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Core Resources
- MathSciNet (http://www.ams.org/mathscinet/) VPN
MathSciNet is the most comprehensive resource for the international literature of mathematics and statistics. Covers approximately 1800 mathematical journals.
Warning for off campus users:
MathJax causes browsers to report errors when processing the TeX encoded symbols when using the VPN. Use the MathSciNet Preferences tab to turn MathJax off and display the TeX coding or use the proxy server.
- Coverage: 1940-present
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- MathSciNet Tutorials (http://www.mathscinet.info/index.html)
- MathSciNet Tutorials (http://www.mathscinet.info/index.html)
- Current Index to Statistics (CIS) (http://query.statindex.org/) VPN
- Covers publications in statistics and related fields. CIS is a joint venture of the American Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
- Coverage: 1974-present
- Electronic Research Archive for Mathematics (http://www.emis.de/MATH/JFM/JFM.html)
- A database created from the "Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik."
- Coverage: 1868-1942
- Zentralblatt für Mathematik (http://www.emis.de/ZMATH/)
Zentralblatt MATH is the world's most complete and longest running abstracting and reviewing service in pure and applied mathematics. The database contains more than 2.0 million entries drawn from more than 2300 serials and journals. While we do not have a subscription to this database, searchers can view up to the first three reviews of each result set.
- Coverage: 1868 - present.
Articles
- BIOSIS Previews [via Web of Knowledge] (http://isiknowledge.com/BIOSIS) VPN
NEW interface loaded July 17, 2011 -- result retrievals will be larger due to search design changes.
More than 22 million records in all life science areas, including agriculture, biochemistry, biomedicine, biotechnology, ecology, environmental sciences, genetics, microbiology, plant biology, veterinary medicine & pharmacology, and zoology. Indexes over 6000 journals, serials, books and book chapters, conference proceedings and patents.
- Coverage: 1926-present
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- FAQ -- NEW July 2011 Interface! (http://wokinfo.com/wok5/faq/)
- OLD Version BIOSIS Access (http://webofknowledgev4.com/biosis) VPN
Backup until end of 2011. Most complete load as of week of July 18th. - Quick Reference Card: BIOSIS Previews, ISI Web of Knowledge (http://wokinfo.com/wok/media/pdf/qrc/bpqrc.pdf)PDF
- Online BIOSIS information (http://images.isiknowledge.com/WOK45/help/BIOSIS/h_database.html)
- Video training: Saving Histories and Creating Alerts for current awareness. (https://www.brainshark.com/brainshark/vu/view.asp?pi=27087902)
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- Compendex [via Engineering Village 2] (http://www.engineeringvillage2.org/controller/servlet/Controller?CID=quickSearch&database=1) VPN
- Most comprehensive bibliographic database of engineering research literature, containing references to over 5000 engineering journals and conferences. About half the citations (from 2600 journals and conferences) include abstracts and indexing in the records.
- Coverage: 1884-present
- INSPEC [via Web of Knowledge] (http://uclibs.org/PID/22771) VPN
- Citations from scholarly journals, conference proceedings, books, reports, and dissertations in physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computers and control, and information technology.
- Coverage: 1898-present
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- Use UC-eLinks to determine availability.
- Use UC-eLinks to determine availability.
- PubMed (http://uclibs.org/PID/17708) VPN
- Citations and abstracts for articles published in approximately 8,400 journals in medicine, life sciences, health administration, veterinary medicine, nursing, molecular biology and genetics. PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- Coverage: 1946-present
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- PubMed Tutorial & more (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmed.html)
- Alerts/Automatic Updating Service (Saving & Managing Searches) (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK53592/)
- NLM Searching PubMed with Mesh tri-fold handout (http://nnlm.gov/training/resources/meshtri.pdf)PDF
- NLM PubMed Basics tri-fold handout (http://nnlm.gov/training/resources/pmtri.pdf)PDF
- PubMed Training Manual [NLM] (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/manuals/pm_workbook.pdf)PDF
Extensive 148-page training manual from day-long PubMed training class. Updated April 2011. - Tutorials, Guides & Instructional Resources (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hsl/resources/guides/instguides.php#pubmed)
Lots of information from UCDavis' Health Science Libraries - For help from a Shields BioAg librarian send email to: bioagquestions@lib.ucdavis.edu
- Human medicine, veterinary medicine, and health-related questions (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hsl/)
Carlson Health Sciences Library (530)752-7042, hslref@lib.ucdavis.edu / Blaisdell Medical Library (916)734-3529, mclref@lib.ucdavis.edu
- PubMed Tutorial & more (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmed.html)
- Web of Science [via Web of Knowledge] (http://isiknowledge.com/wos) VPN
NEW interface loaded July 17, 2011 -- result retrievals will be larger due to search design changes.
