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Mathematics Databases
[Indexes]
[Online Books]
- Indexes to Journals and Books:
- MathSciNet
- Comprehensive database covering the world's
mathematical literature of the past 61 years. Provides Web access to
the signed reviews and bibliographic data from Mathematical Reviews
and Current Mathematical Publications, an early awareness
journal. Journals, conference proceedings, and books of mathematics
research are covered. Produced by the American Mathematical
Society.
- LIUCat
on the Web:
- The online public access catalog of Long Island University's
six campuses. This can be searched from any computer. No password is needed.
- Online Encyclopedias and Books:
- Cambridge
Dictionary of Statistics (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Provides simple definitions and explanations of 3,500 statistical and statistics-related
concepts, covering medical, survey, theoretical, applied statistics, and more. Includes bibliographies,
graphical material to aid understanding, and short biographies of over 100 important
statisticians.
- Credo
Conversions (Credo/xrefer)
- Simple program that converts units of area, speed, power, energy, weight,
volume, distance, temperature, and fuel consumption.
- ebrary (ebrary)
- Currently
offers over 25,000 full-text books, sheet music titles, maps, reports, and other authoritative documents from more
than 180 leading academic, trade, and professional publishers. The collections are particularly strong in
business, economics, education, computers, technology, science, medicine, history,
language, literature, humanities, politics, and social sciences. Publishers include The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Random House, Penguin Classics, Taylor
& Francis, Yale University Press, John Wiley & Sons, Greenwood, and more.
- Note: to use ebrary, you must first download and install the
ebrary Reader on your computer (more information).
- Mathematics
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Penguin
Dictionary of Mathematics (Credo/xrefer)
- 3,200 definitions cover all branches of pure and applied mathematics, from
algebra to mechanics and from number theory to statistics, as well as extensive
entries on such topics as chaos, fractals, and graph theory, Includes dozens of
explanatory diagrams and biographies of over 200 key figures in mathematics.
- Real-Life
Math (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
Database descriptions are adapted from each database's website.
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