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 +====== Mathematics Research Resources Online ======
 +
 +===== Selected Very Useful Resources =====
 +  * ~~codedoc:xref:REV~~Reviews and abstracts of mathematical publications. (Click here for more [[#Bibliographical sources|detailed information]].) 
 +    * [[http://www.ams.org/mathscinet/|MathSciNet]], the Web version of Mathematical Reviews.
 +    * [[https://zbmath.org/|Zentralblatt MATH Database]], the on-line version of Zentralblatt für Mathematik.
 +    * [[http://isi10.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi?DestApp=WOS&Func=Frame|Science Citation Index]].
 +    * The [[http://www.ams.org/msc/|2010 Mathematics Subject Classification]], effective now for all publications.
 +
 +  * Electronic repositories
 +    * **[[http://www.jstor.org/|JSTOR]]**: electronic copies of complete runs of several major U.S. and British publications (AMS and Royal Soc. journals, Annals of Math., etc.).
 +    * The **[[http://arXiv.org|arXiv]]** of electronic preprints in mathematics and physics.
 +
 +  * Mathematics on the Web: the [[http://www.ams.org/mathweb/mi-mathinfo07.html|AMS guide]]
 +  * A direct link to the [[http://e-math.ams.org/notices/|Notices of the AMS]] for on-line reading.
 +
 +  * A list with extensive links to home pages. ~~codedoc:xref:LPS~~From [[http://www.math.psu.edu/MathLists/Contents.html|Penn State]]: worldwide coverage of math departments ([[http://www.math.psu.edu/MathLists/DeptUSA.html|USA]] and other countries [[http://www.math.psu.edu/MathLists/DeptA.html|A-F]], [[http://www.math.psu.edu/MathLists/DeptG.html|G-M]], [[http://www.math.psu.edu/MathLists/DeptN.html|N-Z]]); [[http://www.math.psu.edu/MathLists/Institutes.html|institutes]], [[http://www.math.psu.edu/MathLists/Journals.html|journals]], [[http://www.math.psu.edu/MathLists/Societies.html|societies]], some [[http://www.math.psu.edu/MathLists/Commercial.html|publishers]], [[http://www.math.psu.edu/MathLists/Subject.html|specialized subject pages]] (classified by area), [[http://www.math.psu.edu/MathLists/Software.html|software]], etc.
 +
 +  * LaTeX advice. On-line advice at [[http://www.ctan.org/|CTAN]] (Comprehensive TeX Archive Network); in particular [[http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/lshort/english/|A (Not So) Short Introduction to LaTeX2e]] and a very compact, printable {{http://www.math.binghamton.edu/math/latexsymbols.pdf|symbol list}} excerpted from the preceding (not readable with acroread; try ghostview).\\ We also present to you a large, comprehensive {{http://www.math.binghamton.edu/math/symbols-letter.pdf|symbols list}} (111 pages in PDF), with advice on forming new symbols (prepared by Scott Pakin).
 +
 +-----
 +
 +===== Further Useful Resources =====
 +<WRAP center box 80%>
 +**###Index###**
 +    * [[#REV|Reviews and abstracts]] of mathematical publications.
 +    * Pages for [[#UND|undergraduates]].
 +    * [[#LLK|Lists]] with extensive links to **home pages** of departments, institutes, etc. (Look in this section to find, e.g., math depts.) Especially recommended: the [[#LPS|Penn State list]].
 +    * [[#BIB|Bibliographical]] sources for [[#JOUR|journal home pages]], [[#PRE|preprint servers]], [[#PUB|publishers]], etc.
 +    * [[#SCH|Search]] by topic.
 +    * [[#SO|Societies and organizations]].
 +    * Finding [[#PPL|people]].
 +    * [[#MTG|Meetings]].
 +    * Internet [[#ND|news and discussion]] groups.
 +    * [[#EMP|Employment, career, and fellowship]] information.
