Sometimes statistics are "buried" within the text of journal, magazine, or newspaper articles
As you research, take the time to skim through your findings to uncover these "buried treasures"
Follow leads in the article to find other statistics (see example below):
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Statistics are often found inside books and articles, namely, in the graphs, charts, and diagrams within them. The image of the graph below is from a CQ Research report and is but one example of how you can locate find statistical information in larger information sources.
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Image Source: Mantel, B. (2010, April 2). Breast cancer. CQ Researcher, 20, 289-312. Retrieved from http://library.cqpress.com
The databases below are great places to find articles from newspapers, magazines, and journals. Looking for statistics embedded within these articles can be helpful.
Sometimes statistics are "buried" within the text of books, journals, magazines, or newspapers. Try this search strategy when you are looking for articles from library databases.
As shown in the image below, you can start by choosing the advanced search option.
You can then search a keyword or two for your topic. Here, in the first box, the word "obesity" is the keyword/topic.
Then in the next box, you can add the word statistics and then limit that row to "SU Subject Terms."
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In EBSCO's Academic Search Complete database, you can carry out a similar search as that above.
As shown in the image below, you can start by choosing the advanced search option.
You can then search a keyword or two for your topic. Here, in the first box, the word "obesity" is the keyword/topic.
Then in the next box, you can add the word statistics and then limit that row to "SU Subject Terms."
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