It's the busiest day

The news reports are noting how busy the post office, Fed Ex, and UPS will be in helping move presents around the country! We are a generous group of folks who live too far apart.

I wondered where I might statistics on the mail. Yes, I could do a Google search but, well, I'm fond of starting in GALILEO. I know the stats probably won't be in Academic Search Complete or Research Library. They are great resources for articles but not for statistics.

I clicked on Databases A-Z, searched for 'statistics". 16 databases came up. I scrolled through and I'm not sure any of them are just right but I'll try World Data Analyst. I selected United States from the list of countries. A seven page pdf file was revealed with all sorts of statistics on the United States - the most current seem to be from 2006. None have anything to do with the post office or Fed Ex or UPS.

Still thinking- where else might these numbers be? I went back to Databases A-Z, selected all database and just 'browsed' through the list till I came upon the Feds sites USA.gov. This is not a proprietary site. I could have found it through Google but - it's nice it's in GALILEO(our virtual library). A search for postal statistics pulled up an assortment of pdf files that show use per quarter. 2009 is listed!

-kls