LibGuides: Probability & Statistics: Databases & Other Online Tools

Recommended Research Tools

arXiv.org
arXiv is an e-print service in the fields of physics, mathematics, non-linear science, computer science, quantitative biology and statistics. The contents of arXiv conform to Cornell University academic standards. arXiv is owned, operated and funded by Cornell University, a private not-for-profit educational institution. arXiv is also partially funded by the National Science Foundation.
DOAJ: Mathemtaical Statistics journals
The aim of the DOAJ is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals, thereby promoting their increased usage and impact. The DOAJ aims to be comprehensive and cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system to guarantee the content. In short, the DOAJ aims to be THE one stop shop for users of open access journals.
DOAJ: Social Science Statistics journals

Ingenta Connect
A very large multidisciplinary database that concentrates on science and medicine journals, with fewer journals in the social sciences and humanities. Ingenta works closely with many journal publishers, offering users a chance to purchase full-text articles including over 300 statistics journal titles.

Description: A very large multidisciplinary database that concentrates on science and medicine journals, with fewer journals in the social sciences and humanities. Ingenta works closely with many journal publishers, offering users a chance to purchase full-text articles.
Time Period: 1988-present
Sources: over 29,000 journals
Subject Headings: General, Health, Science
Primary Materials: Journal articles
JSTOR
Functions as an electronic archive of older journals. It contains complete backfiles of scholarly journals starting with first issues, many of which date back from the 1800s. It often does not contain the most recent years of a journal. Contains many journal titles covering statistics.

Description: JSTOR provides full text journal titles from more than 60 disciplines. It contains complete backfiles of scholarly journals starting with the first issues, many of which date back to the 19 century. More than 1,840 of its journals include articles from 2020-2025.
Coverage: 19th century to present.
Sources: Provides the full text for approximately 2,800 journals.
Subject Headings: Architecture and Planning, Business, Education, English & Linguistics, Fine Arts, Health, Medicine, and Nursing, History and Culture, Music, Philosophy & Religion, Political Science and Law, Psychology, Mathematics and Science, Social Sciences, Technology
Material Types: Journal Articles, Reviews, Documents, Images, Audio
MathSciNet
An electronic publication offering access to a carefully maintained and easily searchable database of reviews, abstracts and bibliographic information for much of the mathematical sciences literature.

Description: MathSciNet is a key database for the literature of mathematics. It contains reviews of current mathematical literature and indexes literature back to the early 1800's. More than 100,000 reviews are added each year.
Time Period: 19th century to present
Sources: Indexes articles from more than 1,800 journals.
Subject Headings: Science, Technology (Mathematics)
Primary Materials: Abstracts, Citations, Journal Articles, Reviews

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Other Tools & Resources

CalculatorSoup.com
Sets of online calculators for various math and statistics needs.
Khan Academy: Probability & Statistics
A collection of video tutorials on probability and statistics from Khan Academy.
SlideShare: Introduction to Psychological Statistics
A slideshow presentation that covers the basics of using statistics in psychology.
Stat-Help.com
A free statistics help website with Excel spreadsheet calculators, SPSS notes, and other information.