The following are selected resources that are available at Fogler Library
or on the Internet. If you have questions about finding information
related to Mathematics & Statistics, please contact the Science and Engineering
Center: 581-1691 or email Martin Wallace. Or use our
Ask a
Librarian service.
Use these databases to locate citations or full text for journal
articles, conference papers, technical reports and theses in mathematics &
statistics. Once you have located relevant articles, search URSUS by journal
or book title to determine if Fogler Library owns the item. We may own
journals in print or online or both formats. Need to check the record
listed as Serials (for print holdings) and E-Serials (for electronic holdings). Must click on the
"Restricted Access UM" link to see the online holdings. If we do
not own the item you need, consider requesting through Interlibrary
Loan. Remember most of the articles listed in these databases cannot be
located by using a regular web browser such as Google. These databases
provide the means to locating scholarly research articles.
Tips for Searching:
Use truncation to allow for the various spellings of a word. Truncation symbol for most databases is the * (asterisk). For
example: Comput* will retrieve: computer, computing, computers,
computational, etc.
Use double quotes to search for an exact phrase: "wave
energy" will retrieve much more precise results. Searching
without quotes in most databases yields a search for - wave and
energy. Finds the words anywhere in the same record not as a phrase.
Check the length of the article. Would probably
not want to pursue articles under 3 pages unless you are looking for news
items to gather information on companies or research labs making news.
Use synonyms to make your search more comprehensive. Link synonyms
with 'or' operator. For example: underwater or submers*
Link concepts with the 'and' operator. Use parentheses to group
synonyms together when using one search box. For example: (hybrid*
or electric*) and (automobile* or vehicle* or cars or car)
When you have located some relevant articles, review the abstract and
subject headings of these records. Utilize subject headings for more precise
results. Most databases you can click on a subject heading for a new
search and then refine this new search with additional keywords.
Utilize the bibliography at the end of relevant research papers to expand
your list of resources. Some of these references may have
errors. It has been found that 20% of the references cited will have
an error.
Most Relevant Databases:
MathSciNet. Coverage is 1940 - Present.comprehensive resource covering mathematical journal articles and books. It also
includes full-text reviews of many of the articles. This is the electronic version
of Mathematical Reviews (Sci Index QA 1 M7) and Current Mathematical
Publications (shelved in Sci Periodicals).
MathSciNet Guidebook and MathSciNet
Search Help.
American
Mathematical Society (AMS). Journals. Searchable database of all
AMS journals. Allows searching by author, title, keywords, abstract,
full text of article, references or anywhere in the record.
ArXiv.org. Open access to over 459,000 e-prints in Physics,
Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology and
Statistics. Database is searchable by author, title, abstract, full-text, etc. Users may register to receive RSS or email notification of new papers on matching
areas of interest.
Compendex. (Engineering Index). Coverage is 1970 - Present. The best
multidisciplinary engineering database that indexes over 5000 engineering
journals, conferences and technical reports.compendex is part of the Engineering Villageindex and search interface. This service also
provides specialized indexing of the Internet, a technical standards
database, and a link to the U.S. Patent Database. Print copy in Sci Index
TA1. E6, 1884 - 1995. Excellent choice for applied mathematics, control
theory, robotics, and computer applications.
Directory of Open Access Journals. This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and
scholarly journals. It includes 102 math journals and 20 statistics
journals.
Electronic Library
of Mathematics. A service of the European Mathematical Society that offers links
to free online journals, proceedings, and monographs.
JSTOR. A digital archive of over 350 scholarly journals. It
includes 17 journals in mathematics and 13 in statistics. Coverage is always
back to the first volume of a journal so several titles in mathematics date
back to the 18th and 19th centuries. JSTOR does not provide access to the most
recent volumes of a journal. Usually the most recent 2 to 5 years are
not included.
MathDoc Portal. Index to online books, dissertations, journal articles, preprints, and table
of contents
Math
Search. Allows you to search over 200,000 documents on
English-language mathematics and statistics servers across the Web. Note
that most of the material is concerned with research-level mathematics. Allows you to find faculty and departments working on a topic.
Science.gov− Mathematics. New improved gateway to
U.S. government publications and web sites. 12 major science agencies are
collaborating on this project. They have recently added relevancy-ranked
order to the results of a search. It includes 30 databases and over 1700
web sites.
StatLib. Maintained
by the Carnegie Mellon University Statistics Department; contains software, datasets, and
publications related to statistics.
Web
of Science. Coverage is 1900 to present. Online version
of Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts and
Humanities Citation Index. General Search allows you to do
keyword, author, journal title, and author's affiliation or location. The Cited Reference Search allows you to find articles that cite an older article
of interest. For the cited reference search just use the first author's last
name and initial(s) and the year of publication. Do not bother with the
journal or book title. Keep in mind our subscription is only for 2000 to
present.
