This research guide relays some basic information on library and information resources pertaining to the concerns of this department, as provided by University Libraries and/or sites on the World Wide Web.

1. To Shelf-Browse for Books (using main Library of Congress Subject Divisions)

Books on subjects associated with this field are shelved under the call number ranges listed below. Use TOPCAT to search for specific items in the collection, or more narrowly-defined subjects.

General Mathematics: QA1-QA74 & QA77-QA99 ------- Arithmetic: QA101-QA145 ------- Algebra: QA150-QA272 ------- Probability & Statistics: QA273-QA299.4 ------- Analysis: QA299.6-QA433 ------- Geometry, Trigonometry & Topology: QA440-QA699 ------- Analytic Mechanics: QA801-QA939 ------- Mathematical Physics: QC19.2-QC20.85 ------- Mathematical Crystallography: QD911-QD915 ------- Mathematics Bibliography: Z6651-Z6655 ------- Statistics Bibliography: Z7551-Z7555

2. To Find Journal and Magazine Articles (using indexing/abstracting/full-text services)

The following services are recommended for courses for first-year students and nonmajors:

• Academic Search Premier and MasterFILE Premier: These two all-subject WWW-based services (they are part of the EBSCOhost system) feature indexing and abstracting of many journals and magazines WKU Libraries receives in hardcopy, plus a large selection of articles in full-text.
• Google Scholar: A free Web-based Google service that restricts searches to the scholarly literature. Now features linking to full-text of articles held by WKU.

The following services are recommended for use by advanced students and researchers:

• MathSciNet: This WWW-based service provides abstracting of the serial literature of mathematics, plus a number of enhancements. Recent years of the paper version (Mathematical Reviews) are available in Reference.
• JSTOR: Provides the full text/full image web access of the complete archival collections of over twenty core scholarly journals in the mathematical sciences, up to the most recent three to five years.
• SpringerLink: Access to about 1000 Springer journals with full content back to about 1997.
• ejournal collections by individual publisher: Cambridge Journals Online, ScienceDirect (Elsevier), and Wiley Interscience. Abstracting of the nearly 2000 science journals published by these companies, with some full-text available at each site (individually).
• DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals): "This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals" (across all subject areas, and in multiple languages).
• Electronic Journal Service: EJS (EBSCOhost): Full-text articles, tables of content, and abstracts from journals across all subject areas.
• Science (Magazine) Online (AAAS).
• Google Scholar: As described above.
• IOPScience (Institute of Physics): 250,000 articles in full-text from the serial publications of the IOP.
• ArticleFirst: FirstSearch database available to faculty and graduate students (and to undergraduate students by special permission). Indexes almost 13,000 journals and magazines from 1990 onward, including some ninety percent of the ones University Libraries carries in hardcopy.
• Ingenta: A free online database indexing some 28000 journals and magazines from the 1980s onward. Offers for-pay text delivery.
• Current Index to Statistics: A paper product that reviews the literature of mathematical statistics for the years 1975-1997. Located in Reference at QA276 .A1 C87 (ref.per.ind.).

Special resource: Comprehensive List of Indexes, Abstracts, and Full-Text Services Related to the Natural & Applied Sciences Held by University Libraries
Special resource:  TDNet Electronic Journal Finder [use to access Libraries' electronic journals, magazines, and newspapers, as well as some indexes and databases containing full-text articles; includes a comprehensive A-Z listing of titles]
Special resource:  Knovel Online Library: A set of technical reference books and tables of particular interest to engineering, mathematics, physics, astronomy, and chemistry.

3. Monographic Reference Works in Helm Library

The following are recommended for use:

• handbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, directories, etc.: available in Reference, mainly in the QA part of the collection. Note especially the following:  Encyclopedia of Mathematics QA5 .M384x ------- Biographical Dictionary of Mathematicians QA28 .B534.  See the Shelf List of Science & Technology-Related Reference Works in the Reference Department, Helm Library.

