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<th width="150"><strong>Database/Vendor</strong></th>
<th><strong>Subjects</strong></th>
<th><strong>Contents</strong></th>
<th><strong>Coverage</strong></th>
<th><strong>Dates/Updates</strong></th>
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<!-- American FactFinder-->
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<td bgcolor="#ffffff" nowrap="nowrap" width="150"><a href="http://factfinder.census.gov/"><strong>American FactFinder</strong></a> <br /> <small>U.S. Census Bureau</small></td>
<td>Population and economic census</td>
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<li>Text</li>
<li>Images</li>
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<td>Population census, 1990 & 2000<br /> Economic census, 1997</td>
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<li>1990+</li>
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<li>Daily</li>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" class="bodytext"><a href="http://catalog.gpo.gov/F/?func=find-d-0"><strong>Catalog<br /> of U.S. Government Publications</strong></a> <br /> <small>U.S. GPO</small></td>
<td class="bodytext">All subjects</td>
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<li>Citations</li>
<li class="bodytext">Web Links</li>
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<td class="bodytext">500,000+ U.S. government documents, including electronic titles available on the WWW</td>
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<li>1976-present</li>
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<li class="bodytext">Daily</li>
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<td bgcolor="#ffffff" nowrap="nowrap" width="150"><a href="http://www.fedstats.gov/"><strong>FedStats</strong></a> <br /> <small>70+ federal agencies</small></td>
<td>All subjects</td>
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<li>Text</li>
<li>Images</li>
<li>Links</li>
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<td>Statistical publications of 70+ federal agencies</td>
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<li>1997+</li>
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<li>Daily</li>
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<td bgcolor="#ffffff" nowrap="nowrap" width="150"><a href="http://www.gpoaccess.gov/"><strong>GPO Access</strong></a> <br /> <small>U.S. GPO</small></td>
<td>U.S. law, legislation, regulation, executive and congressional documents</td>
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<li>Text</li>
<li>Images</li>
<li>Links</li>
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<td>Publications of the U.S. government</td>
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<li>1993+</li>
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<li>Daily</li>
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<td bgcolor="#ffffff" nowrap="nowrap" width="150"><a href="http://proxy.library.siue.edu:2048/login?url=http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org/fsip;done=referer;dbname=GPO"><strong>GPO</strong></a> <br /> <small>OCLC</small></td>
<td>All subjects</td>
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<li>Citations</li>
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<td>All formats of U.S. government documents</td>
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<li>1976+</li>
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<li>Monthly</li>
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<td bgcolor="#ffffff" nowrap="nowrap" width="150"><a href="http://www.igpa.uillinois.edu/Abstract/default.htm"><strong>Illinois Statistical Abstract</strong></a> <br /> <small>IGPA, University of Illinois</small></td>
<td>Demographic, economic, and social data for Illinois</td>
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<li><span style="color:#008000;">Text</span></li>
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<td>Statistical data</td>
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<li>2003</li>
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<li>Annually</li>
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<td bgcolor="#ffffff" nowrap="nowrap" width="150"><a href="http://www.bls.gov/oco/"><strong>Occupational Outlook Handbook</strong></a> <br /> <small>Bureau of Labor Statistics</small></td>
<td>Occupational and career information</td>
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<li>Text</li>
<li>Images</li>
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<td>250+ occupations</td>
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<li>2002-03</li>
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<li>Biennial</li>
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<td bgcolor="#ffffff" nowrap="nowrap" width="150"><a href="http://www.stat-usa.gov/"><strong>STAT-USA</strong></a> <br /> <small>STAT-USA</small> <br /> <small> <span style="color:#ff0000;">Login required.<br /> Please ask at Information Desk.</span></small></td>
<td>Domestic economic and trade statistical data and analysis. Includes NTDB data.</td>
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<li>Statistics</li>
<li>Full text reports</li>
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<td>40,000+ documents</td>
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<li>Last 24 months</li>
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<li>Daily</li>
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<td bgcolor="#ffffff" nowrap="nowrap" width="150"><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/"><strong>THOMAS</strong></a> <br /> <small>Library of Congress</small></td>
<td>Federal legislation</td>
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<li>Text</li>
<li>Images</li>
<li>Links</li>
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<td>Legislative publications of the U.S. government</td>
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<li>1973+</li>
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<li>Daily</li>
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<td bgcolor="#ffffff" nowrap="nowrap" width="150"><a href="http://proxy.library.siue.edu:2048/login?url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/cdb/cdb_help/cdb_quick_start.asp"><strong>United Nations Common Database<br /> (UNCDB)</strong></a> <br /> <small>United Nations</small></td>
<td>Economic, social, and demographic statistics</td>
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<li>Statistics</li>
<li>Data</li>
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<td>Over 200 countries with 300+ statistical series</td>
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<li>1971-present with some projection data</li>
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<li>Annually</li>
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<td bgcolor="#ffffff" nowrap="nowrap" width="150"><a href="http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/"><strong>United States Government Manual</strong></a> <br /> <small>NARA</small></td>
<td>Federal government agency history and structure</td>
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<li>Text</li>
<li>Images</li>
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<td>All agencies of the Federal government</td>
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<li>1995/96-present</li>
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<li>Annual</li>
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<td bgcolor="#ffffff" nowrap="nowrap" width="150"><a href="http://www.usatradeonline.gov/"><strong>USA Trade Online</strong></a> <br /> <small>U.S. Dept. of Commerce</small> <br /> <small> <span style="color:#ff0000;">Login required.<br /> Please ask at Information Desk.</span></small></td>
<td>U.S. import and export data</td>
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<li>Data</li>
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<td>Trade data by commodity</td>
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<li>Current year + 4 years backfile</li>
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<li>Monthly</li>
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<td bgcolor="#ffffff" nowrap="nowrap" width="150"><a href="http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/"><strong>World Factbook</strong></a> <br /> <small>CIA</small></td>
<td>Political, economic, and demographic information</td>
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<li>Text</li>
<li>Images</li>
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<td>Countries of the world</td>
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<li>Current year</li>
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<li>Annual</li>
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