Mathematics Research Guide

Antje Mays
Head, Monographs and A/V Acquisitions
Winthrop University
June, 2008

Locating Information in Dacus Library Online :

Dacus Library's online catalog (DOC) allows information to be accessed by author, title and subject.  Choose the AUTHOR or TITLE search modes to quickly locate a specific book.  Choose the SUBJECT search mode to find books on topics.  You can also use DOC to find out if Dacus owns any particular journal.  Choose the JOURNAL search mode, then type in the exact title of the  journal.  DOC will tell you if we subscribe to that journal and where we keep it.

Many knowledge areas contain Math. These are some relevant subject headings related to Mthematics:

General Call Number areas include QA1 - QA75 and QA77 - QA939.

Reference Books

The A to Z of Mathematics: A Basic guide, Thomas H. Sidebotham - REF QA93 .S49 2002

A to Z of Women in Science and Math, Lisa Yount - REF Q141 .Y675 1999.

CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics, Eric W. Weisstein - REF QA5 .W45 1999.

Dictionary of Mathematics, John Berry (et. al.) - REFQA5 .D53 1999.

Encyclopedia of Mathematics Education, Louise s. Brinstein and Sally I. Lipsey, eds. - REF QA11 .E665 2001.

Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, Douglas R. Hofstadter - Gen Coll QA9.8 H63 1999.

Mathematical Events of the Twentieth Century - Gen Coll QA26 .M277713 2006.

More Mathematics-related books, listed by date.

Journals

International Journal of Mathematics

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Mathematics Magazine

For more, see Mathematics-related journals and ejournals (listed by title)

Online Databases

MathSciNet

JSTOR (choose Advanced Search and select "Mathematics Journals")

Academic Search Premier

Academic OneFile

SIRS Researcher

Web Sites

AAA Math (http://www.aaamath.com/)

American Mathematical Society (http://www.ams.org/)

Euler: Mathematics Portal (http://www.emis.de/projedts/EULER/)

European Mathematical Society (http:www.emis.de/)

Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/)

Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles ( http://www.cut-the-knot.org/index.shtml )

Intute: Science, Engineering & Technology ( http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/ )

The Math Archives ( http://archives.math.utk.edu/topics/ )

The Math Forum ( http://mathforum.org/ )

Math in Daily Life( http://www.learner.org/exhibits/dailymath/ )

Mathematics WWW Virtual Library( http://www.math.fsu.edu/Virtual/index.php?f=4 )

MathPuzzle.com ( http://www.mathpuzzle.com/ )

MathWorld with Glossary ( http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ )

NIST Virtual Library (NVL) ( http://nvl.nist.gov/nvl2.cfm?dynamic=res_subj&subjectid=16 )

Science.gov: Mathematics ( http://www.science.gov/browse/w_129B.htm#M )

Scholarly Societies Project: Mathematics (University of Waterloo Library) (http://www.scholarly-societies.org/math_soc.html)

Web Math with sample problems ( http://www.webmath.com/ )

Zentralblatt Math 1931-2005 (abstracts) ( http://www.zentralblatt-math.org/zmath/en/ )