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Biographies and Prize-winning Mathematicians
In print:
General collective biographies of mathematicians
(Shelved on the reference floor with the biographical collection
under both Q 141 and QA 28-29)General biographies of both collective and individual mathematicians
(Shelved with the science/math circulating books under QA 28-29)Books on women in mathematics
(Shelved with the science/math circulating books under QA 27.5)(For handouts listing prominent mathematicians, ask at the Reference Desk)
Online:
ALPHABETICAL INDEX of WOMEN MATHEMATICIANS
FREE Internet site <http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/alpha.htm>FIELDS MEDAL
FREE Internet site <http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Societies/FieldsMedal.html>NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS
(Mathematicians awarded the Nobel Prize in physics, economics, and literature)
FREE Internet site <http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Societies/Nobel.html>WOMEN IN MATHEMATICS
Location - Any campus network station.
Access - CUNY Subscription - WWW - netLibrary
Proxy Server account needed for off-campus access.In print:
General dictionaries and encyclopedic dictionaries
(Shelved on the reference floor under QA 5)In print:
CRC CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA of MATHEMATICS
(Shelved with reference books under QA 5 .W45 1999)ENCYCLOPEDIA of MATHEMATICS, 10 Volumes
(Shelved with reference books under QA .M3713)ENCYCLOPEDIA of MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
(Shelved with reference books under QA 11 .E665 2001)In print:
HANDBOOK of MATHEMATICS by Brohnstein and Semendyayev
(Shelved with reference books under QA 40 .B713)HANDBOOK of RESEARCH on MATHEMATICS TEACHING and LEARNING
(Shelved with reference books under QA 77 .H26)In print:
General histories of mathematics
(Shelved with the science/math circulating books under QA 27)Online:
Cornell University Library Math Book Collection
Full-text of a work must be purchased. Free alphabetical list by author at <http://moa.cit.cornell.edu/dienst-data/cdl-math-browse.html>In print:
Research Bibliographies
(Compilations of monographs and articles pre-dating electronic indexing)
(Shelved with reference books under Z 6650 - Z 6654)Online:
MathSciNet
http://www.ams.org/mathscinet
(Ask for MathSciNet searching directions at the Reference Desk)In print:
CRC HANDBOOK of TABLES for PROBABILITY and STATISTICS
(Shelved with reference books under QA 276.25 .B48 1968)TOPICAL DICTIONARY of STATISTICS
(Shelved with reference books under QA 276.14 .T54 1986)
In print:
HANDBOOK of WRITING for the MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
(Shelved with reference books under QA 42 .H54 1998)In print:
General mathematical tables and formulas
(Integrals, series, prime numbers, etc.)
(Shelved with reference books under QA 47 - QA 55)Online:
Dave's Math Tables
FREE Internet site <http://www.sisweb.com/math/tables.htm>Math.com Formulas & Tables
FREE Internet site <http://www.math.com/tables/index.html>Graphics for the Calculus Classroom
Graphics for Complex Analysis
GANG: Geometry Analysis Numerics Graphics
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