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Library & Internet Mathematics Resources
Starting Points - Mega Sites
| Mathematics on the Web | An organization of the web maintained by the AMS |
| Math Forum | An NSF-sponsored project providing access to mathematical resources at all levels |
| Math-Net Links to the Mathematical World | Mathematical resources on the Web and the Mathematical Museum and Expositions |
| Mathematics Archives | overview of a large number of mathematics resources on the Internet |
| Mathematics WWW Virtual Library | overview of a large number of mathematics resources on the Internet |
| Mathematics Archives | Access mathematics addresses, bibliographies, Academic web servers, math education servers, preprints, and more. From Florida State University |
| Yahoo--Mathematics | Provides a well-organized, comprehensive listing of WWW sources |
Associations
| American Mathematical Society | Founded in 1888, the AMS has over 28,000 members and produces journals, books, and the MathSciNet database. |
| Mathematical Association of America | Founded in 1920 with over 27,000 members, the MAA produces journals and books. |
| Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics | Founded in 1951, SIAM has over 10,000 members and produces journals and books. |
| The European Mathematical Society | Founded in 1990 to further the development of mathematics throughout Europe. |
| Member Societies and Institutional Members of the European Mathematical Society | Lists the societies geographically by country and also international members. |
| SociétéMathématique de France | Founded in 1872, this French society is one of the oldest mathematical societies in the world. |
| Associations Unlimited | Search for associations and find out information about them. |
| Scholarly Societies Project | Provides links to the web sites of a large number of societies. |
| Society of Actuaries | Founded in 1949, this society dedicated to actuarial science has over 18,000 members. |
| American Academy of Actuaries | Another society for actuaries, this society was founded in 1965 and has over 14,000 members. |
| American Statistical Association | Founded in 1839, this society is dedicated to the study of statistics and has over 17,000 members. |
Bibliographic Resources
| MathSciNet | This database covers the mathematical literature since 1940 and offers information about books and journals. You can search in English, French, German, Chinese, Russian, and Spanish. Click on the Olinks image to check for availability of the item. |
| MATH Database (Zentralblatt MATH) | Covers the mathematical literature since 1868 (includes the Jahrbuch database records) and offers information about books and journals. Offers search interfaces in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Check OSCAR for the availability of items. |
| Jahrbuch Database (ERAM) | Covers the mathematical literature since 1868-1942 (integrated into MATH Database). Check OSCAR for the availability of items. |
| MathSearch | From the University of Sydney (Australia), this site searches across the web for English-language topics in mathematics and statisticcs |
| Mathematics WWW Virtual Library | Find information about a variety of mathematical topics, from addresses to TeX archives. |
| A Bibliography of Collected Works and Correspondence of Mathematicians | If you are looking for correspondence by or the collected works of a particular author, you may want to look at this page from Cornell University. |
The Science and Engineering Library maintains a list of resources for the History of Math (MATH 504) course. This page contains information about finding biographical information.