4. Mathematics Faculty and Services

• Mathematics Home Page http://www.wku.edu/Dept/Academic/Ogden/Math/
• Individual Math Faculty Home Pages http://www.wku.edu/Dept/Academic/Ogden/Math/websites.html
• Mathematics Lab (including tutoring): phone x56178

5. Related Professional Societies (for professional news, careers/jobs, memberships, etc.)

• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) http://www.aaas.org/
• American Mathematical Society http://www.ams.org/
• American Statistical Association http://www.amstat.org/
• Association for Women in Mathematics http://www.awm-math.org/
• Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators http://www.amte.net/
• Kentucky Academy of Science http://www.kyacademyofscience.org/
• Kentucky Council of Teachers of Mathematics http://www.kctm.org/
• Kentucky Section of the Mathematical Association of America http://people.moreheadstate.edu/fs/d.chatham/kymaa
• Mathematical Association of America http://www.maa.org/
• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics http://www.nctm.org/
• Sigma Xi (The Scientific Research Society) http://www.sigmaxi.org/
• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) http://www.siam.org/

6. Web Sites Recommended by Mathematics Faculty

History/Biography  :  Education/Teaching/Careers   :  Research & Gateways  :  Statistics   :  Tutorials/Student Help  :  Advanced Math

Mathematics History & Biography

• Biographies of Mathematicians http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/BiogIndex.html
• Biographies of Women Mathematicians http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm
• Cornell University Library Historical Math Monographs http://digital.library.cornell.edu/m/math/
• Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics http://jeff560.tripod.com/mathword.html
• Links to Web Sites on the History of Mathematics http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/bshm/resources.html
• MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/
• Mathematical Quotations Server (Furman University) http://math.furman.edu/~mwoodard/mqs/mquot.shtml
• The Mathematics Genealogy Project http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu

Education, Teaching & Careers

• AAA Math [elementary school level teaching & lesson plans]
  http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/Mathematics/Elementary_School_Math/Elementary_School_Math.html
• Be An Actuary (Casualty Actuarial Society/Society of Actuaries) http://www.beanactuary.org/
• Careers in Mathematics (Purdue University) http://www.math.purdue.edu/jobs/careers/
• Chance (The Chance Project, Dartmouth College) [statistics courses] http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chance/
• The Data and Story Library [for teaching statistics] http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/DASL/
• Dept. of Mathematics, Western Kentucky University http://www.wku.edu/Dept/Academic/Ogden/Math/
• edHelper.com [for teaching K-12] http://www.edhelper.com/
• ENC.com ["comprehensive resource for K-12 math and science educators"] http://www.goenc.com/
• Game Theory.net: A Resource for Educators and Students of Game Theory http://www.gametheory.net/
• Graph Theory Lessons http://www.utc.edu/Faculty/Christopher-Mawata/petersen/
• Interactive Mathematics Miscellany & Puzzles http://www.cut-the-knot.org/front.shtml
• K-12 Teaching Materials http://archives.math.utk.edu/k12.html
• Kentucky Department of Education http://www.kde.state.ky.us/
• Math Archives [teaching materials] http://archives.math.utk.edu/
• The Math Forum (Drexel University) http://mathforum.org/
• Math Projects Journal [instruction aids] http://www.mathprojects.com/
• MATH QUEST [teaching & general resources] http://www.useekufind.com/learningquest/tmath.htm
• Mathematical Sciences Career Information http://www.ams.org/careers/
• Practical Algebra Lessons (Purplemath) http://www.purplemath.com/modules/index.htm
• Prime Curios! [prime numbers] http://primes.utm.edu/curios/home.php
• Project 2061 [a teaching-oriented initiative of the AAAS] http://www.project2061.org/
• Project Links: Mathematics and its Applications in Engineering and Science [education] http://links.math.rpi.edu/index.html
• S.O.S. MATHematics [technical assistance for students] http://www.sosmath.com/
• Teaching Math: A Video Library, 9-12 http://www.learner.org/resources/series34.html
• This is Mega Mathematics (Los Alamos National Lab) [teaching aids] http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/
• Web Interface for Statistics Education (WISE) http://wise.cgu.edu

Mathematics Research & Gateways

• arXiv.org e-Print Archive [e-print service] http://arxiv.org/
• Bilingual Mathematics Dictionary [Spanish/American] http://nw.pima.edu/dmeeks/spandict/
• Directory of Mathematics Preprint and e-Print Servers http://www.ams.org/global-preprints/
• DML: Digital Mathematics Library [texts of books & articles] http://www.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/~rehmann/DML/dml_links.html
• EMIS (European Mathematical Information Service) [databases, projects, news, other resources] http://www.emis.ams.org/
• MathDL (The MAA Mathematical Sciences Digital Library) http://mathdl.maa.org/
• Mathematics Web Sites (Penn State University) http://www.math.psu.edu/links/
• Mathematics WWW Virtual Library http://www.math.fsu.edu/Virtual/
• MathGuide gateway to scholarly information] http://www.mathguide.de/index.html
• Math-Net [research & teaching gateway] http://www.math-net.de/
• MathSciNet (Mathematical Reviews on the Web) http://www.ams.org/mathscinet
• The MathWorks [MATLAB & other software for engineers & scientists] http://www.mathworks.com/
• The Virtual Mathematics Center [gateway] http://www.martindalecenter.com/GradMath.html
• Zentralblatt MATH Preprints http://www.emis.de/ZMATH/