 +    * [[#SPEC|Specialized fields]], among them being:
 +      * [[#TCS|Theoretical computer science]]
 +      * [[#OR|Operations research]]
 +      * [[http://www.math.binghamton.edu/MATH/stat/|Statistics]]
 +      * [[#ETH|Ethnomathematics]]
 +      * [[#physics|Physics]]
 +    * [[#DIV|Divers diverse mathematical connections]].
 +      * [[#HB|History and biography]].
 +    * [[#SOF|Software]].
 +    * [[#FUN|Fun]].
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +
 +~~codedoc:xref:UND~~
 +==== Pages for undergraduates ====
 +For example:
 +    * The [[http://www.maa.org/students/students_index.html|MAA Student's Page]]: varied information from the Mathematical Association of America.
 +    * [[http://www.math.unh.edu/~siamug/|SIAM's WWW Undergraduate Page]] from the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
 +
 +~~codedoc:xref:LLK~~
 +==== Lists with extensive links to home pages====
 +    * [[http://www.math.psu.edu/MathLists/Contents.html|Penn State]]: worldwide coverage of math departments (geographically well organized), [[http://www.math.psu.edu/MathLists/Institutes.html|institutes]], [[http://www.math.psu.edu/MathLists/Journals.html|journals]], [[http://www.math.psu.edu/MathLists/Societies.html|societies]], some [[http://www.math.psu.edu/MathLists/Commercial.html|publishers]], [[http://www.math.psu.edu/MathLists/Subject.html|specialized subject pages]] (classified by area), [[http://www.math.psu.edu/MathLists/Software.html|software]], etc.
 +    * The [[http://archives.math.utk.edu/|Math Archives]] of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Particular virtues: extensive references for [[http://archives.math.utk.edu/teaching.html|teaching materials]] (all levels), and descriptive annotations. Search for resources on the [[http://archives.math.utk.edu/topics/|math topic]] of your choice, or look up [[http://archives.math.utk.edu/math_dept.html|departments]] (incorporating lists for [[http://www.maths.unsw.edu.au/amsweb/AustMath/MathDept/mathdept.html|Australia]], [[http://camel.math.ca/Services/web.html#DEPTS|Canada]], the [[http://www.ma.hw.ac.uk/uk_maths.html|United Kingdom]], [[http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/ims/#IMS-MATHS|Ireland]], and the [[http://mech.math.msu.su/sites/matrus.htm|former Soviet Union]]), [[http://archives.math.utk.edu/institutes.html|institutes]], [[http://archives.math.utk.edu/societies.html|societies]], and [[http://archives.math.utk.edu/links.html|more]].
 +    * The [[HTTP://euclid.math.fsu.edu/Science/math.html|World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Mathematics]] at Florida State. [[HTTP://euclid.math.fsu.edu/Science/Servers.html|Math departments]] (geographical), [[HTTP://euclid.math.fsu.edu/Science/Specialized.html|specialized]] resources and lists, [[HTTP://euclid.math.fsu.edu/Science/highsch.html|high school]] servers, [[HTTP://euclid.math.fsu.edu/Science/Gophers.html|gophers]], [[HTTP://euclid.math.fsu.edu/Science/Software.html|software]], links to [[HTTP://euclid.math.fsu.edu/Science/Addresses.html|membership lists]] for U.S. and Canada, etc., etc.
 +    * [[http://www.math.ufl.edu/math/math-web.html|Mathematical Resources on the Web]] from the University of Florida. Lots of references to [[http://www.math.ufl.edu/math/math-web/mathpages.html#HomePages|departments and organizations]] (alphabetical; math and related), [[http://www.math.ufl.edu/math/math-web/mathmost.html#ForaElectronica|bulletin boards]], and much more.
 +    * [[http://sophie.helsinki.fi/Countries/country.html|Mathematical Departments in Europe]], with both hyperlinks and old-fashioned mailing addresses.
 +    * The [[http://www.mathacademy.com/platonic_realms/Platohom.html|"Platonic Realms"]] site of B. Sidney Smith: a curiosity: very ambitious and attractive (in color) yet mostly incomplete and has many errors.
