54 REFERENCE SOURCES
ChildStats.gov. http://www.childstats.gov. The Federal Interagency Forum on
Child and Family Statistics, “a working group of Federal agencies
that collect, analyze, and report data on issues related to children
and families,” maintains this searchable site.
Bureau of Justice Statistics. http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/. The U.S. Depart-
ment of Justice’s site for statistics about crime and victims, law
enforcement, courts and sentencing, corrections, and so on, as well
as reports on related issues.
Election Statistics. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/.
The Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, collects and
publishes the official vote counts for federal elections. This search-
able site provides those figures going back to the election of 1920.
Injury Facts, National Safety Council. Known as Accident Facts from
1921 to 1998, this annual publication by the Research and Statistics
Department of the National Safety Council (www.nsc.org) provides
data on occupational, motor vehicle, home, and other accidents, as
well as on nonfatal injuries and deaths.note- Eric Forte and Mary Mallory, “Government Information and Statistics
Sources,” in Reference and Information Services: An Introduction, 4th ed., ed.
Richard E. Bopp and Linda C. Smith (Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited,
2011), 681.
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