Statistics Research Guide
Here you will find a guide to resources in statistics as a discipline (e.g., mathematical statistics, applied statistics). If you are looking for statistics or data on a particular topic (i.e., income distribution of families in Toronto, or data on the incidence of cancer throughout the world), go to the "Statistical sources" link on the library homepage. You can also look under the "Data and Statistics" subheading in other pathfinders.
- Indexes and Databases
- eBooks
- Web Guides
- Data and Statistics
- Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
- New Books in Mathematics
- Poster Presentation: Tips
- Statistical Software FAQs
- Open Access Resources
- Journal Title Abbreviation Sources
- Associations and Organizations
- Research papers in Mathematics & Statistics from York University (Using Scopus & Pubmed)
- Information Literacy Resources for the Sciences
Indexes and Databases
Use these tools to find citations, abstracts and/or full text materials on your topic. Both scholarly and popular articles are included.
Indexes publications in statistics and related fields. References are drawn from 111 core journals that are fully indexed, non-core journals from which articles are selected that have statistical content, proceedings and edited books, and other sources. Suitable for senior undergraduate and graduate levels. Coverage is from 1975.
Online version of Mathematical Reviews. Indexes and reviews the mathematical literature since 1940. Over 80,000 new items are added each year, most of them classified according to the Mathematics Subject Classification.
Scholars Portal Search (New Version & Functionality)
A single search screen that provides access to multiple databases for searching literature in a number of disciplines. Choose a subject area or select Specific Databases to conduct a search.
Project Euclid's mission is to advance scholarly communication in the field of theoretical and applied mathematics and statistics. Project Euclid is designed to address the unique needs of low-cost independent and society journals.
Locus: SIAM's Online Journal Archive
This is the interface to the SIAM Journals Online service. From here you may select individual journals published by SIAM or you may search all of the SIAM journals.
Indexes 8,500 research journals across the Sciences, Social Sciences, and Arts & Humanities. Has good coverage of interdiciplinary science and technology topics, particularly in fields such as ecology and engineering. Allows you to search for articles by subject, author, journal, and author address as well as for articles that cite a known author or work (citation searching). Coverage is from 1900 - present.
Scopus is a comprehensive international database for scientific, medical, and technical information. It contains approximately 15,000 journal titles from 4,000 publishers, and abstracts going back to 1960. Scopus covers all major peer reviewed STM titles and is integrated with Scirus web search to cover the scientific web. It provides searching capability, linking to full-text sources, cited references, saved search and alerting features including RSS alerts. More information on Scopus
Compendex (through Engineering Village)
The Combined Compendex® & Inspec® database allows for searching on a broad range of topics within the scientific, applied science, technical and engineering disciplines. Coverage includes nuclear technology, bioengineering, transportation, chemical and process engineering, light and optical technology, agricultural engineering and food technology, computers and data processing, applied physics, electronics and communications, control, civil, mechanical, materials, petroleum, aerospace and automotive engineering. Coverage is from 1969 to present.
Indexes journals from a wide variety of social science disciplines and interdisciplinary fields. These fields include environmental studies, urban and regional planning and international relations, among others. Emphasis is on the United States with some international coverage. Coverage is from 1994 - present.
JSTOR is a full text periodical index to back issues of journals in the humanities,social sciences and sciences, including coverage of some of the important Mathematics & Statistics journals. Indexing and full-text access generally runs back to the first issue but may not include issues published in the last 2-5 years.
ODESI is an intuitive data portal for researchers, teachers and students. The project targets Statistics Canada datasets, datafiles from Gallup Canada and other polling companies, public-domain files such as the Canadian National Election Surveys and selected files from the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). Data related to agriculture, business and financial, communications and information, and health are also available from this portal.
The libraries do not subscribe to this database. However it is possible to use the advanced search features to locate references of interest. Only three results are displayed in the unsubscribed/free version. You can also do a citation searcheBooks
York University Libraries subscribes to E-books from different content providers and publishers. These e-book providers offer varied functionalities and a list of all E-books available at YUL is available from this link.Web Guides
Below are links to meta sites such as digital collections, subject specific search engines and other academic research guides. They are useful places to start your Internet research.
Directory of Mathematics Preprint and e-Print Servers
The directory makes available to the mathematical community the current homepage URLs and email contacts of all mathematical preprint and e-print servers throughout the world.
Data visualization is the science of visual representation of data and is defined as information which has been abstracted in some schematic form and includes attributes or variables for the units of information. This site is the work of Michael Friendly (York University) & Daniel J. Dennis and it portrays the history of the visualization of data and covers statistical graphics and thematic cartography.
Data and Statistics
The links below provide sources for numerical data sets and various types of statistics (e.g. population, economic, social etc.)
Links to figures on health, population characteristics, economics, transportation, education, government, information technology and business. Most of the sites are government-run.
