Reference Sources
- Dictionary of applied math for engineers and scientists - Ref QA 5 .D49835 2003
- Encyclopaedia of mathematics: an updated and annotated translation of the Soviet "Mathematical Encyclopaedia" - Ref QA 5 .M3713 1987 (10 volumes)
- Encyclopedic dictionary of mathematics - Ref QA 5 .I8313 1987 (4 volumes)
- The Facts on File companion to the American novel - Ref QA 5 .F35 2005
- Handbook of mathematical formulas - Ref QA 41 .B313
- Handbook of mathematical tables - Ref QA 47 .H23
- The International dictionary of applied mathematics - Ref QA 5 .I5
- The words of mathematics : an etymological dictionary of mathematical terms used in English - Ref QA 5 .S38 1994
Databases/Journal Articles
Science Direct
Science Direct is one of the world's largest providers of scientific, technical and medical literature. Approximately 1800 journals are currently indexed. Alma College Library subscribes to approximately 200 of these journals in full-text. (To get full-text articles when searching in this database, you must choose Source: Subscribed Journals. Please see a librarian for clarification.)
Applied Science and Technology Abstracts (ASTA)
Provides information on management, careers and employment, and financial trends in the scientific and technological fields..
Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac)
Indexes approximately 3,500 journals and magazines and the New York Times. 2,100 of the periodicals are peer-reviewed scholarly journals.
Journal of Technology Education
Full text of the journal from its inception in 1989 to the present.
JSTOR
Searchable full text of scholarly journals from a variety of disciplines including history, economics, ecology, math, political science, sociology, and more.
ProQuest General Reference
Provides access to a broad range of subject areas including: science and mathematics. Many of the publications are available in full text.
Internet Resources
Cornell University Library Historical Math Monographs
This is a collection of selected monographs with expired copyrights chosen from the mathematics field, containing over 450 general monographs, over 550 math books, and nearly 700 New York State historical pamphlets and monographs.
S.O.S. Mathematics Tables and Formulas
"This site is a place for students and educators to quickly access mathematical formulas." The tables are organized by topics, including multiplication, primes, integrals, trignometrics, conversions, derivatives, logarithms, constants, and Bernoulli and Euler's numbers.
Wolfram Research's Mathematical Functions
"This site was created as a resource for the educational, mathematical, and scientific communities. It contains the world's most encyclopedic collection of information about mathematical functions. The site also details the interrelationships between the special functions of mathematical physics and the elementary functions of mathematical analysis as well as the interrelationships between the functions in each group."
World of Mathematics
Also known as MathWorld, this site is a "comprehensive, and interactive mathematics encyclopedia intended for students, educators, math enthusiasts, and researchers." Subjects include algebra, applied mathematics, calculus and analysis, discrete mathematics, the foundations and history of mathematics, geometry, number theory, probability and statistics, recreational mathematics, and topology.
