International Historical Statistics

A unique collection of statistics covering a wide range of socio-economic topics using collections of data sets taken from hundreds of disparate primary sources, including both official national and international abstracts – back to 1750 and up to 2010.

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Trial expires: Thursday, May 16, 2013

ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the U.S.

The ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. The Statistical Abstract of the United States is a one-volume, comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Use the Abstract as a convenient volume for statistical reference, and as a guide to sources of more information both in print and on the Web.

The following resources have been discontinued:

• Kompass
• Mergent Bondviewer
• NYSE TAQ (was accessible in WRDS)
• OECD iLibrary
• Stratfor

Direction of Trade Statistics

The Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS) database provides figures on the value of merchandise exports and imports by trade partners as well as area and world aggregates showing trade flows between major areas of the world. DOTS provides access to monthly, quarterly and annual trade data from 1948 to 1999 for about 180 countries and geographic areas.

IBISWorld Industry Risk Ratings

This resource has been added to the IBISWorld subscription.

Social Sciences Index Retrospective

“Social sciences index retrospective, offers the ability to search a wide range of important journals in the social sciences. Topics include the latest concepts, trends, opinions, theories, and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences. ” –Publisher description

Bizminer

This resource was on trial and has been acquired by the Baylor University Libraries.

Encyclopedia of U.S.-Latin American Relations

This resource explores years of political, military, economic, and cultural connections between the United States of America and its neighbors to the south. This reference provides a deep reservoir of context for current events in the interactions among the countries of the Americas.

Last year, EBSCO Publishing bought HW Wilson.  EBSCO is in the process of migrating all Wilson databases to the EBSCOhost platform.  The following Wilson databases acquired by the Baylor University Libraries have been moved to the EBSCOhost platform:

• Art Index Retrospective
• Book Review Digest Retrospective
• Education Index Retrospective
• Essay and General Literature Index Retrospective
• Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective
• Play Index
• Readers’ Guide Retrospective
• Short Story Index Retrospective

The remaining Wilson databases should be migrated to the EBSCOhost platform before the end of February 2012, and include the following resources acquired by the Baylor University Libraries:

• Children’s Core Collection
• Fiction Core Collection
• Middle and Junior High Core Collection
• Public Library Core Collection Nonfiction
• Senior High Core Collection

Rand Texas

This resource was on trial and has been acquired by the Baylor Libraries.