 +
 +~~codedoc:xref:BIB~~
 +==== Bibliographical sources ====
 +    * **Reviewing and citation indexes.**
 +      * [[http://e-math.ams.org/mathscinet/search|MathSciNet]], the Web version of Mathematical Reviews. (Accessible for Binghamtonians.) [[http://e-math.ams.org/msnhtml/about_mathsci.html|How to use MathSciNet]] in ways ordinary and extraordinary. The [[http://e-math.ams.org/mathscinet|MathSciNet home page]].
 +      * [[http://www.springer-ny.com/ZMATH/en/zmath.html|Zentralblatt MATH Database]], the on-line version of Zentralblatt für Mathematik. (That link takes you to the basic search form at the New York mirror site.) There is also a [[http://www.springer-ny.com/ZMATH/|home page]] with more information.
 +      * [[http://isi10.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi?DestApp=WOS&Func=Frame|Science Citation Index]].
 +    * **Journal home pages.**~~codedoc:xref:JOUR~~
 +      * Binghamton University [[http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/ejour/mathjour.html|online journal access]]: a partial list of journals accessible to us, with links, is maintained by the library.
 +      * The most extensive lists of [[http://www.ams.org/mathweb/mi-journals.html|math journals]], from the AMS.
 +      * The Penn State lists of [[http://www.math.psu.edu/MathLists/Journals.html|math journals]].
 +      * Recent [[http://almira.ceremab.u-bordeaux.fr/cgi-bin/periodiques?|contents pages]] of many math and cs journals at le Bibliothèque Mathématique et Informatique de l'Université de Bordeaux. These are photographed and might not be very legible.
 +    * **Preprint servers.**~~codedoc:xref:PRE~~
 +      * The extensive [[http://www.ams.org/global-preprints/|AMS list]] of preprint servers.
 +      * The physics and mathematics preprint [[http://arxiv.org/|arXiv]] (formerly the Los Alamos XXX ArXive).
 +      * The [[http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/|Mathematics Front]] for the ArXiv.
 +      * The [[http://arxiv.org/archive/cs/|Computer Science]] ArXiv.
 +    * **Publishers** (including selected publishers with major search engines).~~codedoc:xref:PUB~~
 +      * The [[http://http://www.ams.org/mathweb/mi-publishers.html|AMS]] publishers list.
 +      * [[http://www.apnet.com/|Academic Press]]: searchable book journal catalog with authors, titles, abstracts. A large searchable [[http://www.idealibrary.com/|journal database]]. (Accessible for Binghamtonians.)
 +      * [[http://www.elsevier.com/|Elsevier (North-Holland)]] for searchable book catalog. Go to [[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=JournalListURL&_type=all&_auth=y&_acct=C000037398&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=681878&md5=8c86159c89940e297080aaee56fcca2c|ScienceDirect]] for searchable **journal** lists with authors, titles, abstracts. (Accessible for Binghamtonians.)
 +    * [[http://www.ams.org/mathweb/mi-journals.html|Lists from the AMS]] of, among others, [[http://www.ams.org/mathweb/mi-journals.html#pjrnls|printed]] and [[http://www.ams.org/mathweb/mi-journals.html#ejrnls|electronic]] journals that have sites on the Internet.
 +    * The [[http://archive.museophile.sbu.ac.uk/publishers/|World Wide Web Virtual Library: Publishers]], an all-subject listing.
 +    * A [[http://e-math.ams.org/mathscinet/search|MathSciNet]] search can give you a list of **mathematical articles from a specific journal**. One search method: Click on a field-name box (e.g., "Author") to change the field name to "Journal". Then enter the journal name or abbreviation (recommended: use wild-card asterisks * as much as possible). This should give you a list of the articles from the journal that are indexed in Mathematical Reviews, from newest to oldest. Another method: Find an article from the journal and use that form of the title in your search.
 +
 +~~codedoc:xref:SCH~~
 +==== Search by topic ====
 +    * The [[http://archives.math.utk.edu/topics/|Math Archives]] of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.
