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Mathematics Research Guide

[Printed volumes in the Castleton State College Library are in brown type.
Blue entries are links to electronic resources.]


Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Handbooks

Handbook of Mathematics.   (REF 510 B789h)
Facts on File Dictionary of Mathematics.   (REF 510 G357f)
The VNR Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics.  (REF 510.202 G282v)
Handbook of Applied Mathematics: Selected Results and Methods.    (REF 510.202 P317h)
CRC Handbook of Mathematical Sciences.   (REF 510.212 B468c)
CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae.    (REF 510.212 C42 1996)
International Dictionary of Applied Mathematics.    (REF 510.3 In8)
Mathematics Dictionary.   (REF 510.3 J233m)
Webster's New World Dictionary of Mathematics.    (REF 510.3 K149w)
Mathematical Dictionary for Economics and Business Administration.   (REF 510.3 Sk61m)
Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics.    (REF 510.3 W438c)
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics. 
  (REF 510.321 K658e) 4 volumes.  Quite detailed, highly technical. By the Mathematical Society of Japan.
Encyclopedia of Mathematics Education.   (REF 510.71 En196)
Handbook of Research on Mathematics Teaching and Learning.   (REF 510.71 G918h)
A Dictionary of Real Numbers.    (REF 512.7 B649d)
The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences.    (REF 512.72 Sl52e)
CRC Handbook of Tables for Probability and Statistics.    (REF 519.02 B468c)
Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences.    (REF 519.503 K849e)

MathWorld. (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/)
Math Reference Tables. (http://www.math2.org/)
Mathematical Functions. (http://functions.wolfram.com)
PRIME Mathematics Encyclopedia. (http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/prime/)


Biographical Sources

Dictionary of Scientific Biography.  (REF 509.22 D561)
Women in the Scientific Search: An American Bio-Bibliography, 1724-1979.   (REF 509.22016 Si15w)
Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology.    (REF 925 As42a2) 

The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive. http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/ Includes biographies.


Historical Information

The Nature and Growth of Modern Mathematics.   (510 K86n)
History of Mathematics. (510.09 Sm54h) 
  Two volumes. "A non-technical chronological survey from ancient Greece and the Orient to the late 19th century. (Cover)
A Concise History of Mathematics.  (510.09 St89c) Follows the history of mathematics to the end of the nineteenth century.
Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers.  (510.9 G951m)
Mathematical Thought From Ancient to Modern Times.  (510.9 K685ma)

The Cornell Historic Math Book Collection. (http://historical.library.cornell.edu/math/index.html) Digital text and images.
Links to Web Sites on the History of Mathematics. (http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/bshm/resources.html)
The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive. (http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/)
*Research Databases and Indexes for Finding Journal Articles

Academic Search Premier
Expanded Academic Index.
JSTOR Arts & Sciences I

*Note:  Links to full text of some articles will be available immediately.  If there is NO link to full text, check Castleton's Journal Holdings List for availability.


Other Recommended Sources

Although every effort has been made to verify the accuracy of the Internet addresses, it should be kept in mind that sites change addresses and go in and out of existence frequently.

Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching. (http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/)
Internet Guide to Engineering, Mathematics and Computing: Mathematics. (http://www.eevl.ac.uk/mathematics/)
The Mathematical Atlas: A Gateway to Modern Mathematics. (http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/known-math/welcome.html)
Mathematics Web Sites Around the World. (http://www.math.psu.edu/MathLists/Contents.html)
Mathematics WWW Virtual Library (http://www.math.fsu/Virtual/index.php:f=5)


Getting Help

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