The first piece of good news is that the US Census Bureau has made the newest addition of this exhaustive compendium of national, regional, state, local, and selected international statistics drawn from "reports and records of government and private agencies" available (Adobe Acrobat [.pdf] format only). The second piece of good news is that the site where the volume resides has been reorganized in a fashion that makes the 1,481 tables in it more easily accessible to researchers, journalists, librarians, and the general public. Table ranges in each of the 31 sections are clearly delineated and the 1995-1997 editions are now arranged side by side, so that users can begin to easily use multiple editions of the Statistical Abstract. The best way to find specific tables (with or without a print copy of the book) is still the index.