Canadian National Committee for CODATA
The following report on data activities in Canada is prepared annually in conjunction with the General Assembly of CODATA. CODATA is the Committee on Data for Science and Technology of the International Council for Science (ICSU).
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Encyclopedias are useful to get basic background information on a topic and are good places to start the research process. Dictionaries give brief definitions of unfamiliar words, terms and acronyms.
MathWorld: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
the web's most complete mathematical resource, assembled by internet Eric W. Weisstein with assistance from the mathematics and internet communities. MathWorld is a comprehensive and interactive mathematics encyclopedia intended for students, educators, math enthusiasts, and researchers.
Oxford Reference Online brings together language and subject reference works from one of the world's biggest reference publishers into a single cross-searchable resource. The Core Collection contains over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. It covers all scientific and technology fields.
Encyclopedia Britannica Online
A comprehensive and credible general knowledge encyclopedia.In addition to 72,000 articles on topics in every discipline, the Encyclopedia Britannica Online also provides links to 130,000 websites that have been selected and reviewed by Britannica's editorial board of experts.
Merlot Learning Material: Statistics
MERLOT is a leading edge, user-centered, searchable collection of peer reviewed and selected higher education, online learning materials, catalogued by registered members and a set of faculty development support services.
Part of the Springer eBook Collection, Springer eReference Works offers reference materials authored by leading scientists and practitioners with a global perspective. Browse all Reference Books. Subscribe to RSS feed 
for Springer Reference Works.
New Books in Mathematics
Some of the new books acquired by the Steacie Science Library which will be of relevance to graduate students and faculty. This list does not cover book series. Please search York Catalogue for all books, journals and other resources in this subject.
Use Google Reader or Bloglines to subscribe to Mathematics new books RSS feed
RSS feed: http://steacie.wordpress.com/tag/mathematics/feed/ Video on subscribing to RSS feeds using feed readers.Statistical Software FAQs
This page will list tutorials, help guides and related material on using statistical software available on York computers.
SPSS Tutorials & Syntax Files for Windows
Courtesy of CNS at York University
Courtesy of Prof. Michael Friendly, Psychology Department at York University
Statistical Computing with R: A tutorial
Courtesy of Illinois State University.
York University Wiki for R. Also check out Understanding R
R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. It runs on a wide variety of UNIX platforms, Windows and MacOS. This R Wiki is dedicated to the collaborative writing of R documentation.
Open Access Resources
Open Access Information for Graduate Students
Have you ever wanted to read a journal article but could not do so because of access problems?
OPEN ACCESS - the principle that research should be accessible online, for free, immediately after publication - is improving the way scholarly information is shared. This site is a collection of OA resources and is most suitable for science and engineering graduate students.Journal Title Abbreviation Sources
Expansion of Abbreviated Journal Titles
Abbreviations of Names of Serials (American Mathematical Society)
Associations and Organizations
Below are links to professional, academic, advocacy and other types of associations in the field.
SOA is the largest actuarial professional organization in the world. The SOA's vision is for actuaries to be recognized as the leading professionals in the modeling and management of financial risk and contingent events.
The purposes of the CAS are to advance the body of knowledge of actuarial science applied to property, casualty and similar risk exposures, to establish and maintain standards of qualification for membership, to promote and maintain high standards of conduct and competence for the members, and to increase the awareness of actuarial science.
Canadian Institute of Actuaries
The goal of this site is to provide information to the public, and to shine some light on the story of the actuarial profession in Canada.
International Actuarial Association
IAA is the worldwide association regrouping local professional actuarial associations and their individual actuaries. The IAA exists to encourage the development of a global profession, acknowledged as technically competent and professionally reliable, which will ensure that the public interest is served.
Institute for Social Research (ISR)
The purpose of ISR, which is located at York University, purpose is to undertake, promote and critically evaluate applied social research. Also provides workshops and courses related to research methodology and statistical consulting services.
Association of Consulting Actuaries
ACA is the representative body for UK consulting actuaries, whilst the Faculty and Institute of Actuaries are the professional bodies. The Association is the largest national grouping of consulting actuaries in Europe.
Scholarly Societies Project (Courtesy of Univ. of Waterloo Libraries)
This is one of a set of subject pages in the Scholarly Societies Project, which facilitates access to websites of scholarly societies across the world. A set of guidelines is used in determining whether to include resources.
Recently Published Research Papers @ York University
Blogroll to view recent papers published by York Researchers (using Scopus & PubMed) RSS feed using Pubmed (Articles from Department of Mathematics & Statistics)
Information Literacy (IL) Resources for the Sciences
RSS feed for IL papers and web resources especially for scientific disciplines
Last modified by: Rajiv Nariani on Mon Nov 02 16:36:19 EST 2009
