Underdocumented Places

What are “underdocumented” places?

1) Non-OECD Countries

2) Territories (Hong Kong, Macao, Puerto Rico, Palestine)

3) Subnational (states, provinces, cities)

4) Countries not recognized by major international bodies (Taiwan)

5) Former Eastern Bloc Nations and Cuba

6) Places that no longer exist

Where to Start to establish if part of something else:

Europa World Yearbook SSRC Ready Reference/DR Ready Reference JN1 .E85

Places to start for the National level:

1) Basic Sources of Economics Statistics http://www.princeton.edu/~econlib/basic.html

2) Datastream International (Data coming directly from many countries plus IMF, OECD, WIIW

3) EIU Country Profiles/Reports/Data

4) Banks Cross National Time Series

5) World Development Indicators

6) DRI University Program for the IMF portions

7) Foreign Statistical Abstracts/Yearbooks/Quarterlies/Monthlies

8) Index to International Statistics/Statistical Universe

9) Source OECD

10) The Online Catalog

11) Web Sites

a. http://www.princeton.edu/~econlib/websites.html (Various governmental websites)

b. http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub/resource/internat/foreign.html (Foreign governments sites at NW University)

c. http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub/resource/internat/igo.html (International Governmental Organizations Website at NW University)

Places to start for the State/Territorial/Local Level

1) Statistical Universe

2) DRI University Program (for the USA)

3) Index to Current Urban Documents (USA and Canada)

4) Canadian Research Index

5) World Development Indicators (has select territories including Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Hong Kong, Macao, Virgin Islands, West Bank and Gaza)

6) Area Studies Selectors

7) Web Sites

a. http://www.princeton.edu/~econlib/websites.html (Various governmental websites)

b. http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub/resource/regional/states.html (State governments site at NW University)

c. http://stateline.org/index.do;jsessionid=kbbci22c91 (Stateline.org)

d. http://newfederalism.urban.org/nfdb/index.htm (Urban Institute)

e. http://rrpac.upr.clu.edu/~economia/bancodedatos.htm (Puerto Rico - Banco de Datos)

Some Specific examples:

Taiwan

Financial statistics,Taiwan District, the Republic of China.
HG187.T28 F452 Current Issues in PF

Balance of payments quarterly, Taiwan District, The Republic of China
HG3883.T28 T34a Current Issues in PF

Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of China
HA1710.5.A183aq (Current edition in SSRC Foreign Abstracts)

Datastream International

EIU

Guided Search in Voyager using keywords Taiwan and Statistics as subjects

Cuba

Anuario Estadistico de Cuba

HA871.D57a (Current edition in SSRC Foreign Abstracts)

World Development Indicators

EIU

Guided Search in Voyager using keywords Cuba and Statistics as subjects

Former Soviet Bloc Countries

COMECON Data HC244.C186

Biennial publication that included foreign trade data for the following East European countries: Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East

Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, the U.S.S.R. and Yugoslavia. Provides excellent source list. Holdings: 1979, 1983,

1987, 1990 (final edition).

published alternately with

COMECON Foreign Trade Data HF3491.C65

Holdings: 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986.