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Mathematics Research Guide

Library Catalog (CLIC): The "Creighton Libraries Information Catalog" of books and other materials. Includes more than 35,000 e-books from the ebrary Academic Collection.
http://clic.creighton.edu/
WorldCat: Search for books and other materials in thousands of libraries worldwide.

Academic Search Premier: Articles from thousands of magazines and journals in many different subjects, including mathematics and related fields (1970s-present).
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JSTOR *: Archive of hundreds of scholarly journals in many subject areas, including mathematics and related fields (all years except most recent).
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MathSciNet *: Articles from several thousand journals plus other sources in mathematics, produced by the American Mathematical Society (1940-present).
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ScienceDirect *: Articles from several thousand journals, including many in mathematics and related fields (years vary by source).
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Web of Science *: Articles from thousands of journals, including mathematics. Use Web of Science to find articles that cite a certain author's work (1977-present).
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AccessScience: Online version of the 20-volume McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, including scientific biographies, definitions, citations, and news.
CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae: Handbook for practitioners in mathematics, engineering, and the physical sciences.
Reference Collection QA 47 M315 1966
Oxford Reference Online: Physical Sciences & Mathematics: Covers pure and applied mathematics, astronomy, chemistry, and physics, plus biographies, statistics, and weights and measures.
Encyclopedia of Mathematics: Academic treatment of general topics, problems, results, techniques, and definitions relating to mathematics.
Reference Collection QA 5 M3713 1988 (10 volumes)
Math Dictionary with Solutions: Clear and concise review of elementary math through beginning calculus.
Reference Collection QA 5 K692 1999

Math Archives: Links to software and teaching materials, plus information in topical categories ranging from algebra to trigonometry. For K-12 through college.
http://archives.math.utk.edu/
Math Forum @Drexel: Math resources for K-12 teachers, students, and researchers, with extensive links and the "Ask Dr. Math" web form and archive.
http://mathforum.org/
Math2: Source of numerous math reference tables, message board, and selected web sites. Formerly "Dave's Math Tables."
http://www.math2.org/
Mathematics: WWW Virtual Library: "Collection of mathematics-related resources ... maintained by the Florida State University Department of Mathematics."
http://www.math.fsu.edu/Virtual/index.php
Wolfram MathWorld: Eric Weisstein's "comprehensive and interactive mathematics encyclopedia," created by contributors worldwide in association with Wolfram Research.
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/
QuickMath: Automatically answers "the most common problems in algebra, equations and calculus faced by high-school and college students."
http://www.quickmath.com

Biographies of Women Mathematicians: Award-winning site created by students at Agnes Scott College.
http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm
Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography: Articles on the professional lives of scientists science from classical antiquity to modern times.
Dictionary of Scientific Biography: Lengthy and scholarly profiles of major contributors to science since antiquity, published in 1970 with supplements to the present.
Reference Collection Q 141 D5 (18 volumes)
MacTutor History of Mathematics: Archive of more than 1,000 biographies and historical articles, plus chronologies, maps, and the famous curve applet.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/
Mathematicians of the 17th and 18th Centuries: "Adapted from A Short Account of the History of Mathematics by W. W. Rouse Ball (4th Edition, 1908)."
http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/RBallHist.html