Online Datasets and Statistics
- Costa Rica - CIA World FactbookInformation on: Geography, People and Society, Environment, Government, Economy, Energy, Communications, Transportation, Military and Security, Space, Transnational Issues.
- Data | US Geological SurveySearch by topic or search term. The USGS is also a great place to find articles and reports.
- UN Stats EnvironmentBrowse by topic to find broad data at the country level.
- Census of AgricultureThe Census of Agriculture, taken once every five years, looks at land use and ownership, operator characteristics, production practices, income and expenditures. Includes international data and comparisons.
- People of Costa RicaFrom the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Library Stats Databases
- Statista This link opens in a new windowStatista provides data on over 60,000 topics from over 18,000 sources. Quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas.
- ICPSR This link opens in a new windowICPSR maintains a data archive of more than 250,000 files of research. Although most datasets are related to the social and behavioral sciences, there are many datasets about issues in geography, science, and the environment, especially if they relate to US federal law.
- Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new windowComplete text of the 5 volume Millennial edition, 2006. Provides data in electronic format useful for statistical analysis.
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