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Mathematics and Statistics Subject Guide

Library resources for the field of Mathematics and Statistics

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Primary Databases:

MathSciNet (http://www.ams.org/mathscinet/)
Covers approximately 1600 mathematical journals as indexed in the American Mathematical Society's publications Mathematical Reviews (QA 1 M3) and Current Mathematical Publications (Z 6653 C63). Coverage: 1940 - present.
Current Index to Statistics (CIS) (http://query.statindex.org/)
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.

Secondary Databases:

BIOSIS (http://www.isiknowledge.com/biosis)
Contains citations to items in over 6,000 journals, books, conference proceedings, and technical reports, in all areas of the life sciences and biology, including bioengineering, and biostatistics. Coverage: 1969 - present.
Compendex (http://www.engineeringvillage2.org/controller/servlet/Controller?CID=quickSearch&database=1)
Most comprehensive bibliographic database of engineering research literature, containing references to over 5000 engineering journals and conferences. Coverage: 1884 - present.
INSPEC (http://uclibs.org/PID/22771)
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.
PubMed (http://uclibs.org/PID/10354)
PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's search service that provides access to over 11 million citations in MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, and other related databases, with links to participating online journals. Coverage: 1950s - present.
Web of Science (http://isiknowledge.com/wos)
Provides access to the three ISI (Institute for Scientific Information) Citation Databases: Science Citation Index Expanded; Social Sciences Citation Index; Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Coverage: 1900 - present.
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Preprints

UC Davis Mathematics arXiv Preprints (http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/research/preprints)
Searchable front end for the mathematics arXiv (http://arxiv.org/), maintained at Cornell University, is also available at: http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/ (http://front.math.ucdavis.edu)
Directory of Mathematics Preprint and e-Print Servers (http://www.ams.org/global-preprints/)
Virtual Technical Reports Center (http://www.lib.umd.edu/ENGIN/TechReports/Virtual-TechReports.html)
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

The Cambridge Dictionary of Statistics
Shields Library Bio/Ag Reference QA276.14 .E934 2002
Collins Dictionary of Mathematics
Shields Library QA5 .B625 2002
CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics (http://www.crcnetbase.com/isbn/978-1-58488-347-0)
Shields Library Bio/Ag Reference QA5 .W45 2003
Dictionary of Algebra, Arithmetic, and Trigonometry (http://uclibs.org/PID/30902)
Shields Library QA5 .D4983 2001
Dictionary of Analysis, Calculus, and Differential Equations (http://uclibs.org/PID/30908)
Shields Library QA5 .D53 2000
Dictionary of Applied Math for Engineers and Scientists (http://uclibs.org/PID/51487)
Shields Library QA5 .D49835 2003
Dictionary of Classical and Theoretical Mathematics (http://uclibs.org/PID/30910)
Shields Library Bio/Ag Reference QA5 .D4984 2001
A Dictionary of Statistics
Shields Library QA276.14 .U67 2002
Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences
Shields Library Bio/Ag Reference QA276.14 .E5 2006
The Oxford Dictionary of Statistical Terms
Shields Library HA17 K4 2003
World of Mathematics
On Order for Bio/Ag Reference
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Handbooks & Tables

CRC Handbook of Mathematical Sciences
Shields Library Bio/Ag Reference QA47 .H32
CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae (31st ed.) (http://uclibs.org/PID/51452)
Shields Library Bio/Ag Reference QA47 M28
CRC Standard Probability and Statistics Tables and Formulae (http://uclibs.org/PID/9490)
Shields Library QA273.3 Z95 2000
Handbook of Mathematical Formulas and Integrals
Shields Library 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
Phy Sci Engr Library Reference QA55 G6613 2000
Shields Library Bio/Ag Reference QA55 G6613 1994
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e-Books

SIAM e-Books (http://uclibs.org/PID/220147)
MATHnetBASE (http://www.mathnetbase.com/)
Full-text searchable database collection of over 125 handbooks, textbooks and manuals from CRC Press.
STATSnetBASE (http://www.statsnetbase.com/)
Full-text searchable database collection of almost 100 statistics handbooks, textbooks and manuals from CRC Press.
Frontiers in Mathematics (http://www.springerlink.com/link.asp?id=111142)
v.1 (2004) - present.
Lecture Notes in Mathematics (http://www.springerlink.com/link.asp?id=110312)
v.1750 (2000) - present.

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/)
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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/)
World Wide Web 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
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Departments

UC Davis Department of Mathematics (http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/)
UC Davis Department of Statistics (http://anson.ucdavis.edu/)