 +    * [[http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au:8000/MathSearch.html|MathSearch]] by Jim Richardson (at the University of Sydney): a database of English-language Web pages in mathematics and statistics, searchable by keywords.
 +    * The [[http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Mathematics/|Yahoo math page]] in the [[http://www.yahoo.com/|Yahoo]] index.
 +    * A broad collection of [[http://www.csc.fi/math_topics/Search.html|searchers]] from the CSC in Finland.
 +
 +~~codedoc:xref:SO~~ 
 +==== Societies and organizations ====
 +[[http://www.math.psu.edu/MathLists/Societies.html|Societies and organizations]]
 +    * The [[http://e-math.ams.org/|AMS]] (American Mathematical Society). Expository [[http://e-math.ams.org/general/news1.html|news]] items and a [[http://e-math.ams.org/general/digest1.html|digest]] of recent popular articles, [[http://e-math.ams.org/bookstore/|publications]] catalog and store, [[http://e-math.ams.org/committee/profession/|employment information]], and more. A direct link to the [[http://e-math.ams.org/notices/|Notices of the AMS]] for on-line reading.
 +    * The [[http://www.maa.org/|MAA]] (Mathematical Association of America). Mathematics news, MAA publications and many other [[http://www.maa.org/amazon/bookstore.html|math books]], [[http://www.maa.org/meetings/meetings.html|meetings]], ... .
 +    * [[http://www.siam.org/|SIAM]], the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
 +    * The [[http://www.ms.uky.edu/~cyeomans/|Young Mathematicians Network]].
 +    * The [[http://www.math.neu.edu/awm/|Association for Women in Mathematics]] (AWM).
 +    * The [[http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/~nate/orgs/nam/index.html|National Association of Mathematicians]] and Nathaniel Dean's [[http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/~nate/|Info on Minorities]] in math.
 +    * The [[http://www.nsf.gov|National Science Foundation]]'s [[http://www.nsf.gov:80/mps/dms/start.htm|Division of Mathematical Sciences]].
 +    * The [[http://camel.math.ca/CMS/|Canadian Mathematical Society]] and [[http://camel.math.ca/|CAMEL]], the Canadian mathematical Web service.
 +    * The [[http://rattler.cameron.edu/EMIS/|European Mathematical Information Service]], with information about the European Mathematical Society, links to some national societies, and information on [[http://rattler.cameron.edu/EMIS/activities.html|mathematical activities in Europe]].
 +    * The [[http://elib.zib-berlin.de/IMU|International Mathematical Union]] (IMU): IMU reports, list of member countries, [[http://elib.zib-berlin.de/ICM98|ICM-98]] (the 1998 International Congress of Mathematicians), the [[http://elib.zib-berlin.de/IMU/wmy|World Mathematical Year 2000]], and "links to the mathematical world".
 +    * The [[http://www.cohums.ohio-state.edu/comp/isgem.htm|International Study Group for Ethnomathematics]]~~codedoc:xref:ETH~~.
 +    * The [[http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~asl/|Association for Symbolic Logic]].
 +
 +~~codedoc:xref:PPL~~
 +==== Finding people ====
 +    * The [[http://www.ams.org/cml/|CML]] (Combined Membership List) of the AMS, MAA, and SIAM.
 +    * The Canadian Mathematical Society: [[http://camel.math.ca/CMS/phform.html|membership list]] and members' [[http://camel.math.ca/CMS/personals.html|home pages]].
 +    * [[http://www.math.ufl.edu/math/math-web/mathmost.html#Addresses|Addresses and telephone numbers]]: a list of lists from the University of Florida.
 +    * [[http://euclid.math.fsu.edu/Science/Addresses.html|Addresses]]: a list of lists from Florida State.
 +    * The Penn State [[http://www.math.psu.edu/WHO/math.html|Who's On-line: Mathematicians]] service (not so big, but add yourself!).
