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STATISTICS SUBJECT PORTAL

 

The Resources for this subject have been selected by Pavlinka Kovatcheva,

subject librarian at APK Campus, Level 1, Tel: 011 559-2621, e-mail: pkovatcheva@uj.ac.za

 

If you are at Doornfontein Campus and need help from the Library, your subject librarian is

Ester de Broize, edebroize@uj.ac.za, Tel: 011 559-6267

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SUPPORT TO STATISTICS USERS LIBRARY SUPPORT TO UNDERGRADUATES LIBRARY SUPPORT TO ACADEMICS & RESEARCHERS LIBRARY RESOURCES & SERVICES About UJ Library  How to create Library PIN for access to Library Resources Library Services  Library Collections Information Resources Sciences Subject Collections Additional Subject Collections Printing & Photocopying (APK Library)  SUDOKU GAME STATISTICS JOURNALS, DATABASES & WEB RESOURCES FULL-TEXT JOURNALS SEARCH JOURNALS ABBREVIATIONS TOP DATABASES FOR STATISTICS SCIENCES SEARCH ENGINES & SEARCHABLE WEB RESOURCES ELECTRONIC BOOKS UNIVERSITY & SCIENCES LINKS STATISTICS LINKS SOUTH AFRICAN ORGANISATIONS INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS CONFERENCES LINKS SCIENCES RESEARCH LINKS (RANKING, IMPACT FACTOR, ETC.)

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SUPPORT TO STATISTICS USERS

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Do you know how to CREATE A PIN for access to the Library resources? 

Forgot your Password (PIN)? Contact the LENDING DESK staff for assistance.

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LIBRARY SUPPORT TO UNDERGRADUATES

  

Visit the Library Support to Undergraduates & New Students Portals for more information.

 

Library Membership 

• Library Membership to UJ Library

• To access the UJ Library use your student card @ the entrance

 

Searching & Borrowing Materials from UJ Library 

• UJLink: Library Catalogue

• MyUJLink (My library account). Login with Surname, Student number & PIN.

• Lending Desk Services: How to borrow, renew & return books, etc.

• Inter Campus Loan (how to borrow books from other Campuses)

  

Learners Support Services

• Course Reserves (print and electronic resources for your studies)
• Online Exam Papers (previous exam papers). Login with a PIN is required.

 

Librarian Advice & Training 

• Library User Education: First year & Undergraduates (training in the use of the library and its resources)
• Library Support to Undergraduates
• New Students
• Virtual Learning Environment/Assignments Instructions
• Training schedule for 2009
• Need help: Ask-A-Librarian
• Training Guides & Tutorials

 

Assignments & Projects Instructions

• Research it Right! How to get started with your assignment topic (Interactive Tutorial)

• Getting Started with Research: Help with Assignments & Projects

• Plagiarism: What it is and How to avoid it.

• Harvard Reference Techniques

 

Social Networking

• Follow me on: Twitter; Sciences Librarian News Blog; Sciences Librarian Research News; "Chat" in real time - MeeboMe; Tagged articles on Delicious.   

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LIBRARY SUPPORT TO ACADEMICS & RESEARCHERS

 

Go to these relevant portals to find more information on: Library Support to Teaching & Library Support to Research

 

Library Membership 

• Library Membership to UJ Library

• Library Membership to Other University Libraries (Letter of Introduction)

 

Searching & Borrowing Materials from UJ Library 

• UJLink: Library Catalogue

• MyUJLink (My library account). Login with Surname, Student number & PIN.

• Lending Desk Services: How to borrow, renew & return books, etc.

• Inter Campus Loan (how to borrow books from other Campuses)

 

Borrowing Materials from Other Libraries

• Inter Library Loan (how to borrow materials from other libraries)

 

Teaching Support

• Course Reserves /Short Loan (print and electronic resources for your studies. How to place materials on Reserve?

• Online Exam Papers (previous exam papers). Log-in with a PIN is required. How to submit exam paper to the Library?

• Submit & Search Theses & Dissertations/ Institutional Repositories

• Virtual Learning Environment (How to help students via EduLink)

 

Librarian Advice & Training

• Library User Education: Researchers & Academics (training in the use of the library and its resources)

• Training schedule for 2009  (Need Advanced Training? Book NOW!)

• Need help: Ask-A-Librarian

• Training Guides & Tutorials

 

Research Support

• Research Support Portal (One step to your Research needs)
• Getting started with Research  
• Research it Right! How to get started with your topic research (Interactive Tutorial)
• Engaged in Research
• How to Get Published (NEW!)

