InfoGuides: Statistics: Find Articles

Searching for Articles

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Mason Libraries Databases
Use this link to access all of the University Libraries' databases.

Current Index to Statistics
Bibliographic index to publications in statistics, probability, and related fields. Limited pre-1975 indexed content.
MathSciNet
Provides access to reviews, abstracts and bibliographic information for the mathematical sciences literature. Includes access to Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications from 1940 to present. Note: To access database from EBSCOhost, click here.
ScienceDirect
Access (searching and browsing) journals and eBooks published by Elsevier and its partners. Covers most disciplines, including science, medicine, economics and the social sciences.
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Springer LINK
Access over 480 journals, books, book series (including Lecture Notes in Computer Science and Topics in Current Chemistry), protocols, and reference works published by Springer and its partners. Covers subjects in computer science, engineering, humanities, social sciences, law, business and economics, biomedical and life sciences. View a tutorial on this database here.
Wiley Online Library
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Provides access to: the full-text of nearly 1500 journals; the table of contents and abstracts of print books and reference works; as well as some full-text access to e-books. Subject areas include the sciences, social sciences, business, education, law, computer science and technology. View a tutorial on this database here.

Pairing Google Scholar with Mason Libraries
This file contains instructions on how to set up Google Scholar so that links to documents in Mason resources are included.

Academic Search Complete
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Provides full-text, peer-reviewed journals, as well as indexing and abstracts for monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. Features content going back as far as 1887.
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Applied Science and Technology Full Text
Abstracts and indexes periodicals covering the fields of engineering, aeronautics, chemistry, computer technology and applications, earth sciences, energy and environment, mathematics, metallurgy and physics with full text from 1997-present.
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Project Euclid
Search for Open Access statistical and mathematical research papers using this tool. If we don't have access to a paper, submit an ILL request.

zbMATH (Zentralblatt MATH)
Now Open Access! Access bibliographic data, reviews and abstracts from all areas of pure and applied mathematics, as well as its applications, in particular to the natural sciences, computer science, economics and engineering. Contains more than 3 million bibliographic records from more than 3,500 journals and 1100 serials (1826-present).

Statistics at arXiv.org
Searchable archive of open access papers on statistical topics including methodology, theory, computation, etc.
StatLib (Carnegie Mellon University)
StatLib provides access to statistical software programs, datasets and other information.

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text
Provides a comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day and offering full text for graduate works added since 1997, along with selected full text for works written prior to 1997. Contains new international dissertations and theses both in citations and in full text. View a tutorial on this database here.
Dissertations & Theses @ George Mason University
Access full text of dissertations and theses in pdf format, as well as online 24 page preview. Content submitted by George Mason University, and published in Dissertation Abstracts. View a tutorial on this database here.

Open Access Theses and Dissertations
Search for open access (freely available) theses and dissertations archived in over 1100 college and university digital archives.

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