Provides access to the content from three Thomson Reuters ISI (Institute for Scientific Information) Citation Databases: Science Citation Index Expanded; Social Sciences Citation Index; Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
- Coverage: 1900-present [Science 1899-, Social Sciences 1900-, Arts & Humanities 1975-]
- Related:
- Web of Science tutorial (http://www.thomsonisi.com/tutorials/citedreference/crs1.htm)
- Web of Science Tips (version 7) (http://thomsonscientific.com/media/scpdf/wos7_tips_cit.pdf)PDF
- Web of Science tutorial (http://www.thomsonisi.com/tutorials/citedreference/crs1.htm)
Preprints
- Directory of Mathematics Preprint and e-Print Servers (http://www.ams.org/global-preprints/)
- UC Davis Mathematics arXiv Preprints (http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/research/preprints)
- Searchable front end for the mathematics arXiv, maintained at Cornell University
- Coverage: 1992-present
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- arXiv (http://arxiv.org/)
maintained by Cornell University - Also available here (http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/)
- arXiv (http://arxiv.org/)
- Virtual Technical Reports Center (http://www.lib.umd.edu/ENGIN/TechReports/Virtual-TechReports.html)
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
- Cambridge Dictionary of Statistics
- Location: Bio/Ag Reference QA276.14 .E934 2002
- Collins Dictionary of Mathematics
- Location: Shields QA5 .B625 2002
- CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics [pdf] (http://uclibs.org/PID/30900)
- Related:
- Also in print
Bio/Ag Reference QA5 .W45 2003
- Also in print
- Dictionary of Algebra, Arithmetic, and Trigonometry [pdf] (http://uclibs.org/PID/30902)
- Related:
- Also in print
Shields QA5 .D4983 2001
- Also in print
- Dictionary of Analysis, Calculus, and Differential Equations [pdf] (http://uclibs.org/PID/30908)
- Related:
- Also in print
Shields QA5 .D53 2000
- Also in print
- Dictionary of Applied Math for Engineers and Scientists [pdf] (http://uclibs.org/PID/51487)
- Related:
- Also in print
Shields QA5 .D49835 2003
- Also in print
- Dictionary of Classical and Theoretical Mathematics [pdf] (http://uclibs.org/PID/30910)
- Related:
- Also in print
Bio/Ag Reference QA5 .D4984 2001
- Also in print
- Dictionary of Statistics
- Location: Shields QA276.14 .U67 2002
- Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences
- Location: Bio/Ag Reference QA276.14 .E5 2006
- Oxford Dictionary of Statistical Terms
- Location: Shields HA17 K4 2003
- World of Mathematics
- Location: Bio/Ag Reference on order
Handbooks & Tables
- CRC Handbook of Mathematical Sciences
- Location: Bio/Ag Reference QA47 H32
- CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae (31st ed.) [pdf] (http://uclibs.org/PID/51452)
- Related:
- Also in print
Bio/Ag Reference QA47 M28
- Also in print
- CRC Standard Probability and Statistics Tables and Formulae [pdf] (http://uclibs.org/PID/9490)
- Related:
- Also in print
Shields QA273.3 Z95 2000
- Also in print
- Handbook of Mathematical Formulas and Integrals
- Location: Shields QA47 J38 2000
- NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions (http://dlmf.nist.gov/)
The Digital Library of Mathematical Functions (DLMF) Project was initiated to perform a complete revision of Abramowitz and Stegun’s Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables, published in 1964 by the National Bureau of Standards.
- Table of Integrals, Series, and Products
- Location: PSE Reference QA55 G6613 2000
- Related:
- Also at Shields Library
Bio/Ag Reference QA55 G6613 1994
- Also at Shields Library
Full-Text Resources
- MATHnetBASE (http://www.mathnetbase.com/)
- Full-text searchable database collection of over 125 handbooks, textbooks and manuals from CRC Press.
- STATSnetBASE (http://www.crcnetbase.com/page/statistics_ebooks) VPN
- Full-text searchable database collection of almost 100 statistics handbooks, textbooks and manuals covering environmental statistics, introductory statistics, probability theory & applications, reference statistics, SPC/reliability/quality control, statistical theory & methods, statistics & computing, biological sciences, business & finance, engineering & physical science, medicine & health science.
- Frontiers in Mathematics (http://www.springerlink.com/link.asp?id=111142)
- Coverage: v.1 (2004) - present.
- Lecture Notes in Mathematics (http://www.springerlink.com/link.asp?id=110312)
- Coverage: v.1750 (2000) - present.
Historical Collections
Some noteworthy online Historical Mathematics Collections include:
- American Mathematical Society Books Online (http://www.ams.org/online_bks/)
- Cornell University Library: Historical Mathematics Monographs (http://historical.library.cornell.edu/math/)
- Mathematica Collection from the University of Göttingen (http://dz-srv1.sub.uni-goettingen.de/sub/digbib/bcoll)
- University of Michigan's Historical Math Collection (http://www.hti.umich.edu/u/umhistmath/)
Organizations & Societies
- American Institute of Mathematics (AIM) (http://www.aimath.org/)
- American Mathematical Society (AMS) (http://www.ams.org/)
- American Statistical Association (ASA) (http://www.amstat.org/)
- Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) (http://www.math.ca/)
- European Mathematical Information Service (EMIS) (http://www.emis.de/)
- Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) (http://www.imstat.org/)
- Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) (http://www.ima.org.uk/)
- London Mathematical Society (LMS) (http://www.lms.ac.uk/)
- Mathematical Association of America (MAA) (http://www.maa.org/)
- Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) (http://www.siam.org/)
Web Sites
- Abbreviation of Names of Serials (Mathematical Reviews) (http://www.ams.org/msnhtml/serials.pdf)PDF
- Mathematical Atlas: A Gateway to Modern Mathematics (http://www.math-atlas.org/welcome.html)
- Mathematics Subject Classification (AMS, 2000) (http://www.ams.org/msc/)
- Mathematics WWW Virtual Library (http://www.math.fsu.edu/Virtual/)
- MathGuide (http://www.mathguide.de/)
- MathSearch (http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/MathSearch.html)
- MathWorld (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/)
- NIST Mathematics, Statistics and Computational Science (http://math.nist.gov/)
- StatLib (http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/)
- WWW Virtual Library: Statistics (http://www.stat.ufl.edu/vlib/statistics.html)
- Zentralblatt für Mathematik Journal Abbreviations (http://www.zblmath.fiz-karlsruhe.de/serials/data/zmath-serials.pdf)PDF
Department
- UC Davis Mathematics Department (http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/)
- UC Davis Statistics Department (http://anson.ucdavis.edu/)