Databases that may also be helpful:
Academic
Search Premier. PARTIAL FULL TEXT DATABASE Provides full text for
nearly 3,200 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study
including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences,
engineering, and mathematics. Good resource for a few basic articles on a
topic. This database is designed for undergraduate research.
BioMed Central. They are
an independent publishing house committed to providing immediate free
access to peer-reviewed biomedical and bioinformatics research. They
publish open access journals. Searching and browsing capabilities are
provided. The have 3 journals in the field of bioinformatics.
BIOSIS
Previews. 1970-present. BIOSIS Previews, worldwide in scope, indexes the literature of the
biological and biomedical sciences. The premier database in the biological
sciences, subject coverage includes agriculture, bioengineering, biophysics, bioinformatics, genetics and biological
statistics. Approximately 5,500 serial publications as well as books,
proceedings and meeting abstracts, technical reports, review papers, and
patents are indexed.
Dissertations
and Theses (Proquest). Indexes
dissertations and theses written by graduates of North American and European
universities. The complete text of dissertations written at the University of
Maine after 1996 is included.
E-Print Network. Maintained
by the Dept. of Energy. Allows simultaneous searching of a variety of
preprint servers.
ERIC. (Educational Resource Information Center, produced by the U.S. Dept. of
Education) Coverage is 1966 - Present. Indexes journal articles,
technical reports, books, and dissertations. Coverage of mathematics
education, reforms and methods are well covered.
Google
Scholar. Beta version, under construction. Indexes
scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books,
preprints, abstracts and technical reports. Google Scholar includes
articles from a variety of academic publishers, professional societies,
preprint repositories and universities. They rank results based on their
relevance criteria.
IEEE
Xplore. IEEE Xplore is a searchable
database which includes the 130+ journals published by the IEEE and IEE and
also their conference proceedings and the current edition of IEEE standards. Indexing extends back to 1988 for all journals and conference proceedings
and further back to 1950 for selected publications. Full text of IEEE
journal articles is available for 1998 to present. Full text is not
available through IEEE Xplore for the IEE journals or IEEE and IEE
conference proceedings and standards. Check URSUS to determine our holdings
of these publications. The database allows simple keyword and phrase
searching or complex search queries employing a variety of operators. Tables
of contents are available for browsing and there is also a useful alerting
service. Register to have an email alert sent of the table of contents when
a new issue is published. We have contracted for 5 simultaneous users.
INFORMS
Online. which indexes journals in operations research and management
science, 1976 to the present.
INSPEC. Coverage is 1969 - Present. Provides worldwide coverage of the
research literature for the fields of physics, electrical engineering,
electronics, computer hardware and software, control engineering and
information technology. It is produced by the Institution of
Electrical Engineers, Great Britain. Literature is reviewed from over
3,500 journals and 1,500 conference proceedings each year. Database is
updated weekly. Searching in combination with Compendex is recommended and
utilize the "Remove Duplicates" feature.
MEDLINE. 1966 to present. Index to more than 3,600 journals covering
all areas of clinical and experimental medicine, including bioinformatics
and medical and health statistics.
MInd: The Meetings Index. Provides a free databases of future national and international
conferences, regional meetings, and short courses.
Scitation. Formerly OJPS. Hosts e-journals
of the American Physical Society, Acoustical Society of America, Biomedical Engineering Society, American Institute of Physics and many
others.
ScienceDirect. FULL TEXT FOR UMAINE SUBSCRIBED JOURNAL TITLES ONLY (1800+). Online access to full text from 1995 for most titles. Sign up for automatic notification when new issues are published.
Scirus. produced by Elsevier. Use for searching instead of ScienceDirect
interface. Use this Advanced search which provides many options for
full text searching and across a variety of databases.
Print Indexes to Research Literature in the Science and Engineering Center
Abstracts of Papers Presented to the American
Mathematical Society. (Sci Index QA 1 A517) This print index is published four
times a year and contains abstracts of all papers that were presented at meetings of the
American Mathematical Society.
Science Citation Index. Print copy at Sci Index
Q1.A1S36. Holdings are 1965 to present. An excellent multidisciplinary science information source which leads you
to papers that cite a paper of interest, thus resulting in records for articles
that you may not find using traditional subject or keyword searching. To learn how
to use it, ask a Science and Engineering Center librarian. Online
access is available through Web
of Science. coverage is only 2000 to present.
J. C. Poggendorffs biographisch-literarisches Handwörterbuch für
Mathematik, Asthie und verwandte Wissensgebiete. Index dating back to
1863 for all areas of science. Arranged by author and contains
references to books and journal articles. (Sci Ref Z7404.P74).
