Mathematics Research Guide
Databases
Links to databases indexing magazine, journal and newspaper articles
Library Catalogs
Books, videos and other audiovisuals
Reference Works
Find backgound information, illustrations and data
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Biographical Encyclopedia of Mathematicians . 2 vols. Reference QA 28 .B544
- CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics. Reference QA 5 .W45 2003
- Dictionary of Algebra, Arithmetic, and Trigonometry. Reference QA5 .D4983 2001
- Facts on File Dictionary of Mathematics. Reference QA 5 .F35 1999
- Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences. 9 vols. Reference QA 276.14 .E5
- HarperCollins Dictionary of Statistics . Reference QA276.14 .P67 1991
- McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Mathematics. Reference QA 5 .M425 1997
- Notable Mathematicians: From Ancient Times to the Present .
Reference QA 28 .N66 1998
- Notable Women in Mathematics.
Reference QA 28 .N68 1998
- VNR Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics . Reference QA 40 .V18 1989
Videorecording Sets
Course support
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Mathematics 0451, 0452 and 0460: Essentials of Arithmetic I and II, College Arithmetic
Basic College Mathematics. 7e. 10 tapes.
Circulation Desk and General QA 39.2 .B37 2006
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Mathematics 0452 Essentials of Arithmetic II (Classroom only)
Basic College Mathematics. 2e. (Martin-Gay) 17 tapes.
Circulation Desk QA 39.2 .B37 2006
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Mathematics 0470: Elementary Plane Geometry
Video Series to Accompany Elementary Geometry for College Students. 4e. 5 DVDs.
Circulation Desk and General QA 453 .A442 2007
Mathematics 0481 and 0482: Foundations for College Mathematics I and II
Video Series to Accompany Beginning and Intermediate Algebra. 3e . 20 tapes
Math 0481 Circulation Desk and General QA 152.3 .L52 2004
Math 0482 Circulation Desk and General QA 152.3 .L52 2004
Mathematics 1100: Business Mathematics
By the Numbers. 7 tapes (26 lessons).
Circulation Desk HF 5691 .M465
Mathematics 1102: Mathematics for Health Sciences
Statistics: Decisions Through Data . 5 tapes .
Circulation Desk QA 276.12 .S73 1992
Mathematics 1108: Perspectives of Mathematics
Mathematical Ideas 10e. 5 tapes.
Circulation Desk and General QA 39.2 .M55 2004
Mathematics 1220: Quantitative Literacy
Statistics: Decisions Through Data . 5 tapes.
Circulation Desk QA 276.12 .S73 1992
Mathematics 1428: College Algebra with Applications
Applied College Algebra: Graphs and Models. 8 tapes .
Circulation Desk and General QA 152.3 .B372 2005
Applied College Algebra: A Graphing Approach . 10 tapes . Previous edition
Circulation Desk and General QA 154.2 .A6 2000
TI-83 Basics with Sally Fischbeck . 1 tape .
Circulation Desk and General QA 75 .T5 1997
Mathematics 1431: Precalculus I
Telecourse: Algebra Connections . 29 tapes .
Circulation Desk QA 154.2 .A5 1991
Telecourse: Math Video Library with Keith Kuchar . 5 tapes (1,2,5,7,10)
Circulation Desk and General QA 157
Classroom: Video Series to Accompany College Algebra. 9e. 8 tapes
Circulation Desk and General QA 154.2 .C65 2005
Classroom: Math Video Library with Keith Kuchar . 13 tapes.
Circulation Desk and General QA 157
Mathematics 1432: Precalculus II: Trigonometry
Video Series to Accompany Trigonometry 8e . 5 tapes .
Circulation Desk and General QA 531 .T7 2005
Mathematics 1635: Statistics
Video Series to Accompany Elementary Statistics, 10e . 12 tapes .
Circulation Desk and General QA 276 .E54 2007
Mathematics 2134: Calculus for Business and Social Sciences
Video Presentation to Accompany Calculus, an Applied Approach, 7th ed. and Brief Calculus, an Applied Approach, 7th ed. 16 tapes .
Circulation Desk QA 303.2 .V544 2006
Mathematics 2231 & 2232: Calculus and Analytic Geometry
Video Presentation to Accompany Calculus 8e. 12 DVDs .
