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What It Is
LexisNexis™ Statistical provides fast and easy access to statistical information produced by U.S. Federal agencies, States, private organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations. Depending on an institutions' subscription, a user can search between approximately 200,000 to 500,000 tables with its advanced Search Tables functionality - the shortcut to finding statistics online. Or users can choose the Search Abstracts search form to search summaries of statistical publications for comprehensive overviews of documents.
LexisNexis™ Statistical not only encompasses a world of statistical information using one common interface, but it takes you directly to the data you need. Instead of relying on the limited capabilities of free-text searching (which is particularly ineffective with the tabular format of statistical data) or wading through large text documents to find the statistics you need (or worse, wading through a large text document to find it does NOT have the statistics you need), Statistical allows you to go straight to the tables, or to easily find the right publication with the right series of tables.
What It Will Be
UPDATE! New details on coming attractions.
In January 2010 LexisNexis will release a new and improved version of LexisNexis Statistical that will enhance the overall user experience. Among the features planned for the redesign product are:
- A one-search solution spanning statistical publications, tables, and datasets.
- Faceted search results that can be filtered by source, geographic area, subject, data date, etc.
- Improved relevance ranking based on xml content.
- Removal of restrictions on the size of a search set.
- Integration of published statistics and the datasets they derive from, with cross-references from one to the other.
- New data loaded on a weekly basis, instead of monthly.
Stay tuned to this space to track the progress of the project.
LexisNexis Statistical Modules
The flexible product configuration of LexisNexis™ Statistical begins with the Search Tables search interface, which includes the Base Edition collection of tables. An optional Search Tables module, the Research Edition, substantially increases the number of tables and sources available. Other optional features include three abstracts modules: American Statistics Index (ASI)—Federal sources; Statistical Reference Index (SRI)—State, private sector, and university sources; and Index to International Statistics (IIS)—intergovernmental organization sources.
Statistical DataSets
LexisNexis™ Statistical DataSets is a new online service that will enable researchers to create statistical tables and charts from public domain and licensed data files. This online interactive statistical solution aggregates over 580 datasets and makes 12 billion data points accessible within a single interface. More...
SearchTables
LexisNexis™ Statistical provides the SearchTables™ feature which allows you to retrieve statistical tables quickly and link to abstracts of the publications from which the tables are derived. You are able to search the tables by keyword, coverage date, and categorical breakdown. LexisNexis™ Statistical offers two collections of statistical tables: the Base Edition and the Research Edition. More...
Search Abstracts
In addition to the Base or Research Edition, LexisNexis also offers online collections of descriptive abstracts of thousands of statistical publications from Federal agencies, State agencies and private sector organizations, and international intergovernmental organizations. These abstracts are available as additional modules to LexisNexis™ Statistical.
See also Abstracts of Statistical Publications Within LexisNexis™ Statistical.
See also Statistical Source Lists
American Statistics Index
- ASI abstracts and indexes Federal statistical publications dating back to 1973. As the largest research organization in the world, the U.S. government is the best source for data on almost any topic, including demography, crime, economics, health, education, international trade, labor, the environment, energy, and many others. More...
Statistical Reference Index
- SRI abstracts and indexes significant statistical publications of State and private sector sources in the U.S. dating back to 1980. These sources include professional and trade associations, business organizations, commercial publishers, independent research organizations, State governments, and universities. More...
Index to International Statistics
- IIS abstracts and indexes key statistical titles from international intergovernmental organizations dating back to 1983. Among these organizations are the United Nations, the European Union, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the World Bank, leading commodity organizations, and more. More...
Frequently Asked Questions
- How do I find basic statistics on a topic?
- How do I find specific statistical data?
- How do I print a table?
- How do I import a GIF table into a Word document?
Answers:
1. I need some basic statistics on a topic. Where do I start?
- If your data needs are more sophisticated than what is reported in the table you retrieve, click the "More Info..." link to the abstract of the statistical publication from which the table was derived.
- Alternatively, check the footnotes provided with the table for information about the source of the data. If the source is a federal agency, the publication title cited will be in Abstracts and it will be an excellent source for additional information.
2. How do I find specific statistical data, how do I find specific tables?
- See link How Do I...? for assistance with specific statistical searches.
3. How do I print a table that I retrieved from LexisNexis™ Statistical?
- The tables provided in both SearchTables™ and Abstracts mostly provided in GIF format. In some cases, the length or width of an image is too large to fit on a printed page. In this case, you can either:
- Use the browser printer settings and set the page orientation to either landscape, if the image is too wide, or portrait, if it is too tall.
- Right-click on the image, save it to your hard drive, and import it into a word processing package where you can adjust the height and width of the image.
4. How do I import a GIF table into a Word document?
- When using Internet Explorer, take the following steps to import a document into Word
- Open a new or existing document in Word.
- Bring up the image to be copied in Internet Explorer (IE).
- Right-click anywhere in the image and select "copy".
- Click in the Word document where you want the image to appear.
- Right-click and select "paste". The image will appear in the Word document.
- If you want to scale the image to fit within your paper, while in Word, select Insert/Object/Image Document. After the pop-up window appears, select the Paste option under Edit. You can then adjust the size of the image.
Related Articles
Abstracts of Statistical Publications Within LexisNexis™ Statistical
Statistical Searching: How Do I...?
External Links
White Papers on Statistical Research
- Statistics as Proof and Discovery....a white paper on the research value of statistics Click here
- Finding Statistics First....a white paper on evaluating your data as step one of the research process Click here
Other
- LexisNexis Statistical Knowledge Base Articles, including Troubleshooting information.
- Statistical User Guide
- Finding Publications in Your Library: For information on using the Locate a Copy of This Publication in Your Library link for all records in the LexisNexis academic suite of products, follow the instructions here