CCAD Packard Library: Social Science & History: Reference

Reference Books in the Library

American Religion Data Archive
Quantitative data on churches and church membership, religious professionals, and religious groups.

Biography Reference Bank This link opens in a new window
Biographical information on approximately half a million people, from antiquity to the present.
CIA World Factbook This link opens in a new window
Contains facts on every country, dependency, and geographic entity in the world.
Oxford Reference This link opens in a new window
Over 34 dictionaries and encyclopedias on a variety of subjects.
Points of View Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Designed to assist researchers in understanding the full scope of controversial subjects.

DataOhio
Offers over 300 datasets from 14 State of Ohio agencies (including health, education, workforce and natural resources data).
Data USA
Data USA is the most comprehensive website and visualization engine of public US Government data.

CIA World Factbook This link opens in a new window
Contains facts on every country, dependency, and geographic entity in the world.

GlobalEDGE
From Michigan State U; a portal site to "a wealth of information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities".Create a free account if you want access to the member only section.
Inter-American Development Bank Library
International Monetary Fund
Sage Data
Find, visualize, and share billions of U.S. and international statistics from trusted sources that cover business, crime, health, labor and more.
Statistics Sites on the Web (International)
UNICEF
United Nations
World Bank
World Bank E-Library
World Health Organization
Worldwide NGO Directory