Statistics & Statistical Analysis

• Bureau of Labor Statistics http://stats.bls.gov/
• The Gallup Organization Poll http://poll.gallup.com/
• GAMS: Guide to Available Mathematical Software http://math.nist.gov/
• The Probability Web (AMS) http://www.mathcs.carleton.edu/probweb/probweb.html
• Simple Interactive Statistical Analysis http://www.quantitativeskills.com/sisa/
• STAT-USA Internet (U.S. Dept. of Commerce) http://www.stat-usa.gov/
• StatSci.org (Statistical Science Web / StatWeb) http://www.statsci.org/
• Statistics on the Web [statistical methods] http://www.claviusweb.net/statistics.shtml
• StatLib: Data, Software and News from the Statistics Community (Carnegie Mellon Univ.) http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/
• VassarStats: Web Site for Statistical Computation http://faculty.vassar.edu/lowry/VassarStats.html
• Web Interface for Statistics Education (WISE) http://wise.cgu.edu
• Web Pages that Perform Statistical Calculations http://StatPages.org/

Tutorials & Student Help

• Algebra Homework Help--People’s Math http://www.algebra.com/
• The Calculus Page [resources for calculus students & teachers; links] http://www.calculus.org/
• College Algebra (West Texas A & M) [online tutorials] http://www.wtamu.edu/academic/anns/mps/math/mathlab/col_algebra/index.htm
• EqWorld [materials on mathematical equations for students, teachers & researchers] http://eqworld.ipmnet.ru/index.htm
• The Integrator [integration] http://integrals.wolfram.com/
• Internet Mathematician [tutorial & portal] http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/tutorial/maths/index.htm
• Internet Resources for the Mathematics Student http://www.langara.bc.ca/mathstats/resource/onWeb/
• An Introduction to Matrices http://www.ping.be/~ping1339/matr.htm
• Karl's Calculus Tutor http://www.karlscalculus.org/calculus.html
• The Math Page [tutorials on basics] http://www.themathpage.com/
• MathPages [tutorials] http://www.mathpages.com/
• The Mathematical Atlas: A Gateway to Modern Mathematics [introductory writings] http://www.math-atlas.org/welcome.html
• Mathematical Sciences Digital Library (MAA) http://www.mathdl.org/
• Maths Help: Working with Vectors http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~jenolive/homevec.html
• Maths Symbols http://www.tcaep.co.uk/maths/symbol/index.htm
• Mathsite [tutorials, descriptions] http://mathsite.math.berkeley.edu/intro.html
• Mathworld (Eric Weisstein/Wolfram Research) http://mathworld.wolfram.com/about/mathworld.html
• MATLAB Help Desk https://www.nacs.uci.edu/dcslib/matlab/matlab-v53/help/helpdesk.html
• Measure 4 Measure [links to calculation/estimation/conversions sites] http://www.wolinskyweb.net/measure.htm
• Miscellaneous Mathematical Utilities [solution programs] http://www.akiti.ca/Mathfxns.html
• PRIME Mathematics Encyclopedia http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/prime/
• The Prime Pages: Prime Number Research, Records, and Resources http://www.utm.edu/research/primes/
• Sloane's On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/
• S.O.S. Mathematics: Differential Equations [self help] http://www.sosmath.com/diffeq/diffeq.html
• Texas Instruments http://www.ti.com/
• Webmath.com [solved math problems] http://www.webmath.com/
• Wolfram Research [producers of Mathematica] http://www.wolfram.com/

Advanced Mathematics

• The Constants and Equations Page (IOP) http://www.tcaep.co.uk/science/index.htm
• Mathematical Constants http://pauillac.inria.fr/algo/bsolve/constant/constant.html
• Fractal Geometry http://classes.yale.edu/Fractals/
• GAP: Groups, Algorithms and Programming http://www-gap.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~gap/
• Inverse Symbolic Calculator [real numbers] http://oldweb.cecm.sfu.ca/projects/ISC/ISCmain.html
• NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions http://dlmf.nist.gov/
• Number Theory Web [professionals & advanced students] http://www.numbertheory.org/

University Libraries Liaison: Charles H. Smith (x6079 / charles.smith@wku.edu) last updated 4/20/2009
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