Location
Statistics Library
24 Hillhouse Ave.
P.O. Box 208290
New Haven, CT 06520-8290
Phone: (203) 432-0666
Hours: 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday.
The Statistics Library is located at 24 Hillhouse Avenue in the building
occupied by the Statistics Department.
The major part of the collection is housed and circulates through the
Social Science Library located at 140 Prospect Street. Print serials and
older monographs in the collection are shelved in the Statistics Department
and indicate the location "statistics library" in ORBIS --this
collection does not circulate.
Current Index to Statistics provides bibliographic access to
articles in the major statistics journals to Yale faculty, students and staff.
Collection
The Statistics Library, located within the Statistics
Department in the James Dwight Dana House at 24 Hillhouse Avenue,
was created in 1965 through a gift from International Business Machines.
Collection and technical support is now provided in part by the University
Library. Selection is done jointly by the Statistics selector and the
faculty of the Statistics Department.
Size
Monographs: 4,400
Serials: 32 currently received subscriptions, 1,000 bound volumes
Proceedings: Complete holdings of the American Statistical
Association with its thirteen sections,
the Berkeley Symposium on Mathematical Statistics and Probability,
Selected Translations in Mathematical Statistics and Probability.
Types of Materials
The emphasis is on materials needed for current graduate level research.
Complete runs of the selected core journals in statistics are retained.
The collection includes monographs, journals, dissertations, proceedings,
preprints, reprints and a limited reference collection. The library assistant
and contact is Marcia Bickoff
of the Social Science Libraries and Information Services.
Subject Strengths
Statistics and probability.
Reference Collection
A selection of handbooks, dictionaries, statistical tables and encyclopedias. The Current Index
to Statistics is available in print at the Statistics Library and also
online.
Access
The collection housed at the statistics department is non-circulating.
Monographs and serials are in Orbis.
The library is open to the members of the Yale University community.
Statistics faculty and graduate students have 24 hour access privileges.
Units with Related Holdings
Mathematics Library
Sterling
Memorial Library
