How to use LexisNexis Statistical

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How to useLexisNexis Statistical

• Westwood College Library
• February 2008

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What is LexisNexis Statistical?

• Approximately 100,000 tables of data updated
  monthly
• Searches statistical reports from federal
  agencies, states, universities, non-profits and
  private research organizations
• Scope Coverage
• 250 federal and state governments agencies
• 100 international organizations
• 500 private and academic sources
• Retail and wholesale trade, interest rates,
  economics, energy, environment, agriculture,
  crime, population, demographics and other social
  indicators
• How to get into LexisNexis Statistical
• From your course Student Resources gt Library
  gt LexisNexis Statistical
• From the eCollege portal Library gt LexisNexis
  Statistical

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Tips for Using Federal State Statistics

• Definitions vary among agencies
• Tip Try a variety of key words
• Reporting Intervals and time frames vary
• Time delay in reporting
• The most current data may be several years old
• Population or sample response issues
• Sampling methods vary
• Non-response bias those unlikely to respond are
  therefore not counted

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LexisNexis Statistical Start Page
Click on Search Tables to get started
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Type search terms here. Use for alternate
spellings.
Video game
These options narrow your results. Lets leave
them blank for now.
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Note 44 results
Results are returned by coverage date - most
recent coverage date first
Lets have a look at this one.
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Report options include print, email, a GIF image
and often an Excel spreadsheet. The spreadsheet
link is at the bottom of the table (see next
slide).
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Here is a GIF image of the table. It can be
saved, printed or copied into a document.
Remember to cite your source!
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The Excel format link is at the bottom of the
table. Once you download the data, you can use
it to create your own calculations and
graphics. Remember to cite your source!
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Click home to start a new search.
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Lets look for violent crime statistics by state.
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We could add a term to the FOCUS box to narrow
this search. It would probably reduce the number
of results.
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Lets have a look at this one.
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Here is a link to the entire published source.
If I wanted more statistics like this, the full
document would be a great place to check.
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Its not pretty, but it is full-text. Citation
information is on this page and links to data
tables begin as you scroll down (see next slide).
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The contents of the source includes links to the
data tables
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Citing LexisNexis Statistical

• Individual Table, APA Format
• Immigrants Admitted, by Class of Admission
  1980-1994, No. 6, p. 11. In Statistical Abstract
  of the United States, 1996. Retrieved February
  15, 2008 from LexisNexis Statistical database.
• Individual Table, MLA Format
• Immigrants Admitted, by Class of Admission
  1980-1994, No. 6, p. 11. Statistical Abstract of
  the United States, 1996. LexisNexis Statistical.
  Westwood College Library Online. February 15,
  2008. lthttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/statunivgt
• Full Publication, APA Format
• U.S. Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice
  Statistics. Sourcebook of Criminal Justice
  Statistics. 2000. Retrieved February 15, 2008
  from LexisNexis Statistical database.
• Full Publication, MLA Format
• U.S. Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice
  Statistics. Sourcebook of Criminal Justice
  Statistics. 2000. LexisNexis Statistical.
  Westwood College Library Online. February 15,
  2008. lthttp//web.lexis-nexis.com/statunivgt

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statistics
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Thank you!

• Happy data gathering!