 

Theses & Dissertations (T & D)(incl. Institutional Repositories)

• UJ Digispace  (Online T & D; UJ Repositories)
• UJLink: Library Catalogue (Print T & D)     

• Theses & Dissertations & Open Institutional Repositories Portal Don't miss this!

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Current Awareness Tools

• Journals Table of Content (ToC). Make use of ticTOC's services to keep current. Read more...

 

Manage your References

• RefWorks & RefShare (RefWorks Help)     

 

Citing & Referencing

• Harvard Reference Technique (UJ)                                                     
• Plagiarism: What it is and How to avoid it.
• Copyright: (Thapelo Mashishi, e-mail: thapelom@uj.ac.za; Tel: 011 559 2182)

 

Impact Journals

• Journal Citation Report (JCR) (Tutorial; Brochure)                               
• SCImago Journal & Country Rank (Elsevier) (Help!)

 

South African Accredited Journals

• South African Accredited Journals (DoE)                                                     
• South African Journals on ISI and IBSS 

 

Internationally Accredited Journals

• ISI Accredited Journals                                                                      
• International Bibliography of Social Sciences (IBSS) Accredited journals 

 

Social Networking

• Follow me on: Twitter; Facebook; Sciences Librarian News Blog; Sciences Librarian Research News; "Chat" in real time - MeeboMe; Tagged articles on Delicious

 

  Your Subject Librarian will help you with any queries or requests for "topic search", library problem solving, etc.  

 

Go back to the Sciences Librarian Portal!

 

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LIBRARY RESOURCES & SERVICES

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Quick links to the MAIN library resources and services:

 

About UJ Library 

UJ Library                                              Campus Libraries         

Library Regulations                                 Study Cubicles 

Library Submission Forms                        Library Staff (APK & DFC Campuses)    

Library Hours                                          Library Hours: 24h Study Area

 

How to create Library PIN for access to Library Resources

Create PIN in the Library.pdf

 

Library Services 

Ask-A-Librarian                 Information Librarians                   Virtual Learning Environment      

Lending Services               Inter Campus Loan Service             Inter Library Loan Service         

Copyright                          Bindery

 

Library Collections

• Course Reserves
• UJ Online Exam Papers
• Rare Book Collection & UJ Archives, APK

 

Information Resources

• UJLink: Library Catalogue      
• CASE: A-to-Z Journals  (NEW!)      
• Open Science Journals            
• A-to-Z Databases 
• Sciences Librarian Portal                                                                        

 

Sciences Subject Collections

Sciences Librarian Portal                Applied Mathematics & Mathematics

Astronomy & Astrophysics               Biochemistry

Biology                                           Botany & Plant Biotechnology

Chemistry                                       Energy

Environmental Management             Geography

Geology                                          Human Anatomy & Physiology

Information Technology                 Microbiology

Physics                                           Statistics

Zoology

  

Additional Subject Collections

Accounting     Economics      Education       Law      Politics

 

Printing & Photocopying (APK Library) 

Support to photocopiers and printers resides with Xerox. Ask for assistance: Level 5, Elevators foyer, Tel: 011 559 2184.

Photocopiers are available on: Level 1, 2 5 7 6. Printing stations are available on: Level 2 & 5. 

 

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SUDOKU GAME

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Do you need a break from searching? Exercise your brain with this Sudoku game.

 

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STATISTICS JOURNALS, DATABASES & WEB RESOURCES

 

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The databases below are the most relevant resources where you can start your search for Journal Articles, Conference Proceedings, Reviews, Electronic books, Standards, Patents, etc. Search across Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science and the multidisciplinary databases to retrieve information for your research.

 

REMOTE ACCESS is available to all the databases. Just log-in with your SURNAME, STUDENT / STAFF NUMBER, PIN. Learn how to create PIN.

 

Remember!

• By searching the databases, you search for a JOURNALS ARTICLES.
• When searching CASE: A-to-Z Journals, you search for JOURNALS TITLES
•  For in-depth research on a topic start with these Bibliographic Databases: MathSciNet, Science Citation Index, Engineering Village2, etc.
•  If you look for full-text articles to complete your assignment or project, then search any of these databases: JSTOR, ScienceDirect, SpringerLink, Wiley Interscience, Academic Search Premier, Academic OneFile.
•  For assistance and guidance contact your subject librarian (contact details at the TOP)

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FULL-TEXT JOURNALS SEARCH

 

Search the following resources, when you need to find specific JOURNAL title:

 

• CASE: A-to-Z Journals (New!)   
• UJLink: Library Catalogue. (New feature: Links to online journals, when available)  
• Open Science Directory: A-to-Z Open Access Journals (incl. DOAJ, BioMed Central, PubMed Central, HighWire Press, HINARI, AGORA, OARE, eJDS. Read MORE...
• Open Access Journals: Links to over 30 Open Access Sciences Journals Portals.
• Free Electronic Mathematics Journals

• Mathematics Journals: Table of Content. 

