Search the Web
Search the Web using your key terms and add words like data, statistic, or fact sheet.
To get authoritative sites, add site:.gov to your search to limit the results to government sites.
Note: When searching databases for statistics, include the word percent with your key concepts or terms.
Search Databases for Statistics
Search relevant databases using your key terms and words like data, percent or statistic.
Examples:
• opens new window"single parent" AND (data or statistic) - in Psychology & Behavioral Collection database
• opens new windowsmart phones AND usage and (statistic* or percent) - In Academic Search Complete and Communication & Mass Media Complete databases
Selected Statistical Data Websites
- opens new windowAmerican FactFinder (U.S. Census Bureau) - population, housing, economic and geographic data
- opens new windowAPA: Data Sets
- opens new windowCDC DATA - Psychology
- opens new windowCDC - Child Development, Data and Statistics - NCBDDD
- opens new windowCDC - Children's Mental Health: Data & Statistics
- opens new windowCDC - FastStats: Mental Health
- opens new windowCDC - Mental Health
- opens new windowGallup: Social and Economic Analysis
- opens new windowHHS - Office of Adolescent Health: Facts & Stats
- opens new windowNational Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN)
- opens new windowNational Institute of Mental Health (NIH)
- opens new windowNational Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health)
- opens new windowPTSD: National Center for PTSD, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- opens new windowUSA.gov: Data and Statistics about the U.S.