 +    * The [[http://icarus.math.mcmaster.ca/andy/People.html|Mathematicians]] page of Andrew J. Nicas.
 +    * The [[http://www.math.ufl.edu/math/abook-menu.html|Geometry and Topology Address Book]].
 +    * [[http://www.ac.msk.su/cgi-bin/wldnew|Directory of Russian Mathematicians]] from the Information and Publishing Department of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Steklov Mathematical Institute.
 +    * Membership of the [[http://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/people/homepages/imu/memberlist|Israel Mathematical Union]].
 +
 +
 +~~codedoc:xref:MTG~~
 +==== Meetings ====
 +    * The AMS [[http://www.ams.org/mathcal/|Mathematics Calendar]] (world mathematics meetings); also, its AMS Meetings and Conferences pages with [[http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/internmtgs.html|international]], [[http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/national.html|national]], [[http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/sectional.html|sectional]] meetings of the AMS.
 +    * [[http://rattler.cameron.edu/EMIS/conf/announce.html|Mathematical meetings in Europe]].
 +    * [[http://elib.zib-berlin.de/ICM98|ICM-98]], the International Congress of Mathematicians in 1998 in Berlin.
 +
 +~~codedoc:xref:ND~~ 
 +==== Internet news and discussion groups ====
 +    * UTK's large and descriptively annotated [[http://archives.math.utk.edu/news.html|Math Archives]] list.
 +    * A [[http://www.csc.fi/math_topics/News.html|list]] from the CSC in Finland.
 +    * The [[http://euclid.math.fsu.edu/Science/Newsgroups.html|Florida State]] list.
 +
 +~~codedoc:xref:EMP~~ 
 +==== Employment, career, and fellowship information ====
 +    * Academic employment [[http://www.ams.org/committee/employment/|information and services]] from the AMS.
 +    * [[http://www.ams.org/committee/profession/|More information]] about careers and employment in math, as well as postdoctoral fellowships.
 +
 +~~codedoc:xref:SPEC~~ 
 +==== Specialized fields ====
 +    * Resources arranged by 1991 Mathematics Classification codes at the [[http://www.ams.org/mathweb/mi-mathbyclass.html|AMS]].
 +    * Penn State's [[http://www.math.psu.edu/MathLists/Subject.html|specialized subject pages]] (classified by area).
 +    * From the [[HTTP://euclid.math.fsu.edu/Science/Specialized.html|WWW Virtual Library]].
 +    * **[[http://www.unipissing.ca/topology/|Topology Atlas]]** from the University of Nipissing.
 +    * ~~codedoc:xref:OR~~The source for **operations research** is [[http://mat.gsia.cmu.edu/|Michael Trick's Operations Research Page]] at Carnegie Mellon. One of its links is to Harvey Greenberg's [[http://www-math.cudenver.edu/~hgreenbe/glossary/intro.html|Mathematical Programming Glossary]].
 +    * **Theoretical computer science**~~codedoc:xref:TCS~~.
 +      * Consult [[http://robotics.stanford.edu/~suresh/theory/theory-home.html|Theoretical Computer Science on the Web]] at Stanford.
 +      * For a more comprehensive list of CS resources, including societies, technical report indexes, and specialized areas, see the [[http://www.cs.umd.edu/documents/CSresources.html|Computer Science Research Resources]] listing at the University of Maryland.
 +      * Carnegie-Mellon's list of [[http://www.haverford.edu/cmsc/CS-departments.html|Computer Science Departments.]]
 +      * The [[http://arxiv.org/archive/cs/|Computer Science]] ArXiv of preprints.
 +    * **[[http://www.math.udel.edu/MathResources.html|Applied]]** (mostly) math connections at the University of Delaware.
 +    * **[[http://archives.math.utk.edu/mathbio/|Mathematical Life Sciences]]** from UTK, complete with **[[http://archives.math.utk.edu/mathbio/ArtificialLife.html|artificial life]]**[[http://archives.math.utk.edu/mathbio/ArtificialLife.html| and ]]**[[http://archives.math.utk.edu/mathbio/ArtificialLife.html|complex systems]]**.
