University of Washington Libraries

Details	Title
	U.S. Census Bureau U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census Searchable database of United States census information, with pointers to other sites
	U.S. census grids Provides raster data sets that include not only population and housing counts, but a wide variety of socioeconomic characteristics. These gridded data sets transform irregularly shaped census block and block group boundaries into a regular surface, a raster grid, for faster and easier analysis
	U.S. vector data - UW restricted Selected datasets from the ESRI Data and Maps CD/DVD set
	UIUC airfoil data site Airfoil coordinates database produced by the Dept. of Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
	UN commodity trade statistics database (UN comtrade) - UW restricted Annual international trade statistics, provided by over 130 countries, detailed by commodity and partner country to the United Nations; all values are converted in US dollars and metric units, the coverage dates as far back as 1962
	UNdata a world of information Includes UN statistical databases in education, employment, energy, environment, food and agriculture, health, human development, industry, information and communication technology, national accounts, population, refugees, trade and tourism
	Universal Currency Converter Sixty-six currencies and precious metals are represented in this user-friendly currency converter. The information is based on rates from the Bank of Montreal, and is obtained during the previous business day, excluding weekends
	University of Washington factbook Contains data on student demographics, enrollment, degrees, finances, facilities, etc
	unofficial Arc/Info and ArcView symbol page
	USDA food composition data Data sets prepared by USDA-ARS's Nutrient Data Laboratory. These data sets can be downloaded to your computer and used in your programs. Some of the data sets available are: the USDA nutrient database for standard reference, Nutritive value of foods (HG-72), Sugar content of foods, and others
	USGS Land Cover Institute (LCI) get land cover data /
	USGS National Water Quality Assessment data warehouse U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) began its NAWQA (National Water Quality Assessment) program in 1991, systematically collecting chemical, biological, and physical water quality data from study units (basins) across the nation
	USGS Washington Water Science Center Home page of the Washington Water Science Center of the USGS, which provides information on Washington's water resources for the overall benefit of the state and the nation. The activities of the Water Science Center include: collection of hydrologic data; water-resources investigations and assessments; basic and problem-oriented hydrologic research; acquisition of information useful in predicting and delineating water-related natural hazards; scientific and technical assistance in hydrologic studies
	USGS water resources Home page for water resources information from the U.S. Geological Survey
	Virtual Bangladesh. Politics Political page of the Web site Virtual Bangladesh. Also contains results from the 1991 and 1996 elections
	Voyages the trans-Atlantic slave trade database "Information on almost 35,000 slaving voyages that forcibly embarked over 10 million Africans for transport to the Americas between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries."

Details

Title

U.S. Census Bureau U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census
Searchable database of United States census information, with pointers to other sites

U.S. census grids
Provides raster data sets that include not only population and housing counts, but a wide variety of socioeconomic characteristics. These gridded data sets transform irregularly shaped census block and block group boundaries into a regular surface, a raster grid, for faster and easier analysis

U.S. vector data -

UW restricted
Selected datasets from the ESRI Data and Maps CD/DVD set

UIUC airfoil data site
Airfoil coordinates database produced by the Dept. of Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

UN commodity trade statistics database (UN comtrade) -

UW restricted
Annual international trade statistics, provided by over 130 countries, detailed by commodity and partner country to the United Nations; all values are converted in US dollars and metric units, the coverage dates as far back as 1962

UNdata a world of information
Includes UN statistical databases in education, employment, energy, environment, food and agriculture, health, human development, industry, information and communication technology, national accounts, population, refugees, trade and tourism

Universal Currency Converter
Sixty-six currencies and precious metals are represented in this user-friendly currency converter. The information is based on rates from the Bank of Montreal, and is obtained during the previous business day, excluding weekends

University of Washington factbook
Contains data on student demographics, enrollment, degrees, finances, facilities, etc

unofficial Arc/Info and ArcView symbol page

USDA food composition data
Data sets prepared by USDA-ARS's Nutrient Data Laboratory. These data sets can be downloaded to your computer and used in your programs. Some of the data sets available are: the USDA nutrient database for standard reference, Nutritive value of foods (HG-72), Sugar content of foods, and others

USGS Land Cover Institute (LCI) get land cover data /

USGS National Water Quality Assessment data warehouse
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) began its NAWQA (National Water Quality Assessment) program in 1991, systematically collecting chemical, biological, and physical water quality data from study units (basins) across the nation

USGS Washington Water Science Center
Home page of the Washington Water Science Center of the USGS, which provides information on Washington's water resources for the overall benefit of the state and the nation. The activities of the Water Science Center include: collection of hydrologic data; water-resources investigations and assessments; basic and problem-oriented hydrologic research; acquisition of information useful in predicting and delineating water-related natural hazards; scientific and technical assistance in hydrologic studies

USGS water resources
Home page for water resources information from the U.S. Geological Survey

Virtual Bangladesh. Politics
Political page of the Web site Virtual Bangladesh. Also contains results from the 1991 and 1996 elections

Voyages the trans-Atlantic slave trade database
"Information on almost 35,000 slaving voyages that forcibly embarked over 10 million Africans for transport to the Americas between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries."

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