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Mathematics

This guide provides students with access to scholarly databases, journals, and reference tools to support study and research in areas such as algebra, calculus, statistics, and applied mathematics.

Best Bet Databases

Other Helpful Databases

Mathematics Journals

Search for other journals using this library database:

Web Resources & Professional Organizations

  • arXiv

    arXiv is a free distribution service and an open-access archive for 2,110,790 scholarly articles in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering and systems science, and economics.

  • Historical Math Monographs 

    From Cornell University, Historical Mathematics Monographs is a collection of selected monographs with expired copyrights chosen from the mathematics field.

  • Math Overflow 

    Online forum for questions and answers on math topics

  • Wolfram Alpha Mathworld 

    MathWorld is an online mathematics reference work, it includes definitions and links to resources for all levels of mathematics.

  • zbMathOpen 

    zbMATH Open (formerly known as Zentralblatt MATH) is the world's most comprehensive and longest-running abstracting and reviewing service in pure and applied mathematics.

  • National Science Digital Library
    The National Science Digital Library provides high quality online educational resources for teaching and learning, with current emphasis on the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines.

Background Information

Background sources are found in books and online sources.  They provide general information about your topic such as an overview, definitions, key terms or persons, and suggestions for more sources.  Sources are often books such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, although they may be websites, articles, and similar tools.   A database with some good background sources is CREDO Reference. 

CREDO is listed in the Database list.                         

Examples of background reference sources in Boreham:

                                                               

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