Mathematics
Overview
Resources for Mathematics
Books
Electronic books: accessible via Summon
Other materials
Finding resources
| Subject | Shelfmark |
|---|---|
| Algebra | QA150-271 |
| Calculus | QA300-316 |
| Computer Science | QA76 |
| Mathematical economics | HB135-145 |
| Mathematical logic | QA9-10 |
| Mathematics | QA |
| Risk and uncertainty | HB615-715 |
| Statistics | QA276-280 |
Contact:
For further help and information on finding and using the resources, contact your Subject Librarian:
Jane Rogers
Email: jane.rogers@brunel.ac.uk
Phone: +44(0)1895 266160
Or for general enquiries:
Email: library@brunel.ac.uk
Tel: 01895 266141
Jane Rogers
Subject Liaison Librarian
School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics
Tel: +44(0)1895 266160
Email Jane
Twitter: @SISCMLibrarian
Databases
For a general search across multiple databases, search Summon.
Individual databases offer a more detailed comprehensive search. Those most relevant to your subject area have been selected below. For guidance on more specific types of information, such as Market Research, Raw Data, Standards and Patents, please see the links on our Research page.
Access to these e-resources is restricted to the students and staff of Brunel University for licensing and technical reasons. Some licence agreements may exclude access to databases and their contents from certain countries. It is your responsibility to comply with the terms and conditions of the relevant licence agreements - for more information see the copyright web page on databases - contact copyright@brunel.ac.uk if you have any questions.
Academic Search Complete
Contains full text articles from over 5,000 journals, covering many subjects, including anthropology, politics, political science, psychology, psychiatry, sociology and social work.
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JSTOR
Archive collections of full text electronic journals from 1880 onwards, always from volume 1, issue 1, and including previous and related titles. The most recently published issues (past 3-5 years) are not available in these collections (unless we hold a current subscription too). The Library subscribes only to the Arts & Sciences I to IX, inclusive, and the Health & General Sciences collections, as well as 19th Century British Pamphlets, a collection, created by RLUK (Research Libraries UK) and the Ireland collection (research materials relating to Ireland, spanning the 18th century to present, provided under the JISC Digitisation Programme). If you have any problem connecting to JSTOR off campus, please use the alternative link below in combination with the AnyConnect VPN Universal service package from the Connect portal.
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Lecture Notes in Mathematics
Full text of all electronically available volumes. All volumes from v. 1 (1964) onwards. For a short while you may need to access the archves on "old SpringerLink" from the new Springer Link via the link under the Brunel logo.
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MathSciNet
Reviews of articles from around 1,700 journals covering mathematics, from 1940 to date. The database is updated daily.
Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is an etymological dictionary which is widely acknowledged as the most comprehensive record of the English language, tracing the evolution and use of more than 600,000 words through 3 million quotations. OED Online gives access to latest text of the full Oxford English Dictionary, the Historical Thesaurus of the OED and enable users new ways to explore the English language:
Search for new words by year, decade, or any date range.
Set language in context: search by place, language type, and date to discover the impact of world events.
OED Online is revised and updated at regular intervals and covers British, American, and other varieties of English, and all types of use, from formal to slang.
Project Euclid Prime
Euclid Prime is a growing aggregation of well-cited, peer-reviewed journals in mathematics and statistics, only available to institutions.
ScienceDirect
Offers access to the Elsevier digital library, covering over 1800 publications. Most are available in full text after 1995. The collection is updated daily.
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Scopus
Scopus is the largest ever bibliographic database and indexes over 14,000 titles from science, technology, medicine and the social sciences. This abstract only database is updated daily. Use Article Linker (AL) to check for full text online sources.
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Springer Link
Full text of most of the journals published by Springer-Verlag and Kluwer. For a short while you may also access the "old SpringerLink" from the new Springer Link via the link under the Brunel logo.
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Thomson Reuters Eikon
Thomson Reuters Eikon replaces Reuters 3000 Xtra. It provides access to both real time and historical financial and company data. Includes graphs, quote lists and news. Thomson Reuters Eikon is only available on four computers in the Library - just make a booking through LibCal - Datastream & Eikon bookings and you will be sent details on the location and how to log in. No off campus access is available. You may also wish to book Thomson Reuters Eikon training on demand.
Web of Knowledge
Indexes journals and conference proceedings in the arts and humanities, social science and science and technology, providing abstracts to the majority, from 1970 to date. This abstract only database is updated weekly. Use Article Linker (AL) to check for full text online sources.
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Web Resources
General Guidance - read more
sitesGateways
The following links are created by people with specialist subject knowledge, usually information professionals, with the explicit aim of providing access to high quality information on the internet. Every website included in a gateway has been carefully evaluated for quality and relevance. Sites are described in detail and grouped by subject to help you find exactly the information you want.
Intute: Mathematics
Provides easy access to quality internet resources for UK mathematicians as part of the Resource Discovery Network.
MathGuide
Based in Germany. Coverage is primarily in pure mathematics.
Portals and directories
The following links will provide access to a large amount of information within your subject area. However, not all the information may be relevant, and sites are not assessed for quality.
Google directory: Maths
A listing by category of resources found by the Google search engine.
Math Archives
A directory of Web resources with the primary emphasis on materials used in the teaching of mathematics.
Yahoo: mathematics section
A comprehensive directory of mathematics resources aimed at all levels.
Tutorials and learning resources
Eric Weisstein's World of Maths
MathWorld is a comprehensive and interactive mathematics encyclopedia intended for students, educators, math enthusiasts, and researchers.
