Find Sources
Find Articles
Use these selected databases to find articles on your topic:
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MathSciNetProduced by the American Mathematical Society, an index to reviews with abstracts and bibliographic information for much of the mathematical sciences literature.
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IEEE Xplore Digital LibraryProvides access to the full-text of IEEE content since 1988. Includes journals, conferences, technical standards, and books in the fields of electrical engineering, electronics, and computer science.
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Science in ContextScience in Context contains articles from full text academic journals, science-related magazines and newspapers, multimedia records including pictures, and illustrations. A wide variety of subjects are covered, including earth science and life science, to space, technology, mathematics and science history and biography. Contains audio and video clips and images. Updated: Regularly.
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Academic Search PremierThis multidisciplinary database contains peer-reviewed journals, magazines, newspapers, ebooks, and videos.
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arXivOpen access e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance, and Statistics. ArXiv is maintained and operated by the Cornell University Library with guidance from the arXiv Scientific Advisory Board and the arXiv Member Advisory Board, and with the help of numerous subject moderators.
Books, Ebooks, Music, & Movies
Search the library's collection:
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WorldCatWorldCat is the OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other material worldwide, before 1000BC-present.
Updated: Daily.
Background Sources
Multidisciplinary encyclopedias:
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Credo Reference Academic CoreA comprehensive collection of subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks. Also included are short reference videos and high-resolution images. Useful background information source.
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Britannica AcademicProvides access to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, an interactive world atlas, a world data analyst tool, images, timelines, videos, and primary sources.
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Oxford Reference Online: PremiumA large collection of Oxford dictionaries and encyclopedias, covering literature, art and architecture, science and technology, religion, history, law, philosophy, quotations, and the social sciences. Includes English translation bilingual dictionaries for a number of world languages. Simultaneous user limit: 5.
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The Princeton Companion to Mathematics
Call Number: Online and Stacks Upper Level QA11.2 .P745 2008ISBN: 9780691118802Publication Date: 2008 -
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World of Mathematics
Call Number: Reference Main Level QA5 .W67 2001ISBN: 0787636525Publication Date: 2001
Additional Online Resources
These websites have been evaluated by librarians (that's a good thing) for your use in an academic setting. However, any website can be changed without notice, so be sure to evaluate every site you use.
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Khan Academy Math ResourcesKhan Academy is a non-profit educational organization created in 2006 by educator Salman Khan with a goal of creating a set of online tools that help educate students. The organization produces short lessons in the form of YouTube videos. Great for basic refreshers on a variety of divisions of mathematics.
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Wolfram MathWorldAn extensive mathematical resource, provided as a free service to the world's mathematics and internet communities as part of a commitment to education and educational outreach by Wolfram Research.
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Mathematical Sciences Digital LibraryFrom the Mathematical Association of America. Provides several resources for learning and mathematical research, as well as classroom materials.
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NIST Digital Library of Mathematical FunctionsFrom the National Institute of Standards & Technology. A digital companion to the NIST Handbook of Mathematical Functions, which provides comprehensive information on hundreds of mathematical functions.
Citations & Support
Citing Your Sources
The links below point to brief informational guides for creating accurate citations. For more complete information, consult the original books at the library (see call numbers below) or contact a librarian.
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Ref. Z 253.U69 2017
Questions about Citations? Save time, ask a Librarian!
Citation Management Tool
RefWorks is a tool that will help you manage the resources you use for your research, and create citations and bibliographies when you write your papers. The RefWorks User Guide will help you set up your RefWorks account and get started using it.
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