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Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics

Available online "This invaluable resource will guide general readers and students alike through the often bewildering maze of equations and theorems encountered within the mathematical universe. Covering everything in the field, from pure and applied mathematics to statistics, it also covers areas of more general interest, such as fractals, game theory, and chaos. The third edition has been brought right up-to-date with terms used in first-year university courses, such as Lorenz attractor and Liouville numbers; computing entries have also been expanded, along with biographies of prominent mathematicians, including Nobel Prizewinners and Fields' medalists." Go there...

Dictionary of Statistics

Available online "Fully updated for the second edition, A Dictionary of Statistics covers a broad range of statistical vocabulary in jargon-free language. It includes terms used in computing, mathematics, operational research, and probability, as well as biographical information on over 200 key figures in the field, and coverage of statistical journals and societies. It embraces the whole multi-disciplinary spectrum of this complex subject, and will be invaluable for students and professionals from a wide range of disciplines, including politics, market research, medicine, psychology, pharmaceuticals, and mathematics. This new edition contains internet links which point to useful sites for further information, and many additional illustrative examples." Go there...

Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units

Available online "This comprehensive dictionary provides clear definitions of all the units, prefixes, and styling of the Système International (SI), as well as industry-specific and traditional terms currently in use." Go there...

Math Handbooks in Cowles Library

Here are some handbooks on math found in Cowles Library. Books are generally listed in the order the library has received the books with the most recent first. Go there...

Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics

Available online. "The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics takes in all branches of pure and applied mathematics, from algebra to mechanics and from number theory to statistics. Invaluable for students at all levels, it is also a useful and versatile source book for economists, business people, engineers, technicians and scientists of all kinds who use mathematics in the course of their work."

Defines over 3,200 terms, supported by dozens of explanatory diagrams

Gives extensive entries on such topics as chaos, fractals, and graph theory

Includes biographies of over 200 key figures in mathematics Provides comprehensive coverage of subjects taught in school and college Go there...

Science, Technology and Society

Available online "Science, Technology, and Society contains over 130 A to Z signed articles written by major scholars and experts from academic and scientific institutions and institutes worldwide. It emphasizes an interdisciplinary and international coverage of the functions and effects of science and technology in society and culture. Each article is accompanied by a selected bibliography." Go there...

WorldCat - OCLC

WorldCat is a catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. If you are unable to find something in the Cowles Library collection using the I-LINK catalog, this is an excellent place to continue your search. Use the Interlibrary Loan link on this page to obtain materials from other collections. Go there...

1- Science databases

All available science databases at Cowles. Go there...

Academic Search Complete

This database offers full text for over 5,300 journals in a variety of academic disciplines plus indexing for many more publications. There are over 370 math related journals indexed with full text for a slightly over half of them. Go there...

Britannica Online

Fully searchable version of the encyclopedia with thousands of articles and illustrations. Go there...

CREDO Computer and Technology Reference Books

An Illustrated Dictionary of Aviation

Collins Dictionary of Computing

Computer Graphics Companion

Dictionary of Communications Technology: Terms, Definitions and Abbreviations, Wiley

Dictionary of Engineering Terms, Butterworth-Heinemann

Dictionary of Multimedia and Internet Applications: A Guide for Developers and Users

Dictionary of Personal Computing and the Internet, Peter Collin Publishing

Encyclopedia of Computer Science

Focal Dictionary of Telecommunications, Focal Press

Hargrave's Communications Dictionary, Wiley

Harris, Dictionary of Architecture and Construction

High Definition: A-Z Guide to Personal Technology

Newnes Dictionary of Electronics, Newnes

Webster's New World™ Computer Dictionary Go there...

CREDO Reference

CREDO Reference contains a variety of reference sources in subjects ranging from Art to History to Law to Technology and almost everything in between.

At a loss for a paper topic? Search the Concept Map for ideas. Go there...

JSTOR (JournalSTORage)

Electronic archive of the complete journal runs (excluding the most recent 1-5 years) of over 500 journal titles in over 20 academic disciplines. The archive includes 20 mathematics journals with coverage ranging from 1874 to 2006. Go there...

Scopus

Scopus indexs over 14,000 peer-reviewed journals in the scientific, technical, medical, and social science literature (from over 4,000 international publishers). It is possible to search mathematics literature alone or expand the search to all other fields. Abstracts go back to 1966. References go back to 1996. A unique feature of this databaae is the "Cited By" feature, which offers the ability to determine (and track) the number of times a particular article/author has been cited and by whom. Go there...

American Journal of Mathematics

Full text articles available through Project Muse from 1996 to present. Go there...

Current Math Journals in Cowles Library

This is a list of current math journals that are available in Cowles Library. The list indicates which databases will have online full text available for each journal. Go there...

Energy Citations Database (ECD)

"ECD includes scientific and technical research results in disciplines of interest to DOE such as chemistry, physics, materials, environmental science, geology, engineering, mathematics, climatology, oceanography, computer science and related disciplines. It includes bibliographic citations to report literature, conference papers, journal articles, books, dissertations, and patents." Go there...

Intute: Science, Engineering and Technology

A database of web resources for education and research in a variety of scientific disciplines Go there...

Mathematical Association of America

The Online home for the largest professional society that focuses on undergraduate mathematics education. The site features membership information, employment opportunities, meetings and publications, with a corner for columns on mathematical games and interesting tidbits. Go there...

Mathematics Curriculum Literature Database

"The Center for the Study of Mathematics Curriculum staff have compiled a literature database containing bibliographic information and abstracts on articles, books, book chapters, and dissertations related to mathematics curriculum. The database is searchable by words in the abstract,author's name, or title." Go there...

MathWorld

From Wolfram Research, it claims to be "the web's most extensive mathematics resource." Go there...

Naming Polygons and Polyhedra

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Number Theory Web

Nember Theory links and resources Go there...

On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences

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Prime Pages

Includes links to lists of prime numbers, definitions, history, problems and conjectures involving prime numbers. Go there...

ScienceHack

YouTube + Science = ScienceHack. A database of scientist approved videos. Go there...