Mathletics
A suite of mathematics tests for diagnostic, formative and summative assessment in 175 commonly-taught areas of number, algebra and calculus from GCSE to year 2 undergraduate level. Developed by our very own Martin Greenhow.
Math Centre
The UK Mathematics Learning Support Centre provides free of charge resources including quick reference guides, practice and revision materials, video tutorials, workbooks and online practice exercises on many branches of mathematics.
Math Forum Internet Mathematics Library
A US-based listing of mathematics resources aimed at all levels of teaching and learning.
Study Skills Online
A suite of study skills tutorial and resources, focussing on mathematics as a subject area. Developed by our very own Martin Greenhow.
Newsgroups and mailing lists
Newsgroups are global discussion lists that enable you to read messages and pick up on discussions that are of interest to you and which you might wish to join in. Mailing lists allow e-mail messages to be sent to groups of people.
JISCmail: Mathematics & Statistics
JISCmail is the national academic mailing list service sponsored by the Joint Information Systems Committee, for the UK Higher and Further Education communities, enabling members to stay in touch and share information by e-mail or via the web.
Mathematics WWW Virtual Library: maths newsgroups
A directory of mathematics newsgroups.
Webmath@camel.math.ca
A mailing list for everyone interested in mathematics on the World Wide Web.
Organisational and Government - read more
Organisations
Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
List of Mathematics departments (UK)
List of mathematics departments (worldwide)
NESTA: National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts
NESTA runs various UK funding programmes offering grants within the areas of invention and innovation, fellowship, and education. Provides information on how funding is awarded, how to apply for it, news releases, and a searchable directory of awardees.
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Pre-prints, e-prints and journals
Directory of Mathematics Preprint and e-Print Servers
A collection of links to mathematical pre-print archives compiled by the American Mathematical Society. Archives are divided into three categories: umbrella archives, covering all areas of mathematics, special subject archives and archives administered by mathematics departments and institutes.
Directory of open access journals
Provides a directory of free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. Of the 1612 journals in the directory, 450 are searchable at article level.
Electronic Library of Mathematics
Provides free full text access to around forty scholarly mathematics journals. Some are the electronic version of the printed journal whilst others are only published electronically. Most are refereed. The collection is supervised by the Electronic Publishing Committee of the European Mathematical Society.
Science research portal
A free, publicly available Internet web portal allowing access to numerous scientific journals and public science databases. Covers both comercial and free journal sources. DO NOT PAY for commercial sources - you may already have free access to it from the E-Journals Gateway.
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Resources
EqWorld: the world of mathematical equations
Presents extensive information on solutions to various classes of ordinary differential, partial differential, integral, functional, and other mathematical equations.
The Learning and Teaching Support Network for Maths Stats and OR (MSOR)
The Maths, Stats & OR Network exists to promote high standards in the learning and teaching of mathematics, statistics and operational research in UK higher education institutions. The Network's Web site includes links to searchable databases of learning and teaching resources, lists of publications and forthcoming workshops.
Mathematics Web
Pure mathematics, applied mathematics and statistics.
Math-Net
An International Mathematics Union approved service for organising information systems in mathematics that are available over the Internet. It allows the user to search for publications and pre-prints, as well as offering the opportunity to browse information contained in mathematics departments' homepages.
MathSearch
Search engine for online mathematics resources.
Mathematics WWW Virtual Library
A collection of Mathematics-related resources maintained by the Florida State University Department of Mathematics.
MathML
The LTSN page of links to MathML resources and discussion.
National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics
A government funded initiative to connect with everyone involved in teaching mathematics in England.
Sources of data
UCI Machine Learning Repository
The UCI Machine Learning Repository is a collection of over 160 databases, domain theories, and data generators that are used by the machine learning community for the empirical analysis of machine learning algorithms.
Brunel Library statistics page
History of mathematics
The Mac Tutor history of mathmatics archive
Material on the history of mathematics and mathematicians from the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of St Andrews.
Internet History of Science Sourcebook
A collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts, covering science in areas such as ancient Egypt, Islam, India, the Industrial Revolution, and the present day.
Using Other Libraries
When conducting specialist research, Brunel Library may not always stock everything you need. If this happens, you have a number of options:
- Join SCONUL. This scheme will give you access to print resources in other university libraries in the UK and Ireland. More information…
- Find out which university has the book you need. More information…
- Apply for an InterLibrary Loan. More information…
Before you visit another library
If you do plan to visit another library, please check first of all that we do not have the item you need. Advice on using the library can be found on our Finding Resources page. Alternatively, please ask a member of staff at the Helpdesk or contact the Subject Liaison Librarian for your School.
Remember, if the item you need is on a reading list, we will make every effort to purchase this for the Library, so please let us know the details.
Where there are specific libraries of interest for your subject, these will be listed below.
Imperial College Central Library
Access: A member of SCONUL Access (restricted to staff and researchers only)
Address: South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ
Tel:
London School of Economics and Political Science
Access: Member of SCONUL Access Scheme. Please note that LSE does not allow full time PG students to borrow.
Address: 10 Portugal Street, London, WC2A 2HD
Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 7229
Research
As well as the resources listed under the Databases and Web Resources tabs of this subject page, we have a number of other resources that could be of relevance to your research, such as:
Additionally, you may wish to refer our general Research page which comprehensively lists all of our Research Resources.
If you need help with using any of these resources, please contact the Subject Liaison Librarian for your School, details of which can be found from the Overview tab.
