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Additional Resources
This site will be updated as content is available. Planned additions include:
- Full HTML version
- Presentation slides of select figures
- Data tool for State Indicators
- Appendix tables in spreadsheet format
Science and Engineering Indicators, published by the National Science Board, provides a broad base of quantitative information on the U.S. and international science and engineering enterprise.
This site presents Science and Engineering Indicators 2008, Volume 1 and Volume 2 in PDF 
format.
Volume 1
- Front Matter (306K)
- Contents, Acronyms, and Abbreviations (29K)
- About Science and Engineering Indicators (29K)
- Overview (343K)
- Chapters
- Elementary and Secondary Education (301K)
- Higher Education in Science and Engineering (295K)
- Science and Engineering Labor Force (333K)
- Research and Development: National Trends and International Linkages (447K)
- Academic Research and Development (320K)
- Industry, Technology, and the Global Marketplace (335K)
- Science and Technology: Public Attitudes and Understanding (267K)
- State Indicators (6.7MB)
- Appendix. Methodology and Statistics (39K)
- Index (82K)
- Download full document (9.3MB)
Volume 2
versión para impresión