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Statistics Department Orientation

Posted by effervescentlibrarian on August 24, 2007

Download statisticsorientation2008.pps

http://libadm87.rice.edu/ref/statistics.cfm

Current Index to
Statistics
The Current Index to Statistics is a bibliographic index to publications in
statistics and related fields. (1974-)

Dissertations
and Theses – A&I
| includes Full Text
Proquest Dissertations and Theses – A&I database includes citations for
masters and doctoral dissertations from 1861 to those accepted as recently as
last semester; those published from 1980 forward also include 350-word
abstracts, written by the author. Citations for master’s theses from 1988
forward include 150-word abstracts. The database represents the work of authors
from over 1,000 North American graduate schools and European universities. The
full text of dissertations and theses (Rice, 1918- ) may also be downloaded free
of charge.
Biological
Abstracts
Approximately 5,500 international journals are reviewed for inclusion,
representing virtually every life science discipline, including: agriculture,
biochemistry, biotechnology, ecology, environment, genetics, medicine,
microbiology, neurology, and pharmacology. (Note: pop-up blocking must be
disabled.) (1969-)

 

  • Journal of the American Statistical Society No Print holdings. Back
    Issues: JSTOR.
  • Annals of Statistics QA276.A1 A5 Current print issues in Periodicals
    Room. Online
    1995-current.
    Back issues: JSTOR and Fondren
    Stacks.
  • Annals of Probability QA273.A1 A5 Current print issues in Periodicals
    Room. Online
    1995-current.
    Back issues: JSTOR and Fondren Stacks.
  • Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, B No print holdings. Online
    2001-current.
    Back issues: JSTOR.
  • Statistical Science QA276 .S787 Current print issues in Periodicals
    Room. Online
    1996-current.
    Back issues: JSTOR and Fondren Stacks.
  • The American Statistician HA1 .A614 Current print issues in
    Periodicals Room. 2001 to
    current online.
    or Academic Search Premier 02/1965 through present.
    Put journal title in search field. Back print issues in Fondren
    Stacks.
  • Biometrics QH301 .B48 Current print issues in Periodicals Room. 2003-current
    online:
    Back issues: JSTOR and Fondren Stacks.
  • Biometrika QH301 .B5 Current print issues in Periodicals Room. Current issues
    online:
    Full-text PDF from 1999 HTML abstract from 1996. Back issues:
    JSTOR and Fondren Stacks.
  • Statistics in Medicine Current issues
    online:
    Full-text PDF from 1997 to present (Wiley InterScience).
  • Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics QA276.4 .J68
    Current issues in Periodicals Room. Current issues
    Online:
    03/01/1994 through present (Academic Search Premier). Put
    journal title in seach field. Back print issues in Fondren Stacks.
  • Chance PRINT ONLY QA276.A1 C42 Current issues in Periodicals Room.
    Back print issues in Fondren Stacks.

 

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Beyond Library Literature

Posted by effervescentlibrarian on August 17, 2007

Nice article in Library Hi Tech News on getting great ideas from outside "Libraryland." Suggests using Meebo, StumbleUpon, and sources that keep up with new technologies.
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/ViewContentServlet?Filename=Published/
EmeraldFullTextArticle/Articles/2390240306.html

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