Output options vary . DDViewer provides rapid data mapping, viewing and analysis to the internet community. There are Java and non-Java versions. Spectacular map-building, but data can also be presented as text for cutting and pasting into a spreadsheet. With the CD-ROM this would take two different CDs and several different extractions from different catalogs on those CDs, then many merges of data to form a single table.
Many sites actually link to Oregon for their access.
Oregon has a consistent interface which allows one to choose the geography from an image map and choose variables from a list. Output is monospaced text on an Web page. WebEc One of the best collections of links for economic data and international statistics. An excellent search engine which searches a very complete and exhaustively annotated list of data sources. Very complete and uncomplicated.