Circulation Desk and General QA 303 .L328 2006
Videorecording Sets
Additional mathematics sets
Internet Science & Mathematics Sites
Major science gateways
- Scirus
Comprehensive search engine for science and mathematics-specific topics. Results cite Science Web sites and provide abstracts from Medline, Science Direct, U.S. Patent office documents and more.
http://www.scirus.com
- Science.gov
The gateway to government science information. Provides access to over 47 million pages of government information from 30 databases and 1700 websites, many part of the "deep web" that is inaccesible to search engines.
http://www.science.gov
Internet Mathematics Sites
General Links
- Interact Math
Tutorial exercises to accompany Addison-Wesley and Prentice Hall textbooks. Choose your text (or one in the math field you are studying). Install plug-in player if at home --preinstalled on COD ACC computer labs, and work through exercises on topics desired.
http://www.interactmath.com/
- Internet Resources for the Mathematics Student
Links to pretests, tutorials, and other helpful resources for precalculus, calculus, finite math, statistics, and other college-level courses.
http://www.langara.bc.ca/mathstats/resource/onWeb/
- Math Archives
Fine gateway to websites for mathematical topics, teaching resourcesand links specifically for undergraduates and college mathematics departments.
http://archives.math.utk.edu/
- Math DL: the MAA Mathematical Sciences Digital Library
The on-line publications Convergence, with resources for teaching mathematics via history, and JOMA: the Journal of Online Mathematics and its Applications, Digital Classroom Resources with access to free online learning materials, and OSSLETS, free open-source mathlets.
http://www.mathdl.org
- Math Forum
A comprehensive for math students and teachers, with a large number links to useful websites organized by grade level (college included) and topic.
http://mathforum.org/
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Math Reference Tables
Formerly "Dave's Math Tables." Useful tables ranging from addition/multiplication to Fourier series. Helpful links to other math websites.
http://www.math2.org/
- Mathematical Atlas: a Gateway to Modern Mathematics
David Rusin of Northern Illinois University has organized this guide to the various divisions of math, exploring linkages between fields, with explanatory essays, bibliographies and links to useful websites.
http://www.math-atlas.org/welcome.html
- Mathematical Quotations
From Mark Woodard of Furman University, a quotations database searchable by name or topic or click for random quote.
http://math.furman.edu/~mwoodard/mquot.html
- Mathematics Help Central
For college-level mathematics students, Lecture Notes for a number of college math courses, various sizes of graph paper to print, and links to homework help sites on the web.
http://www.mathematicshelpcentral.com
- Mathworld
Mathematics encyclopedia explaining hundreds of mathematical terms, sometimes with animations to make the description more clear.
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/
- MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching: Mathematics and Statistics
Over 800 annotated and reviewed (star system and comments) sites for reference, simulations, animations, and more for teaching and learning mathematics and statistics.
http://www.merlot.org
- Most Common Errors in Undergraduate Mathematics
Dr. Eric Schecter of Vanderbilt University explains errors in college-level algebra, notation, and calculus that he has seen all too frequently.
http://www.math.vanderbilt.edu/~schectex/commerrs/
- Professor Freedman's Math Help
Especially for the community college adult math student, Professor Ellen Freenman offers help with math anxiety, identifying learning style, and basic math and algebra.
http://www.mathpower.com/
- Virtual Library: Mathematics
Extensive but unannotated links to mathematics websites.
http://www.math.fsu.edu/Virtual/index.php
- Wolfram Functions Site
From Wolfram Research, a compendium of over 87,000 formulas and 10,000 visualizations of functions.
http://functions.wolfram.com/
- Women in Mathematics
Educational issues, biographies, organizations, and weblinks pertaining to women in mathematics from the Canadian Mathematical Society.
http://www.cms.math.ca/Women/ - Yahoo's Index of Mathematics Links
Search for information by mathematics subject categories or by keyword.
http://dir.yahoo.com/science/mathematics/
Fractals and Chaos
History of Mathematics
- Famous Problems in the History of Mathematics
From Math Forum, a guide to some of the great problems in mathematics.
http://mathforum.org/isaac/mathhist.html
- History of Mathematics
David E. Joyce of Clark University provides a chronology, maps, extensive bibliographies and links to websites on the history of mathematics by region and by subject area.
http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/mathhist/mathhist.html
- Links to Web Sites on the History of Mathematics
Links to websites for the history of math, including links to biography sites, museums, exhibits, and student presentations, from the British Society for the History of Mathematics.
http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/bshm/resources.html
- MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive
Extensive collection of biographies of mathematicians with essays on mathematics through history or in different cultures.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/
- Women in Mathematics
Educational issues, biographies, organizations, and weblinks pertaining to women in mathematics from the Canadian Mathematical Society.
http://www.cms.math.ca/Women/
Statistics Sources
Citing sources: MLA and APA formats
Worksheets
