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Guide to Mathematics Resources

The following is a selected list of resources for starting research in Mathematics, intended primarily for faculty and graduate students. For further assistance, contact Pearl Ly, Natural Sciences Librarian.

Databases

To look for articles in journals, you will need to start with a research database. The following databases provide abstracts of articles from thousands of journals and other sources, often providing full-text.

Most Useful

MathSciNet
Provides access to Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications
Coverage: 1940→current

Also Useful

ScienceDirect
Provides full text access to over 1,000 journals covering all fields of science.
Coverage: 1995→current

Wiley Interscience
Access to abstracts and full text from journals, reference works, databases, and books. Disciplines covered include the life sciences, chemistry, physics, mathematics, psychology, earth sciences, education, social sciences, humanities, business, and m
Coverage: 1996→current

Proceedings
Abstracts from conference proceedings worldwide
Coverage: 1993→current

JSTOR
Contains (EXCEPT for the latest five years) core scholarly journals in sociology, history, economics, political science, mathematics, African-American & Asian studies, literature, humanities, music, and biological, health & general sciences.
Coverage: 1838→2004

Zentralblatt MATH
Zentralblatt MATH is the world's most complete and longest running abstracting and reviewing service in pure and applied mathematics. The Zentralblatt MATH Database contains more than 2.0 million entries drawn from more than 2300 serials and journals and covers the period from 1868 - present by the recent integration of the Jahrbuch database (JFM). The entries are classified according to the Mathematics Subject Classification Scheme (MSC 2000).

The Cornell Historic Math Book Collection
577 books that were scanned from originals held by the Cornell University Library.

Journals

CSUSM subscribes to the following journals on mathematics and related fields. The great majority are electronic and a few are available only in print at the library. For some, only back issues are available.

CSUSM science journals
For those who like to browse a list, this is an Excel spreadsheet of all CSUSM periodicals (print and electronic) in call number ranges GB, GC, GE, Q, , R, S, & T. Search the library catalog by Title if you do not find the title you are looking for.

Pre-Prints

A list of pre-print servers.

Associations

A list of professional organizations in the discipline of mathematics and related fields.

Portals

One stop shopping for the mathematician looking for resources on the web.

  • BUBL Catalog of Internet Resources: Mathematics and Computing
    BUBL is the name of a catalogue of selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas and catalogued according to DDC (Dewey Decimal Classification). All items are selected, evaluated, catalogued and described. Links are checked and fixed each month. BUBL 5:15 provides an alternative interface to this catalogue, based on subject terms rather than DDC. The aim is to guarantee at least 5 relevant resources for every subject included, and a maximum of 15 resources for most subjects, hence the name 5:15.
     
  • dmoz.org: Math
    The Open Directory Project's mathematics node.
     
  • EULER Search Engine
    The EULER services provide a gateway to the electronic catalogues and repositories of participating institutions, while the latter retain complete responsibility and control over the creation and maintenance of their data collections as well as the access provisions pertaining to their offerings.
     
  • Yahoo! Mathematics
     Believe or not, Yahoo! is still a great directory.

Books

To search for books, you need to use a library catalog. Depending on how much time you have, you have a couple of options.

Books at Cal State San Marcos

Library Catalog  [ Search Tips ]
Search our local collection of about 250,000 books.

Other Options

Circuit (1-3 day delivery)
Search the collections of other San Diego area libraries -- about 3,000,000 books. Find and request books directly online; pick them up at our Library in 1-3 days.

WorldCat (5-10 day delivery)
Search the collections of libraries world-wide -- about 52,000,000 books. Find a book in this database, and fill-out an Interlibrary Loan delivery request. Book will be delivered to Library for pickup.  

 

Reference works

Below are selected reference works in CSUSM Library.

  • Dictionary of algebra, arithmetic, and trigonometry
    QA5 .D4983 2001  REFERENCE
     

  • Dictionary of classical and theoretical mathematics
    QA5 .D4984 2001 REFERENCE
     

  • Dictionary of analysis, calculus, and differential equations
    QA5 .D53 2000 REFERENCE
     

  • Encyclopaedia of mathematics:
    an updated and annotated translation of the Soviet "Mathematical encyclopaedia"
    QA5 .M3713 1988 REFERENCE
     

  • CRC concise encyclopedia of mathematics
    QA5 .W45 1999  REFERENCE