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JOURNALS ABBREVIATIONS

 

In many references the Journal title is ABBREVIATED. The links below will help you find the FULL-TEXT journal title.

 

• Mathematics Journals Abbreviations (PDF)(References used in Mathematical Reviews)

• ZMATH Serials & Journals (Abbreviations)

• ISI Journal Title Abbreviations

• Science & Engineering Abbreviations 

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TOP DATABASES FOR STATISTICS

 

Bibliographic Databases

• Africa-Wide: Nipad (through EbscoHost)(Covers Africa and South Africa)
• Current Content Connect (ISI Web of Knowledge, 1998+)

          - Engineering, Computing & Technology

• Engineering Village 2 (EV2)

          - Compendex

          - Inspec

          - Referex (e-books)

• Inderscience Journals (Computing & Mathematics; Management;Technical Journals, etc.; ToC Alerts)
• MathSciNet (Based on Mathematical Reviews, Books, Journals, Proceedings, 1940+)
• Science Citation Index Expanded (ISI Web of Science, 1981+)

 

Full-text Databases (incl. abstracts only)

• Academic OneFile (Infotrac; Multidisciplinary)
• Academic Search Premier (EbscoHost; Multidisciplinary)
• ArXiv.org (Open Access; Cornell University Repository)(Mathematics, Nonlinear Sciences, Quantitative Finance & Statistics)
• Emerald (full-text & abstracts; Engineering & Technology; Management) 
• IEEE Xplore (Journals full-text from 1997+)

• JSTOR (3-5 years moving wall)(Mathematics Collection:57 journals; Statistics Collection:46 journals)
• PhysMath Central (Open Access Physics & Mathematics Research)
• SA E-Publications (South African journals)
• ScienceDirect (full-text from 1995+)(Mathematics: 94 journals)

• SA Institute of Race Relations : Statistical data on SA: Demographics, Living conditions, Welfare, etc

• SpringerLink (full-text: Archive + Current as per License agreement)
• Wiley Interscience (full-text, Blackwell journals from 1997+; Wiley Journals - abstracts only

 

Business & Economics Databases

 

These Business & Economics databases can help you in the search for information on Financial Risk Management, Investment Management, Financial Modeling, Forecasting and Risk Management, the Financial sector, including banks, insurers and investment houses

 

• Business Source Premier (EbscoHost)(Multidisciplinary, Full-text & Abstracts)

• EconLit (EbscoHost)(Abstracts)

• Emerald (Full-text)

• EasyData (Quantec)(Password is required, pkovatcheva@uj.ac.za) (Economic & Financial Indicators; SA statistics; products, imports, exports, etc.)

• MarketLine (Companies, Countries & Industry Information)

• RDS: Business & Management Practices (Company profiles & International Industries Reports; International indicators)

• Who Owns Whom (on Campus only)(SA Industry reports & Company profiles)

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P.S. If you are still unsure, which database to use, go to the Databases Information sheet. 

 

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SCIENCES SEARCH ENGINES & SEARCHABLE WEB RESOURCES

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Search Across multiple Publishers to find references for your research: 

 

• AJOL: African Journals Online (Peer-reviewed African Published Scholarly Journals)

• BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine: This multi-disciplinary search engine focuses on academic research

• Biology Browser: Thomson Reuters FREE database of Biology resources and web links.

• CiteSeer.IST: This search engine and digital library will help you find information within scientific literature

• Entrez: Entrez is the integrated, text-based search and retrieval system used at NCBI for the major databases, including PubMed, Nucleotide and Protein Sequences, Protein Structures, Complete Genomes, Taxonomy, and others. Entrez is the Life Sciences Search Engine.

