InfoGuides: Statistics: Find Articles

Searching for Articles

Once you have a topic, you can start searching for articles.

Brainstorm synonyms and related terms and develop a list of terms you can use to search.
Select a database from this research guide or the Mason Libraries A-Z database page (see the link below).
Search by keyword anywhere in the document or in specific areas of the document like author, title, subject, index terms, etc.
Use Boolean operators -- AND, OR, NOT -- to create complex searches to target the information you are seeking.

AND narrows a search by requiring all terms to be in the results
OR usually connects synonyms and will broaden a search and increase the number of results
NOT is used to exclude a term or phrase from the search results

Make an appointment with a librarian to learn how to do complex and accurate searching.

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.
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.
Springer Nature 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.
Wiley Online Library
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.

Dissertations & Theses @ George Mason University
Access full text of dissertations and theses in PDF format, as well as a 24-page online preview. Content submitted by George Mason University and published in Dissertation Abstracts.
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.

Looking for IEEE standards? They will be found by searching the IEEE Xplore database (link below).

To do this:

Open the IEEE database and go to the Advanced Search.
Enter you search terms, standard title or standard number in the search box.
Scroll down the page until you find the "Content Type" selection. Check the box for Standards and all of your results will be IEEE Standards (active, inactive, draft). Click Submit.

IEEE Xplore
Provides full-text access to all journals, transactions and conference proceedings published by IEEE and IET. Accesses more than 1,000 books in the IEEE-Wiley eBook Library and IEEE-MIT eBook Library-Computing and Engineering Collection.

ABI/INFORM Collection
The ABI/INFORM Collection includes international coverage and provides researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world.
Business Source Complete
Covers scholarly journals for business topics such as marketing, management, human resources, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Includes author profiles, financial data, books, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, company profiles, SWOT analyses, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, datamonitor, and country reports from 1886.
Mergent Market Atlas
Previously Mergent Online. The Market Atlas database of corporate information covers over 50,000 US and foreign public companies, current and historical (past 15 years) firm descriptions, statistics, financial information and ratios, annual reports, mergers, acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, long-term debt, capital stock, and insider trading.
Statista
Integrates more than 80,000 diverse topics of data and facts from over 22,500 international sources. Includes statistics and studies gathered from market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, government sources and international organizations. Create graphs, reports and infographics. Data is easily exportable for analysis. Statista reports now allow you to create your own interactive industry comparisons with Tableau Workbook. Find the free tool at the Tableau website.

Don't have the journal and year you need for the article? Try Interlibrary Loan (ILL).

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