Subject Guide: Mathematics

Books

Selected Reference Books in McQuade Library (First Floor):

CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics [REF] QA 5 .W45 1999
CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Forumlae [REF] QA47 .M315 2003
Companion Encyclopedia of the History and Philosophy of the Mathematical Sciences [REF] QA 21 .C645 1994 (2 vols.)
Dictionary of Algebra, Arithmetic, and Trigonometry [REF]QA5 .D4983 2001
Dictionary of Mathematical Sciences [REF] QA5 .H42 v1,c1
Encyclopedia of Mathematics Education [REF] QA 11 .E665 2001
Facts on File Dictionary of Mathematics [REF]QA5 .F35 1999
Handbook of Tables for Mathematics [REF] QA47 .H32
International Research in Mathematics Education [REF] QA 11.2 .H36 2002
Mathematics Dictionary [REF] QA 5 .J32
Notable Mathematicians : from ancient times to the present [REF]QA28 .N66 1998
Notable Women in Mathematics: a biographical dictionary [REF] QA 28 .N68 1998
Tables of Higher Functions [REF] QA55 .J3 1960
VNR Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics [REF] QA40 .V18 1989

Search the NOBLE Web Catalog for more print and electronic books owned by McQuade Library. Try these sample subject headings:

Algebra	Geometry
Arithmetic	Trigonometry
Biomathematics	Calculus
Business Mathematics	Probabilities
Mathematics	Mathematics Problems, Exercises
Mathematicians -- Biography	Mathematics -- History
Polyhedra -- Models	Topology

To find additional related subject headings, look at the bottom of the Web catalog record OR consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings (a set of red reference books located near the Reference Desk in McQuade Library).

Articles

Selected print indexes and periodicals. To search the library's complete print and electronic subscriptions go to Journal Finder.

Selected journals, magazines, and newspapers on the Web:

Search these databases to find articles:

Academic Search Premier The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for more than 4,500 publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals on a wide variety of topics.
Expanded Academic ASAP Provides access to information across all academic disciplines indexed in over 2,000 periodicals. Some full-text.
FirstSearch Offers more than 70 databases in 15 topic areas, including arts, business & economics,
education, humanities, law, news & current events, public affairs, social science, science & medicine. Some full-text is included. Some of the online indexes include Education Index, Humanities Index, PAIS and Social Science Index.
MathSciNet A comprehensive database covering the world's mathematical literature since 1940. MathSciNet provides Web access to the bibliographic data and reviews of mathematical research literature contained in the Mathematical Reviews Database.
JSTOR A searchable digital archive containing back-issues of core scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. It contains complete runs of these scholarly journals, many of which date from the 1800s. Note: the most recent 3 to 5 years of a journal are not included in this archive.
Wiley Interscience Search the full text of over 300 leading scientific, technical, medical, and professional journals published by John Wiley & Sons.

Web Sites

General Guides

Internet Resources for the Mathematics Student At Langara College, British Columbia.
The Mathematical Atlas: A Gateway to Modern Mathematics Is organized by the Mathematical Subject Classification system developed by the American Mathematical Society.
Mathematics Web Sites Around the World From Pennsylvania State University.
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS: A Brief Guide to Reference Resources from the library at the State University of New York at Albany. See also the link to their Web-based subject guide.

Topics in Mathematics

Cornell University Historical Mathematics Book Collection is a collection of selected monographs with expired copyrights chosen from the mathematics field.
MathWorld A free service for the mathematical community provided by Wolfram Research, makers of Mathematica, with additional support from the National Science Foundation.
Links to Web Sites on the History of Mathematics From The British Society for the History of Mathematics.
MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive From the School of Mathematics and Statistics at St. Andrew's in Scotland.
Math Archives From the University of Tennessee, useful to teachers and students from kindergarten through graduate and professional levels.
The Math Forum A K-16 math teacher site.
Math2.org (Formerly Dave's Math Tables) This site is divided into three areas: Math Reference Tables, Interactive Area offers a Math Message Board, Chat and White Board, and a Resources area offers a collection of links.
Mathematical Sciences Digital Library Managed by the Mathematical Association of America. Offers a variety of avenues to mathematical instruction.
NIST DigitalMath Lib: NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions From the National Institute of Standards and Technology. This site is intended to serve as a successor to Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables ed. by Milton Abramowitz and Irene Stegun.
S.O.S. MATHematics This site offers technical assistance to math students.
Linear Algebra Toolkit The toolkit is comprised of a series of self-directed modules. Each module is designed to help a linear algebra student learn and practice a basic linear algebra procedure, such as Gauss-Jordan reduction, calculating the determinant, or checking for linear independence.
University of Michigan Historical Mathematics Collection Maintains a collection of digitized books published in the 19th or early 20th century.
Wolfram's Research Mathematical Functions Providing the mathematical and scientific community the most comprehensive and unified resource of information about mathematical functions.
Writing in Mathematics Classes by Dr. Annalisa Crannell, Franklin & Marshall College.
WWW Interactive Mathematics Server You may browse the content of this site by several methods:
type of the resources, subject, educational level or date.

Topics in Mathematics