• Google Scholar: Meta Search Engine across multiple academic publishers; abstracts + full-text

• Hakia: Semantic search engine only accesses websites that are recommended by librarians

• HighWirePress (Hosts the largest repository of high impact, peer-reviewed content)

• Lumifi: For your Research (tools to annotate, organize, manage, share and eventually publish your research)

• OAIster (Search for digital items with this tool that provides 12 million resources from over 800 repositories)
• Open Science Directory: A-to-Z Open Access Journals (incl. DOAJ, BioMed Central, PubMed Central, HighWire Press, HINARI, AGORA, OARE, eJDS.
• Science Research
• Scirus: The most Comprehensive research engine. Elsevier product.
• Scitaion: This "deep federated search" brings the best information from the fields of science and technology
• Scitopia.org (Deep web)(Search for scientific articles, Patents, Governmental information) 
• StatSci.org : A Portal for Statistical science
• UJ Sciences Librarian on Delicious: Selected articles per subject topics/taggs
• Wolfram Alpha Knowledge Engine 
• WorldCat: Use this tool to find items in libraries including books, CDs, DVDs, and articles
• WorldWideScience.org (Global Science Gateway)
• "100 Useful Tips and Tools to Research the Deep Web"

 

Use Google Scholar to search for academic articles across multiple publishers: Springer, Elsevier, American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, JSTOR, Blackwell-Wiley, SAGE and many more. Scholar HELP!

 

You can EXPORT your references directly to RefWorks! Read MORE...

 

 

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ELECTRONIC BOOKS

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As an addition to the print books in the Library (UJLink), you can make use of these electronic books. They can be access remotely. The e-books collections are arranged by relevance:

 

Safari Books Online (5 simultaneous uses)

Is the e-reference library for programmers & IT professionals. The library has 300 books, which can be updated and replaced ith newer editions. Find books on Human-Computer interactions; Security; Programming, Hardware, Networking, Business, Certification, programming, IT Management, etc.

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CRC EngNateBase 

Full-text Handbooks on Computation, Computer Engineering, Reference & Collected Works, Computer Graphics, Multimedia and visualisation, Cryptography & Coding Theory, etc.

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CRC TelecommunicationsNetBASE 

Full-text Handbooks on Mobile Wireless Networks, Computer Network, Embedded Computing, Mobile Communications, Multimedia Encryption, Wireless Security, etc.

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Referex (through EV2)

A specialized electronic reference database, Referex Engineering draws on hundreds of premium engineering books to serve as a pool of answers to your reference questions. Referex is fully searchable and instantly delivers Full-text content of over 1,600 e-book titles across the collections. The UJ Library subscribe to: Mechanical Engineering and Materials & Electronics and Electrical Engineering. Each collection includes: Handbooks of engineering fundamentals; Situational reference; Titles focused on technique and practice,  “How to” guides; Highly specialized professional information

 

AccessEnginering

McGraw-Hill Engineering Online. Titles per Topic ; Titles Alphabetical order.

 

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UNIVERSITY & SCIENCES LINKS

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If you want to go directly to your Student Portal, Department, Faculty of Science or University web pages, click on any of the links below.

 

• UJ News 

• University of Johannesburg               

• UJ Research & Innovation                           

• UJ Rated Researchers    

• Faculty of Science                                          

• Department of Statistics

• EduLink (Student Portal)                  

• NRF: National Research Foundation

• CSIR

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STATISTICS LINKS

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SOUTH AFRICAN ORGANISATIONS

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• African Institute of Mathematical Sciences

• ESSA: Economic Society of South Africa

• NRF (National Research Foundation)

• South African Financial Sector

• South African Statistical Association  

• Statistics South Africa

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INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

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• American Statistical Organisation

• Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFAI)

• Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP)
• Royal Statistical Society

 

Visit the Economics Subject Portal for additional Financial & Investment Links

 

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CONFERENCES LINKS

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• Academic Conferences Worldwide

• Gordon Research Conferences (Provide an international forum for the presentation and discussion of frontier research in the biological, chemical, and physical sciences, and their related technologies)

• Science Conference Proceedings (About; HELP) 

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SCIENCES RESEARCH LINKS (RANKING, IMPACT FACTOR, ETC.)

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• ScienceWatch: Tracking Trends & Performance in Basic Research (Data and Rankings; Analyses, Interviews)

          - ScienceWatch RSS NEWS Feeds 

          - Sci-Bytes: What's New in Research

          - Fast Breaking Papers

          - New Hot Papers in Science (from Essential Science Indicators, Thomson Reuters)

          - Emerging Research Fronts

          - Fast Moving Fronts (Research Fronts that are growing most rapidly)

          - Research Front Maps (Clusters of highly cited papers and research front maps)

          - Country Profiles

          - What's Hot in... (Biology, Chemistry, Medicine, Physics)

 

• Journal Citation Report (JCR) (Tutorial; Brochure)       

                        

• SCImago Journal & Country Rank (Elsevier) (Help!)  

 

• SciTopics: Research Summaries by Topic:  Mathematics (Elsevier)

          - About SciTopics

          - Author Index

          - HELP!  

          - Read MORE!

 

• Academia.edu (Academia is a tree of academics around the world, displayed according to university/department affiliation)(About; Read MORE!)

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