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Mathematical Sciences Research Guide

Information resources for Mathematics or Statistics research and study

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Journals

Search specialized magazines and journals when looking for articles on your research topic. Some suggested browsing examples are:

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Book Catalogs

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

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

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Handbooks

  • Biographical Encyclopedia of Mathematicians (510.922 B6153)
  • Biographies of Women Mathematicians
  • Cambridge Dictionary of Statistics (519.503 E934c)
  • CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics (510.3 W433c)
  • CRC Standard Probability and Statistics: Tables (519.50212 C9119)
  • Encyclopaedia of Mathematics Electronic (510.3 M425E)
  • Encyclopedia of Biostatistics (610.72 E56)
  • Encyclopedia of Mathematics
  • Encyclopedia of Statistical Science (519.503 E56)
  • Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences - update (519.503 E5647)
  • Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics (510.3 N691i.EM)
  • Entropy on the Web
  • Facts on File Dictionary of Mathematics (510.3 F1425)
  • Handbook of Applied Mathematics (510.202 P361h)
  • History of Mathematics Archive
  • Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times (510.9 K65mt)
  • Notable Mathematicians: from Ancient Times to the Present (510.922 N8992)
  • Notable Women in Mathematics: a Biographical Dictionary (510.922 N899)
  • Prime Pages - prime number research, records and resources
  • Websters New World Dictionary of Mathematics (510.3 K18c 1989)
  • Wikipedia - an encyclopedia that is written & edited anonymously & collaboratively
  • The World of Mathematics - 4 vols. (510.82 N553w)

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