URSUS. University of Maine System
catalog. Use the Request function to request items from other
campuses. Items are sent to Orono and loaned for 4 weeks.
MaineCat. College and
university libraries in Maine. Use the Request function to request
items from other libraries. Items are sent to Orono and loaned for 4 weeks.
Electronic Library of
Mathematics. Contains online journals, article collections,
monographs, and other electronic resources. Access is generally free, except
for some periodicals with a "moving wall", i. e. , a certain delay
period after which resources become freely available.
Mathtools.net. Collection of tutorials, books, and web sites on programming languages
including MATLAB, C, C++, JAVA, Visual Basic, etc. Full text tutorials
are extensive.
National Science Digital Library. A digital library of
exemplary resource collections and services, organized in
support of science education at all levels.
NetLibrary. A collection of 7,400 e-books (3,400 copyrighted titles and 4,000 in the
public domain). Although access to the public domain titles is unrestricted,
users must create a personal account in order to check out copyrighted
titles and in order to access these titles from non-University IP addresses
or commercial internet service providers. The check-out period is 4 hours
and can be repeated.
Newton Project. Digitized works by Isaac Newton, links to many biographical sources and
digital libraries of his works.
Online
Books Page. Sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania. Mathematics and computer science titles.
S. O. S. Mathematics Tables and Formulas Tables
featured include Trigonometric Identities, Derivatives, Indefinite
Integrals, Common Integrals, and Binomial Coefficients and Formulas, among
others.
Access
Science. Online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. Includes over 8,500 online encyclopedia articles and 15,000 illustrations from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 10th Edition and regularly updated, fully-searchable media-rich content, terms, images and video.
Cambridge Dictionary of Statistics. (Sci Ref
QA276.15.E84 1998)
Dictionary of Mathematics. (Sci Ref
QA5.D53 1999)
Encyclopaedia of Mathematics. (Sci Ref QA5.M3713
1988)
Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences. (Sci Ref QA
276.14.E5)
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics. (Sci Ref QA 5.I8313
1987)
Mathematical Constants. By S. R. Finch. (QA41.F54 2003)
Mathematics Handbook for Science and
Engineering. (Sci Ref QA41.R34 1995)
Selected Tables in Mathematical Statistics. (Sci Ref QA276.25.H372)
S. O. S. Mathematics Tables and Formulas. Tables
featured include Trigonometric Identities, Derivatives, Indefinite
Integrals, Common Integrals, and Binomial Coefficients and Formulas, among
others.
Statistical Tables for Biological,
Agricultural, and Medical Research. (Sci Ref QH324.F52)
Tables of Integrals, Series, and Products. (Sci Ref QA55.G6613 2000)
Expanding
Women's Opportunities Through Mathematical Science. NSF Study
from Northern Illinois University focuses on retention of women in
mathematics. Site includes teaching tools for female learners adn a
campus ad campaign that counters negative perceptions of women in math.
ExploreLearning.com. Provides
lesson plans and multimedia activities for math and science.
K - 12 Mathematics Curriculum Center. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Provides publications
and lesson plans to help teachers and schools implement standards-based
mathematics curricula.
Math
Forum @ Drexel. Provides materials, activities, person-to-person
interactions, and educational products.
Math Goodies. Problems,
puzzles and worksheets for students and teachers.
MathCounts. Math competition and
coaching for middle school students.
Mathematics
Archives. MathArchives. Lists teaching materials, software, WWW
links and a searchable database.
Mathematical
Atlas. A Gateway to Modern Mathematics. A collection of short articles
designed to provide and introduction to modern mathematics topics. Subjects
are arranged in a hierarchy of disciplines.
Mathtools.net. Collection of tutorials, books, and web sites on programming languages
including MATLAB, C, C++, JAVA, Visual Basic, etc. Full text tutorials
are extensive.
MathWorld. (Eric
Weisstein's World of Mathematics). Interactive mathematics
encyclopedia for students, educators and researchers.
Matrix Market. Provided
by NIST. Provides test data for using algorithms in numerical linear
algebra. Find data for real life applications.
Mega Mathematics. By Los
Alamos National Laboratory for elementary school students.
Metamath
Home Page. Contains over 3000 completely worked out proofs in logic and
set theory. Proof Explorer, Quantum Logic Explorer and Hilbert Space
Explorer.
National Science Digital Library. A digital library of
exemplary resource collections and services, organized in
support of science education at all levels.
Number Theory Web. A collection of links to online information of interest to number theorists. Researchers will find links to books published,
conferences, who's-who and active research groups, online lecture notes and
theses.
