Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has published the 2013 edition of the Statistical Abstract of the United States. The resource is claimed to be one of researchers' most valued reference tools — the premier collection of statistics on the US and its people. The abstract is available in new online and print editions. The work that went into producing the online edition leverages ProQuest's particular expertise creating superior digital statistical references. The print edition has been published in cooperation with Bernan Publishing, and strongly resembles past editions.
ProQuest's Bethesda-based staff of 25 statistical editors has been acquiring, indexing and republishing Federal statistics since 1973, reportedly building a reputation for accuracy and precision annotation. As a result, ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States 2013 continues its stated dual role as answer book and source guide, presenting high-value data in a way that makes it simple for users to locate just the right nugget of information.
The company has enhanced both editions of the ProQuest Statistical Abstract. The online edition boosts researcher productivity and precision with line-item access to tables, monthly updates to tables as the data becomes available, table-specific capabilities for narrowing results by source, data date, subject, and type of data breakdown and spreadsheets with deep time series too detailed for the print version.
The print edition resembles the Census version that users are used to. Roughly 99 percent of the tables in the 2012 edition are republished in the new edition, fully updated if new data has been issued this year. New tables have been added on such topics as same-sex households, student loan debt, "under-water" mortgages, and trade with China. Additionally, the ProQuest version includes updated introductory sections, bibliographic documentation and a back-of-the book index.
