Library instructions and suggested tools for MATH& 146 - Freudenthal statistics assignment 
To find published research studies (in the form of academic journal articles also called scholarly journal articles) you may use either:
Library databases have some advantages over free internet indexes in that they:
Index to articles in magazines, journals, and newspapers.
Suggested search limits:
Example search:
“childhood obesity” AND activity
Index to articles in magazines, journals, newspapers, videos and blogs.
Suggested search limits:
Example search:
“binge drinking” AND statistics
Suggested search limits:
Example search:
“childhood obesity” AND "junk food"
In most databases, you can use the following search techniques to get more relevant search results:
1. Phrase searching
To search for articles which contain a phrase (a string of 2 words or more), enclose the phrase in quotation marks:
2. Wildcards (or Truncation) use this to retrieve word which start with a particular spelling:
statistic* will retrieve articles which contain any word starting witht he spelling s-t-a-t-i-s-t-i-c, like statistic, statistics, statisitical, statistiaclly, etc.
3. Combining several search terms using Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT)
Below is a select list of websites which contain statistical tables and/or raw data which you may wish to use for your statistical analysis.
(If you don't find data on a topic of interest to you, contact your instructor or help or an SCC Librarian. We'll do our best to help you find data on a your chosen topic.)
Since the issuance of the 2013 Office of Science and Technology Policy Memorandum requiring that results of federally funded research (publications and data) be made publicly available, various new repositories of data are currently under development. The tools below may be useful for finding datasets and research studies for your assignment. Some may be difficult to search, so ask a librarian for help if you get stuck.
Use the following guides as a model, and ask your instructor, librarians, or tutors for help if you have questions:
Getting help: This page lists tools you can use to find academic journal articles which lend themselves to statistical analysis. There resources are listed here in response to a specific MATH assignment, so:
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