Applied Statistics
- Dictionaries help you to define your keywords
- Encyclopedias help you to get an overview of your topic and provide more information than a dictionary
- Handbooks and manuals provide figures and facts
Online dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks
Print dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks
To find additional reference items
- Search the Library Catalogue
- Select advanced keyword search
- Combine a broad keyword AND the word dictionar**
statistic** AND dictionar**
statistic** AND encycloped**
- To retrieve variations of your keyword use the truncation symbol **
e.g. statistic** will retrieve statistic, statistics, statistical, statistician.
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Search the Library Catalogue to find books, videos, CDs
If you know the exact title
- Select title search
- Type in the exact title
- Check the location, call number and status boxes to find the item in the Library collection
If you don't have an exact title OR only have a topic area
- Select advanced keyword search
- Type in keywords from your topic
- Combine your keywords with AND to find catalogue records that contain all of your keywords
e.g. database** AND statistic**
- To retrieve variations of your keyword use the truncation symbol **
e.g. statistic** will retrieve statistic, statistics, statistical, statistician.
Catalogue search tips:
- Too many hits? Add another keyword e.g. database AND statistic** AND Australia
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Use the limit functions in advanced keyword search e.g. limit by publication date, format, location.
- Found a useful title? Click on the subject headings to find similar material.
- Studying at a different UOW campus? Use an advanced keyword search and limit by location.
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Search a database to find journal articles, book chapters, conference papers and research reports
Try these first
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Current Index to Statistics
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A bibliographic index to publications in statistics and related fields. International.
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MathSciNet
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The signed reviews and bibliographic data from Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications, an early awareness journal, includes links to original articles and other original documents on web sites.
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ABS Website
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Statistical data of Australia, the States and smaller regions.
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Wiley InterScience
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An electronic journal and e-book collection from the publisher Wiley
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Complete list of Informatics databases
Found a useful reference?
Some databases do not provide the fulltext of the article. To locate these articles, you will need to search the catalogue to determine if the Library holds the journal title(s) either in print or electronically on another database.
Database search tips:
- Break your topic into keywords and/or phrases. The search strategy worksheet will help you
- Consider alternative keywords or spelling variations
- To narrow your search combine your keywords with AND to find records that contain all your keywords
e.g. internet AND statistic**
- To broaden your search combine your keywords with OR to find records that contain either of your keywords
e.g. internet OR web AND statistic**
- Use truncation to retrieve variations of your keyword
e.g. statistic* retrieves statistic, statistics, statistical, statistician
- Found a useful reference? Use the subject headings to find similar material
- Use library database tips or the database help screens for tips on how to search
More information: Finding Journal Articles Tutorial
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It is important to critically evaluate all information found on the Web.
Try the following sites as a starting point.
Search engines create databases using computer programs called 'spiders', 'robots' or 'crawlers' that trawl the web and other Internet sites and return results to the database.
Try these first:
Directories organise Internet resources by subject. The information provided in directories is created, arranged and maintained by people rather than machines.
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