• Search and navigate across data covering the following topics:
• 1. Population: Population Characteristics-- Vital Statistics-- Internal Migration-- International Migration-- Family and Household Composition-- Cohorts-- American Indians
• 2. Work and Welfare: Labor-- Slavery-- Education-- Health-- Economic Inequality and Poverty-- Social Insurance and Public Assistance-- Nonprofit, Voluntary, and Religious Entities
• 3. Economic Structure and Performance: National Income and Product-- Business Fluctuations and Cycles-- Prices-- Consume Expenditures-- Saving, Capital, and Wealth-- Geography and the Environment-- Science, Technology, and Productivity-- Business Organization-- Financial Markets and Institutions
• 4. Economic Sectors: Agriculture, Natural Resource Industries-- Construction, Housing, and Mortgages-- Manufacturing-- Distribution-- Transportation-- Communications-- Services and Utilities
• 5. Governance and International Relations: Government Finance and Employment-- Elections and Politics-- Crime, Law Enforcement, and Justice-- National Defense, Wars, Armed Forces, and Veterans-- International Trade and Exchange Rates-- Outlying Areas-- Colonial Statistics-- Confederate States of America.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

Long the standard source for quantitative indicators of American history, a new edition of Historical Statistics of the United States is something that reference librarians, historians, and social scientists have long awaited. Not since the Bicentennial Edition was published in 1975 has new data and material been available. Available online for the first time, this comprehensive and thoroughly revised edition reflects thirty years of information and new scholarship, providing a comprehensive compendium of statistics from over 1,000 sources, recording every aspect of the history of the United States. The electronic edition has been designed to give users a variety of means to search and navigate the vast amount of data available. Users will be able to graph individual tables or to combine data from different tables into 'custom tables' and to download tables for use in spreadsheets and other applications. Visit www.cambridge.org/historicalstats for further information and to discover more.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

"The Household Products Database 'links over 4,000 consumer brands to health effects from Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) provided by the manufacturers.' A consumer or scientist can search or browse by product name, chemical, or MSDS. Household products included are those usually found under the kitchen and bathroom sinks such as Comet Cleanser with Chlorinol and SOS Steel Wool Pads. A search of the Comet brand name retrieves all products containing that brand name. Records for each product contain a physical description of the product, its purpose, the manufacturer with address and telephone numbers, health effects, safe handling and disposal information, and ingredients from the product's label and/or Material Safety Data Sheets. One especially nice feature is the ability to highlight a word or phrase on the product information page and generate an automatic search of TOXNET (http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/) simply by clicking on the button provided. This is a valuable resource for both consumers and scientists who need to quickly find contents, health effects, or safe handling instructions for common household products"--Reviewed Mar. 20, 2004, "Best Free Reference Web Sites 2004," RUSA Quarterly, Fall 2004. Comp. by the MARS Best Free Websites Committee, RUSA, ALA.