Problem Corner. Formerly 20,000
Problems under the Sea. Hosted by the Dept. of Mathematics and
Statistics, Univ. of Missouri-Rolla. Contains 20,000 problems from
journals or contests. Does not have the solutions but references to the
solutions are given.
Visual Calculus. A collection of tutorials, drills and computer programs to aid in the
studying and teaching of calculus.
WebMath.com. Well indexed
site that allows you to find a short tutorial on a topic of interest.
Wolfram Functions Site. Large
collection of formulas and graphics on mathematical functions.
World Lecture
Hall. Mathematics. Based at
The University of Texas at Austin, contains links to web sites created
worldwide for university-level academic courses. Some are distance learning
courses.
American Mathematical Society (AMS). Information about the society's programs, meetings, policies, publishing, membership and
Internet resources. Contains links to other organizations and preprint
servers, and you can search their Combined Membership List - a directory of
AMS members and several other professional
organizations.
Biographies
of Women Mathematicians. An award-winning site with information on female
mathematicians past and present. Developed by the Department of Mathematics at Agnes
Scott College.
Combined Membership
List. (American Mathematical Society, Mathematical Association of America, Society
Industrial and Applied Mathematics)
Dictionary of Canadian
Biography Online. This first phase presents persons who died
between the years 1000 and 1930 or whose last known date of activity falls
within these years. Contains many mathematicians and scientists.
Dictionary of Scientific Biography. (Sci Ref Q141. D5)
Marquis
Who's Who. Includes professional and personal
profiles of over 850,000 U.S. and international figures.
World of Scientific
Biography. (Eric Weisstein's). Interactive encyclopedia listing
over 250 important researchers in mathematics. Links to information
about their contributions.
Biographies
of Women Mathematicians. An award-winning site with information on female
mathematicians past and present. Developed by the Department of Mathematics at Agnes
Scott College.
Breakthroughs: a Chronology of Great Achievements in Science and
Mathematics, 1200-1930. By C. L. Parkinson. G. K. Hall,
1985. (Sci Ref Q125.P327 1985)
Einstein Archives Online. Provides full text access to Einstein's scientific and non-scientific
manuscripts held at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Also has
archival database indexing over 43,000 items by or about Einstein.
Galileo Project. Features a biography, chronology, family portraits, bibliography, etc.
Historia-Matematica. Provides a virtual discussion forum for scholarly
discussion of the history of mathematics.
History
of Mathematics. compiled by D. E. Joyce, Clark University. Links to many
web sites and provides extensive bibliographies. Arranged by subject
and includes chronology.
History of Mathematics. By D. E. Smith. Dover Pubs. ,
1958. (ORO Stacks QA21.S62 1958)
History of Mathematics from Antiquity to the Present : a Selective
Bibliography. ed. by J. W. Dauben. Garland Press, 1985. (ORO
Stacks Z6651.D38 1985) See also the 2000 edition published by
the American Mathematical Society on CD-ROM. (Media Resource Center
CDROM Z6651.D38 2000) A selected bibliography on the history of
mathematics. Contains over 4,800 bibliographic entries with annotations.
History of the Theory of Numbers. By L. E. Dickson. Carnegie
Institution of Washington, 1919-1923. (ORO Stacks 512.81.D561 vol. 1 - 3)
MacTutor
History of Mathematics Archive. An excellent site with biographies, histories of
mathematical topics, famous curves, prize winner lists, and many other types of
information. Maintained by the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
Mathematical Century: the 30 Greatest Problems of the Last 100
Years. By. P. Odifreddi. Princeton University Press, 2004. (ORO Stacks QA26.O3513 2004)
Mathematics
Textbooks, 1850 - 1950. compiled by Prof. Eisso Atzema, Dept. of
Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maine, Orono. It includes links to
important collections in the U.S. and a database under construction by Prof. Atzema.
Men of Mathematics. By E. T. Bell. Simon and Schuster,
1937. (ORO Stacks QA28.B4 1937)
Newton Project. Digitized works by Isaac Newton, links to many biographical sources and
digital libraries of his works.
Notable Women in Mathematics. (Sci
Ref QA28.N68 1998)
Source Book in Mathematics, 1200 - 1800. Ed. by D. Struik. Harvard Univ. Press, 1969. (ORO Stacks QA21.S88) Collection of classical papers that have shaped the discipline.
Statisticians of the Centuries. (Sci Ref QA276. 256. S73 2001)
World of Scientific
Biography. (Eric Weisstein's). Interactive encyclopedia listing
over 250 important researchers in mathematics. Links to information
about their contributions.
Handbook of Writing for the Mathematical Sciences. (Sci
Ref QA42. H54) Includes tips on choosing the right journal for submittal and structuring a
talk.
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