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Statistics Research Guide

Books and Encyclopedias:

Look for these call numbers in the stacks!

QA 1-939: Mathematics

QA 273-280: Probabilities, Mathematical Statistics

QA 801 -939: Analytic Mechanics

Keywords: statistics, topic name and statistics, probability, statistical terms

Oxford Reference Online Premium (VIVA) Oxford’s comprehensive online tool for research in a multitude of topics.

 

Journal Databases:

American Mathematical Society (VIVA)

Concise Dictionary of Mathematics (VIVA) A collection of journals and citations about mathematical science.

CQ Researcher (VCCS) Current and controversial topics research, insights from all sides of a topic.

MathSciNet Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications (VIVA) Search materials from over 400 journals encompassing the latest literature on mathematical science.

Opposing Viewpoints Gale Group (VCCS) Use this resource to compare opposing ideologies on today’s hot topics.

Wiley InterScience Scientific, technical and medical resources.

 

Newspaper Databases:

Access World News (RCC, Full Text) Search newspapers and magazines from across the country and through the decades.

Newspaper Source Plus (VIVA) National and international newspapers, TV and radios news transcripts.

 

Online Resources:

American Fact Finder

FEDSTATS “One stop shopping” for statistical information including agencies of Agriculture, Crime, Demographics, Economic, Education, Energy, Environment, Health, Income, Labor, National Accounts, Natural Resources, Safety, and Transportation.

Hampton Roads Economic Development Alliance provides statistics of the region nationally and internationally under the Hampton Roads banner.

Joint Center Data Bank   a trusted resource on key topics of the day.

KIDS COUNT Data Center allows you to generate custom graphs, maps, ranked lists, and state-by-state profiles.

Media Awareness Network Covering television, video and computer games, the Internet, film and video, and the print media. The emphasis is on Canadian statistics, but American and international figures are also included.

NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, United Nations, World Health Organization, World Bank, World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF and OECD allowing you to generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease.

OFFSTATS Official Stats on the Web Free statistics from official sources, current data, time series are frequently available, many data are downloadable as text or spreadsheet files, data for individual countries can also be found in resources listed in the Regions and the Topic pages.

Statistics Sweden (International) arranged by continent and country.

United Nations issues on the international agenda such as children, drug control, food, population, refugees, etc.

Virginia Statistics from the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at UVA

 

Citing Sources:

Owl @ Purdue

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