A QUICK GUIDE TO KEYWORDS IN
UNITED NATIONS STATISTICAL TITLES

Statistical publications with a high standard of international comparability are among the most frequently used of UN titles. A number of these are issued as part of Category XVII in the UN Sales Publications.
(See the "Quick Guide to Categories of UN Sales Publications.") The following list will give a keyword approach to finding titles within the XVII's. In addition, other UN Sales Publications are noted by their Category, and both UN and Specialized Agency titles are noted for both serials and yearbooks of special importance in international statistical work.

[Notes: Any "Category" not further identified is within the UN Sales Publications. Additionally, while the current volume is given below for many titles, Princeton's holdings usually are complete back to the beginning of the title's publication, either within the cataloged collection, such as (SXF), or in Firestone stacks. "SSRC RR" means the Ready Reference shelves beside the entrance.] 

AGRICULTURE
(See these FAO publications:
FAO Fertilizer Yearbook, current vol. at SSRC RR (SXF)HD9483.A2F7
FAO Production Yearbook, current vol. at SSRC RR (SXF)HD1421.P88
FAO Trade Yearbook, current vol. at SSRC RR (SXF)HD1421.T67
Yearbook of Fishery Statistics, current vol. at SSRC RR (SXF)HD9450.Y3q
Yearbook of Forest Products, current vol. at SSRC RR (SXF)HD9750.Y4)


BALANCE OF PAYMENTS STATISTICS

(SEE the IMF publication by this name, which is unbound in UN IMF serials and bound for Firestone stacks for the monthly issues; Yearbook is on SSRC RR at (SXF)HF1014.I612.)
Brief Statistics....................Sales Category XVII, Series V
Commodity Imports...................Sales Category XVII, Series L
Commodity Trade.....................Sales Category XVII, Series D  (SEE ALSO the UN serial Commodity Trade Statistics, which is unbound in UN, bound in Firestone stacks at HF91.U5.)
Compendium of Housing Statistics.....Sales Category XVII, Series N
Compendium of Social Statistics......Sales Category XVII, Series K
Common Database (UN)  See Princeton UN Collection Page.
Construction.........................Sales Category XVII, Series U

DEBT

(SEE the IMF publication World Debt Tables, current vol. on SSRC RR HG4517.I51

DEMOGRAPHY

Demographic Yearbook.................Sales Category XIII

DEVELOPMENT

(SEE Handbook of International Trade and Development Statistics, in Sales Category II.D; another copy of several current years on SSRC RR at (SXF)HF91.H35.) (SEE World Development heading below for World Development Report.)
Direction of International Trade.....Sales Category XVII, Series T

DIRECTION OF TRADE STATISTICS

(SEE the IMF publication by this name, which is unbound in UN IMF serials and bound for Firestone stacks for the monthly issues; Yearbook is on SSRC RR at (SXF)HF1007.D631.)

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

(SEE World Outlook heading below for World Economic OutlookEnergy...............................Sales Category XVII, Series J
GOVERNMENT FINANCE
(SEE Government Finance Statistics Yearbook SSRC RR (SXF)HJ101.G59.)

HEALTH

(SEE the WHO publication World Health Statistics Annual, current volumes at (UN)RA651.A85q.) Housing..............................Sales Category XVII, Series N Imports..............................Sales Category XVII, Series L Industrial Statistics................Sales Category XVII, Series P

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS

(SEE the IMF publication by this name, which is unbound in UN IMF serials and bound for Firestone stacks for the monthly issues; current Yearbook is at SSRC RR issues; current Yearbook is at SSRC RR (SXF)HG3881.I574.) International Trade............Sales Category XVII, Series G and T SEE ALSO note under Development above. Methods........................Sales Category XVII, Series F and M

MONTHLY STATISTICS

(SEE the UN Serial Monthly Bulletin of Statistics which is unbound in UN serials, and bound in Firestone stacks at PITN600.652.) National Income............Sales Category XVII, Series E,H,O and X Population...........................Sales Category XVII, Series A (SEE ALSO Demographic Yearbook above)

POSTAL

(SEE the publication Postal Statistics, spine title in French, cataloged at (UN)HE6251.S71.)
Sample Surveys.......................Sales Category XVII, Series C
Sea..................................Sales Category XVII, Series D
Social Statistics...........Sales Category XVII, Series K
Special Studies......................Sales Category XVII, Series Y
Statistical Notes....................Sales Category XVII, Series B
Statistical Yearbook of the UN.......Sales Category XVII, Series S
Studies in Methods.............Sales Category XVII, Series F and M
Surveys..............................Sales Category XVII, Series C

TOURISM

(SEE the ITO publication World Tourism Statistics, spine title in French, on SSRC RR at G149.I73q)

Trade..........................Sales Category XVII, Series G and T
UN Statistical Yearbook..............Sales Category XVII, Series S

UN Common Database.  See the link on the UN Collection Web Page

UNESCO

(SEE the UNESCO Statistical Yearbook, current volume (UN)HA46.U59.)
Vital Statistics.....................Sales Category XVII, Series A

WORLD DEVELOPMENT

(SEE the World Bank publication World Development Report, current volume on SSRC RR at (SXF)HC59.W6
World Development Indicators, broad international statistics from 1960 to the present, online Service on the Library Web Page.

WORLD OUTLOOK

(SEE the IMF annual publication World Economic Outlook, current volume on SSRC RR at (SXF)HC59.W8913.)
World Energy.........................Sales Category XVII, Series J
World Statistics in Brief............Sales Category XVII, Series V

WORLD TABLES

(SEE the World Bank title World Tables, current volume on SSRC RR HC59.W669q.)

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