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Indexes & Abstracts


CU LIST OF NUMERIC DATABASES
Statistical databases subscribed to by Columbia University Libraries 
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/databases/resource_type_13.html 
CURRENT INDEX TO STATISTICS (CIS)
CURRENT INDEX TO STATISTICS (CIS). The Current Index to Statistics is a bibliographic index to publications in statistics and related fields. The CIS Extended Database (CIS- ED) includes coverage, in most cases from 1974 (or first issue if later) to the present from selected journals, and selected books in statistics published since 1974. 
URL: http://query.statindex.org/ 
EDS - ELECTRONIC DATA SERVICE OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
EDS is CU libraries and ACIS service that supports CU community in the use of statistical data sources. It provides statistical sources, software as well as offers Reference assistance in using statistical data,including raw data sets, GIS, etc. Offers DataGate,the local archive comprised of ICPSR, Roper, SSEDL, etc. EDS is physically located at the CU Lehman Social Sciences Library on the Morningside Campus. 
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/ 
INFOSHARE ONLINE
A database of statistics about New York City. 
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/databases/3105451.html 
LEXIS NEXIS STATISTICAL
'Provides statistical data from U.S. government publications from 1973, state and private sources from 1980, and international organizations from 1983.' 
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?APK8288 
MEDLINE (OVID)
Three separate components of Medline available through OVID interface: Medline 1966 - present (offers author/journal/keyword/subject, or MESH, searching), Oldmedline 1950 - 1965 (offers same but subject searching), and In-Process around 2 recent months (offers same but subject searching).  
URL: http://library.cpmc.columbia.edu/hsl/eres/countact.cfm?resourceid=1301 
POPLINE
citations and abstracts for publications related to population, family planning, and related health issues. Coverage from 1970- present. Includes international demographic research. 
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/popline.html 
POPULATION INDEX
'Population Index is the primary reference tool to the world's population literature. It presents an annotated bibliography of recently published books, journal articles, working papers, and other materials on population topics. This website provides a searchable and browsable database containing 46,035 abstracts of demographic literature published in Population Index in the period 1986-2000.'  
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?APH1576  
SPSS TRAINING
SPSS training is available at Teacher's College. Please, check TC's class schedule for availability of SPSS classes. 
URL: http://devtc4.tc.columbia.edu/workshop/user/overview.php 
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Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Guides


BIOLOGICAL DATA BOOK
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. 
Ref QH310 A17. 
GEIGY SCIENTIFIC TABLES
Ciba-Geigy Corp. 6 vols. 
Ref Q199 G27. 
INTERNATIONAL CRITICAL TABLES
Mc Graw-Hill Co. 1930 7 vols. 
Ref Q199 In8. 
REFERENCE MAN
International Commission on Radiological Protection. (Body composition, organ weight, anatomical-physiological values, radiation dosage) 
Ref QP34.5 I58. 
SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING INDICATORS
National Science Board. 1989- Serial S Latest in Ref. 
Ref Q172.5 S34. 
THE SI FOR PROFESSIONALS
World Health Organization. (International units system) 
Ref R857 M4 Si108. 
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Directories and Associations


AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION
1429 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314-3402, USA; Voice: 703- 684-1221; Toll-free: 888-231-3473 
URL: http://www.amstat.org/ 
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Internet Guides and Resources


CU LIBRARIES (MORNINGSIDE CAMPUS) STATISTICAL SUBJECT GUIDES
List of links to more statistical resources, compiled by Morningside campus libraries. 
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/lehman/guides/stats/index.html 
SDA: SURVEY DOCUMENTATION AND ANALYSIS
SDA is a set of programs for the documentation and Web-based analysis of survey data. There are also procedures for creating customized subsets of datasets. This set of programs is developed and maintained by the Computer-assisted Survey Methods Program (CSM) at the University of California, Berkeley. 
URL: http://csa.berkeley.edu:7502/ 
STATISTICS VIRTUAL LIBRARY
(University of Florida). Offers list of links to statistics programs and departments in universities worldwide, lists of links to statistical research groups, institutes, and associations, statistical services, archives and resources, list of links to the wendors of statistical software and software FAQs, statistical journals, mailing list archives, related field links, etc. 
URL: http://www.stat.ufl.edu/vlib/statistics.html 
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Meta-directories of Websites


PARTNERS IN INFORMATION ACCESS FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE
"Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce is a collaboration of U.S. government agencies, public health organizations, and health sciences libraries which provides timely, convenient access to selected public health resources on the Internet." Offers links to useful Public Health and statistical resources in multiple categories. The PHPartners offers RSS feed that would 'keep you informed about news in public health, upcoming meetings, and new public health online resources. The PHPartners feed address is http://phpartners.org/rss_phpartners.xml. More information on how to subscribe to PHPartners RSS feeds is available at http://phpartners.org/rss_information.html.'  
URL: http://phpartners.org/ 


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