Subject
Guide: Mathematics and Computer Science
INDEXES | REFERENCE
WORKS | WEB
LINKS | PERIODICALS
This page is intended to introduce a few select resources,
both on the Web and in the Smith Library Center print
collection, that are particularly useful for the
study of Mathematics and Computer Science.
INDEXES
Academic
Search Complete
A multi-disciplinary, full text database designed
specifically for academic institutions that includes
full text for over 2,940 scholarly publications abstracts
and indexing for nearly 3,930 scholarly journals
with many dating back to 1984. Full-page images,
as well as color embedded images are included.
Through EBSCOhost.
arXiv (arxiv.org)
Provided by Cornell University, this database provides open access to at least 593,662 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics.
IDEAL: International Digital Electronic
Access Library now ScienceDirect
Features 200 scientific, technical, and medical full-text
journals from Academic Press. The articles are displayed
in Acrobat PDF (Portable Document Format), and the
tables of contents and abstracts in HTML. The system
includes a robust search engine for searching by
various fields. IDEAL contains over 80,000 articles
with 2000 more added every month. Requires Adobe
Acrobat software. For Southwestern community only.*
JSTOR
A unique database that contains the complete full-image
backfiles of a core group of scholarly journals.
Titles include American Mathematical Monthly (1894-1993),
Annals of Mathematics (1884-1993), Journal of Symbolic
Logic (1936-1994), Journal of the American Mathematical
Society (1988-1993), Mathematics of Computation
(1943-1993), Proceedings of the American Mathematical
Society (1950-1993), Siam Journal on Applied Mathematics
(1953-1993), Siam Journal on Numerical Analysis
(1964-1993), Siam Review (1959-1993), Transactions
of the American Mathematical Society (1900-1993)
and soon the American Journal of Mathematics. For
Southwestern community
only.*
MathSciNet
A searchable web database providing access to over
58 years of Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical
Publications (from 1940 to the present). Full-text
reviews of articles and books that contain new
contributions to mathematical research are provided.
For Southwestern community
only.*
REFERENCE
WORKS
To find printed reference material
relevant to your topic start with the
library's online
catalog. Do a Reference Materials search using keywords
to describe your topic. You can also check the library's
Web pages for subject guides for related topics to find other
suggested sources.
To find call number and location
information, search the Voyager
catalog.
WEB
LINKS
Dave's
Math
Tables
Hosted by Scientific Instruments Services, Inc.,
this is a great site for information on mathematics
for both students and educators. Includes a BBS,
a chat room, and a large number of links, in addition
to many
mathematical tables.
Math
Forum
Math Forum, an online community funded in part by
the National Science Foundation and hosted by Swarthmore
College, has been built with the contributions of
math educators, interested volunteers, and online
programming groups, including the Perl and Apache
communities.
PC
Webopaedia
An online encyclopedia and search engine dedicated
to computer technology. The definitions provided
here include links to other sites of interest related
to the search term.
S.O.S.
MATHematics
A website for students that provides help with homework,
preparation for tests, and class preparation. The
material presented here reviews the most important
results, techniques, and formulas in college and
pre-college mathematics.
PERIODICALS
To find holdings and location information
for specific periodicals titles (both
print and online), search the online
catalog.
To find citations or online full-text
for articles in periodicals on your
topic, try the resources listed above
under Indexes. |