| Math Joke Collection 1 Math Joke Collection 2 | 2 joke collections by the Canadian Mathematical Society. |
| Math Jokes | A collection of math jokes by Andrej and Elena Cherkaev. |
| Math2.org | Includes a variety of information about mathematical topics. Includes tables, constants, images, and more. |
| convert-me.com | Convert units in a variety of categories. |
| Calculus Applied to Probability and Statistics for Liberal Arts and Business Majors | Calculus and statistics topics for business or liberal arts majors. |
| Euclid's Elements | Containing the full text of Euclid's Elements, one can browse through the elements and see images to help further explain the text. |
| Finite Mathematics & Applied Calculus Resource Page | Need help with topics in calculus or finite mathematics? This page has resources that can help, included explanations, quizzes, and more. |
| Mathematics Help Central | Find notes on various math topics and print graph paper. |
| Dave's Short Course in Trigonometry | View information about and explanation of different trigonometry topics. |
| Trigonometric Functions and Calculus for Liberal Arts and Business Majors | View explanations of trignometrics functions in calculus - geared towards business and liberal arts majors. |
| Ruler & Compass | Perform ruler and compass excercises from geometry via this page. Do set exercises or make your own free-form drawings. |
| EquMath | Math lessons from such topics as algebra, differential equations, calculus, complex variables, and more. |
| MathWorld | Online Access | From Wolfrom Research (the makers of Mathematica), this site offers browsing and searching for information on a wide variety of topiccs. The information is often accompanied by illustrations, some in color or even moving. |
| The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics | Online Access | Search the online version of this dictionary, also available in print at SEL Stacks Book QA5 .C53 1996 |
| The Facts on File Dictionary of Mathematics | SEL Reference QA5 .F35 2005 | The 4th edition of this dictionary contains definitions of a wide variety of mathematical concepts and terms. |
| The Words of Mathematics: An Etymological Dictionary of Mathematical Terms Used in English | SEL Stacks Book QA5 .S38 1994 | This dictionary contains the origin of over 1500 mathematical terms |
| The Universal book of Mathematics: From Abracadabra to Zeno's Paradoxes | SEL Reference QA5 .D27 2004 | This encyclopdia has information on a variety of mathematical topics. |
| CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics | SEL Reference QA5 .W45 2003 | This encyclopedia has over 3000 pages of information on topics in mathematics. |
| Encyclopaedia of Mathematics: An Updated and Annotated Translation of the Soviet "Mathematical Encyclopaedia" | SEL Reference QA5 .M3761 1988 | This 10 volume set, with 3 supplements at SEL Reference QA5 .M371 1988, contains a host of information on mathematical topics. |
| Electronic Journals available from OSU | This list of journals are electronic titles available to the OSU community |
| OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center: Mathematics | Browse a list of journals available full-text from the EJC. |
You may also search for electronic journal titles in the WWW version of OSCAR.
| Atlas of Mathematical Conference Abstracts | This site serves as a resource for conferences and meetings. There is a calendar of conference announcements, listing a broad range of meetings in the mathematical, statistical and computing sciences. The site also provides comprehensive service for collecting, processing and publishing abstracts of talks presented at conferences. After the conference's abstract submission deadline, all the accepted abstracts are archived and stored permanently on the AMCA server. |
| OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center: Mathematics | Browse a list of journals available full-text from the EJC. |
| Careers and Employment | This site from the AMS lets you search for information about different careers in mathematics |
| Science's Next Wave | An online publication that covers scientific training, career development and the science job market. It's published by SCIENCE Magazine and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. (OSU Columbus campus only) |
| +Plus | Plus is an internet magazine which aims to introduce readers to the beauty and the practical applications of mathematics. Has a regular interview with someone in a maths-related career, showing the wide range of uses maths gets put to in the real world. |
| History of Mathematics Resources | This page lists resources useful for the History of Mathematics class. |
| History of Pi | This site has various historical information about π - and also projects, videos, activities, and applications. |
| Knots on the Web | Contains sections on Knot Thery, Knot Tying, Knot Art, and Knot Books with numerous links to additional sites. |
| The KnotPlot Site | ere you will find a collection of knots and links, viewed from a (mostly) mathematical perspective. Nearly all of the images here were created with KnotPlot, a fairly elaborate program to visualize and manipulate mathematical knots in three and four dimensions. You can download KnotPlot and try it on your computer, but first you may want to look at some of the images in the picture gallery. |
| Mathematical Quotations | This site has a collection of mathematical quotations. |
| The Glossary of Mathematical Mistakes | This site has a list of mathematical mistakes made over and over by advertisers, the media, reporters, politicians, activists, and in general many non-math people. |
| CuriousMath.com | A site where you will find questions, problems, solutions, interesting information, articles, and more. Access is free, but you must register to post information. |
| Famous Problems in the History of Mathematics | See famous historical problems, their background, and links to solutions. |
| Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles | This site contains various fun and challenging mathematics and logic puzzles. |
| Set Game Company | A site with a new Set Game each day |
| Unsolved Problems | Read about unsolved mathematics problems on this MathWorld page - perhaps you'll find a solution! |
| Fractal Roots and Artful Math | An article in Science News about fractals in art. |
| Escher and the Droste effect, | This page discusses mathematics in the art of MC Escher. |
Last updated: 1 June 2007
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