Why include statistics?
Depending upon the type of paper you are writing, statistics may add significance, importance, and/or interest. Relevant statistics may support the reason why you chose the topic or indicate to the reader why they should read your paper.

Where to look?
To find statistics search all types of resources: government sites, organization and associations sites, databases, health and sport databases and sites.
TIP: Watch for references to primary sources as you review articles in databases and on the Web.

• ORU Databases - General and Subject Specific
  Use the subject index or thesaurus to browse your topic, find related terms and identify terms to narrow and/or expand your topic. Try searching with percent, data, statistic*, etc. Use Advanced Search to set search limits.
• ORU Journals - Specific Titles or Subject Related
  Go to the Journals List and type a subject or keyword to get a list of journals. Select a journal title. Search your topic within a journal. Or, browse the journal table of contents for reports, surveys and research project.

What to search?
Consider your thesis, identify the key words and concepts, and add search terms that identify statistical data, such as percent, data or statistic.

Search for and restrict results to government and association or organization fact sheets, which usually include statistics and often reference primary sources, such as original research or studies.
Limit to domain.gov for government sites or add the terms association or organization to your search, as shown in the examples below.

Government Documents or Statistics

When searching the Web for authoritative statistics, limit your results to government or association websites.

your concept 1 AND your concept 2 AND (study OR report) AND site:.gov  - Brings up results that are hosted on websites with the ".gov" top-level domain (TLD).
your concept 1 AND your concept 2 AND statistics AND site:.gov  - Brings up results that are hosted on websites with the "gov" string anywhere in the URL.

Government Publication and Websites
Search suggestion: your concept(s) and site:.gov

Organization and Association Publication and Websites
Search suggestion: your concept AND statistic AND (association OR organization)

ORU Databases

Suggested Health, Medical and Nutrition

Are there date restrictions or requirements for your sources? If yes, specify or limit the dates when you search. For example, when searching the Web include the dates in your search query, such as (2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021). Most databases and the advance search in search engines allow you to limit to specific dates.