Locating Statistical Resources

This guide demonstrates how to locate statistical resources through the library.  There are several library sources that contain data and statistics, but it can be difficult to locate them among thousands of other sources.  This guide contains the following:

• What are statistics?
  Defines statistics and what role statistical resources play in the research process.


• Locating Statistics in DragonQuest
  Demonstrates how to locate statistical resources in DragonQuest.


• Locating Statistics in EBSCO Databases
  Shows how to locate statistical sources in EBSCO databases.


• A-Z Statistics Databases
  Lists library databases by topic that contain statistics.


• Locating Statistics in Sage Stats (Data Planet)
  Demonstrates how to locate statistics in Sage Stats (Data Planet), a dataset database.


• Statistics on the Web
  Lists several web resources that contain statistics on several topics.


• References
  A list of external references that helped create this guide.


• Help
  Extra resources for additional help.

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