 +    * ~~codedoc:xref:physics~~Quick links to U.S.A. departments of [[http://chat.wcc.cc.il.us/~flemmerh/PEMDepts.htm|physics, engineering, and mathematics]], from Waubonsee Community College.
 +
 +~~codedoc:xref:DIV~~ 
 +==== Divers diverse mathematical connections ====
 +    * A long and extremely varied list of [[http://www.math.ufl.edu/math/math-web/mathmost.html#SpecialServices|specialized and odd resources]] from the University of Florida.
 +    * The Dartmouth [[http://coos.dartmouth.edu/~zhu/web.html|Surf the Web]] page.
 +    * See the [[http://aleph0.clarku.edu/mathlinks.html|Mathematics Pages of Interest]] at Clark University.
 +    * [[http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/julia/explorer.html|Mandelbrot and Julia Set Explorer]] from Clark University.
 +    * [[http://archives.math.utk.edu/popmath.html|"POP" (Popular) Mathematics]] at UTK.
 +    * The rather impressive [[http://www.infomall.org/kidsweb/math.html|Kids Web - Math]] page, part of [[http://www.infomall.org/kidsweb/|Kids Web - A World Wide Web Digital Library for Schoolkids]].
 +    * Commentary, interviews, biographies, opinions about topology at [[http://www.unipissing.ca/topology/lists/topcom/auth/01.htm|TopCom]] (a section of the Topology Atlas).
 +    * **History and biography.**
 +      * The Clark University [[http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/mathhist/mathhist.html|history of mathematics]] page.
 +      * The [[http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk./~history/|MacTutor]] History of Mathematics at the University of St Andrews, Scotland.
 +      * The SunSITE Vatican exhibit: [[http://sunsite.unc.edu/expo/vatican.exhibit/exhibit/d-mathematics/|Mathematics]]: treat yourself to a page of [[http://sunsite.unc.edu/expo/vatican.exhibit/exhibit/d-mathematics/Math_extra.html|Euclid]] and other goodies.
 +      * Biographies of [[http://www.scottlan.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm|women mathematicians]] at Agnes Scott College.
 +
 +~~codedoc:xref:SOF~~ 
 +==== Software ====
 +    * The [[http://www.math.psu.edu/MathLists/Software.html|Penn State]] list.
 +    * The [[http://gams.nist.gov/|Guide to Available Mathematical Software]] from NIST.
 +    * The [[http://www.math.fsu.edu/Virtual/index.php?f=21|WWW Virtual Library]].
 +    * [[http://elib.zib.de/pub/Packages/mathprog/index.en.html|Math-Net Links]] at ZIB-Berlin.
 +
 +~~codedoc:xref:FUN~~ 
 +==== Fun ====
 +    * We could not resist putting in a link to Arnold Reinhold's [[http://world.std.com/~reinhold/mathmovies.html|Math in the Movies]] page, complete with links to divers real math.
 +    * Want a Klein-bottle hat (volume 0)? A portrait of Gauss, lovingly prepared on linen paper with secret identifying Deutschmarks? Try [[http://www.kleinbottle.com/|Acme Klein Bottle]].
 +    * Find mathematicians by their [[http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Day_files/Year.html|birthdays]]!
 +    * Furman University's [[http://math.furman.edu/~mwoodard/mquot.html|Mathematical Quotations]] Server.
 +    * Winners of the [[http://www.mathunion.org/general/prizes|Fields medal and Nevanlinna prize]].
 +    * And not to forget the [[http://www.oakland.edu/enp/|Erdös Number Project]]. Find your Erdös number!
 +===== Acknowledgements =====
 +
 +Much of this information was collected by Matt Brin. I (Tom Zaslavsky) stole more from the Math Archives of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UTK) and some from the invaluable links list at Penn State.
 +
 +Comments to [[zaslav@math.binghamton.edu|zaslav@math.binghamton.edu]]