical User Guide – User Guide to ASI – User Guide to SRI – User Guide to IIS –