• Web of Science - Multidisciplinary index.
• Google Scholar - Scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources.
• MathSciNet - Mathematics and statistics literature produced by the American Mathematical Society
• WorldCat - Catalog of materials in libraries worldwide.
• Google Books - Snippet and full-text views of books as they are scanned by the Google Book Project.

NOTE: The above databases will also be duplicated in the sections on databases and books.

For an overview of the Cycle of Scientific Communication click here: Scientific Communication.

For an outline of a Comprehensive Science Literature Review click here: Science Literature Review.

For tips on improving database search results click here: Improving Database Search Results.

Suggested databases:

• ACM Digital Library - Computer science papers and publications.
• Academic Search Complete - Multidisciplinary, full-text database.
• AMS Directory of Mathematics Preprints - Directory of mathematical preprint and e-print servers throughout the world.
• arXiv.org - Research papers and preprints in physics, mathematics, computer science, nonlinear sciences, and quantitative biology.
• Dissertations, ProQuest Digital - Indexes doctoral dissertations.
• Google Scholar - Scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources.
• Jahrbuch Database - Covers mathematics literature published between 1868-1942 with links to digital collections.
• MathSciNet - Mathematics and statistics literature produced by the American Mathematical Society.
• Scirus - Science-specific Web search engine.
• Web of Science - Multidisciplinary index.
• Zentralblatt Math - "The ZMATH Database contains about 2.9 million entries drawn from about 3500 journals and 1100 serials from 1868 to present."

Search specialized magazines and journals when looking for articles on your research topic. Some of the browsing examples to look at are: Journal of the American Mathematical Society; Annals of Mathematics; Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society; SIAM Review; Notices of the American Mathematical Society.

To Browse Titles or Journals by Subject, click here: Mansfield Library Journals.

Browse or search EJournal Packages (note: some allow keyword searching or article fulltext):

• Cambridge Journals Online - Cambridge University Press ejournals.
• JSTOR - Scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences, business, and sciences.
• Oxford Journals Online - Humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
• ScienceDirect - Over 1,800 science, technology, and medicine ejournals.
• SIAM Journals - 13 SIAM Journals (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics).
• SpringerLink - 1200 Springer ejournals.
• Wiley - Full-text articles from many subject areas.

For an explanation of Popular vs. Scholarly (magazines versus research journals) click here: Popular vs. Scholarly.

For an explanation of Peer Review click here: Peer Review in 5 minutes.

For an overview of placing article alerts click here: Article Alerts.

To evaluate, compare, and rank journals using citation data click on: Journal Citation Reports or on Eigenfactor.

• The University of Montana Catalog - All time periods: Books, Media, Government Documents, etc.
• Springer Ebooks - Academic ebooks, Fulltext (with pdf), from 2005 - present, in Behavioral Science; Biomedical & Life Sciences; Business & Economics; Earth & Environmental Science; Humanities, Social Sciences & Law; Mathematics and Statistics; and Physics & Astronomy.
• WorldCat - All time periods; Library Union Catalog; Books, Media, Government Documents, etc.
• Google Book Search - Snippet and full-text views of books as they are scanned by the Google Book Project.
• Historical Math Monographs - "The Cornell University Library Historical Mathematics Monographs is a collection of selected monographs with expired copyrights chosen from the mathematics field."

For search hints, take a look at: UM Catalog Help.

Main Dewey Decimal call numbers for browsing Mathematical Sciences materials in the Mansfield Library book stacks or library catalog: 510-519.

For a more detailed view of Dewey Decimal call numbers click here: Dewey Decimal Classification Summaries

  
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• Encyclopedia of Biostatistics (610.72 E56)
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• Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences - Update (519.503 E5647)
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• Handbook of Applied Mathematics (510.202 P361h)
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• Knots on the Web
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• Planet Math - An online collaborative encyclopedia and virtual community.
• Prime Pages - Prime Numbers
• Websters New World Dictionary of Mathematics (510.3 K18c 1989)
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