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This subject guide is for Statistics. Each tab contains information and links to regularly used resources by students, faculty, and other researchers interested in a variety of topics in statistical analysis.
Should you have any questions regarding your search for information, feel free to contact the Statistics Subject Specialist, Kris Stacy-Bates, whose contact information is located in the sidebar at the right of the screen.
Article Databases
While you can go to the individual journals to find information about your topic, it's much more efficient to search an article database for your topic.These are major databases useful for searching topics in statistics.
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MathSciNet (American Mathematical Society)The American Mathematical Society's easily searchable database of reviews, abstracts and bibliographic information for much of the mathematical sciences literature. Coverage from 1940-present, over 2 million records.
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Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)Covers major journals in a range of subjects, including statistics, and has links to make it easy to see which authors have cited others.
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Scopus (Elsevier)A large database of peer-reviewed literature in all subject areas. In addition to citation searching, it features tools to track, analyze and visualize research. Scopus complements Web of Science and Google Scholar, but each of them contains enough unique information that none of them should be used exclusively.
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Dissertations & Theses Global (ProQuest)Index to PhD dissertations from across the US and a few from other countries, with coverage back to 1861. For dissertations published since 1997, full text may be available. For most Iowa State University Ph.D. dissertations published since 1916, citations and abstracts, a 24-page preview, and the option to download the full text are available. ISU masters' theses are also included in full text, beginning with Fall 2006.
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Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost)A good general-purpose database with journals and popular magazines. Many of the articles are full-text. Useful to anyone seeking information on topics in the areas of current events.
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zbMATH (Zentralblatt MATH)Somewhat like MathSciNet, but the two databases do not completely overlap (& zbMATH goes back to 1868). ISU does not susbcribe--some access is allowed for free, but this does not include reviews. Good for verifying harder-to-find sources.
e-Books for Statistics Reference
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SpringerLinkISU subscription includes full text for most Springer books published since 2011 (since 2009 for computer science books). Off-campus login available.
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O’Reilly for Higher EducationPreviously known as Safari Tech Books, this set of e-books is best known for computer manuals but also includes dozens of books on statistical methods.
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Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences (John Wiley and Sons, Inc.)Second edition of a fantastic resource. Useful for statistics, probability theory, biostatistics, quality control, and economics with emphasis in applications of statistical methods across many other research areas.
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