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Mathematics and statistics

Last Updated: 5-May-2014

This guide is intended as a starting point for research in Mathematics and Statistics.

Databases & article indexes

MathSciNet (Mathematical reviews)
Primary index in the United States for mathematics published after 1940, MathSciNet also gives you access to Current Mathematical Publications, a current-awareness journal that lists the latest books and journal articles in mathematics.
Zentralblatt für mathematik (ZMATH) (aka Mathematics abstracts)
Covers mathematics from 1931 to the present, with extensive book reviews. Simultaneously searches Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik, an index which covers articles published from 1868-1942.
Current index to statistics (CIS)
Primary index for the statistical sciences; there is some overlap with MathSciNet. Covers articles in journals, edited books and proceedings from before 1975 up to roughly last year.
Jahrbuch über die fortschritte der mathematik
Indexes articles published from 1868-1942. Also available via Zentralblatt für Mathematik (ZMATH).
Bulletin de bibliographie, d'histoire et de biographie mathématiques
Covers articles from 1855-1862. A supplement to Nouvelles annales de mathématiques.
Royal Society (Great Britain). Catalogue of scientific papers, 1800-1900, subject index. v1, pure mathematics
Contains 38,748 entries covering 700 journals during this time period.

E-Books

The number of mathematics books online has been growing steadily; the list below highlights some of the larger collections. Check SearchWorks for specific titles and print copies.

Historical math monographs at Cornell (pre-1918)
Mathematics collection from the Center for Retrospective Digitization, Göttingen (GDZ)
University of Michigan historical mathematics collection (pre-1925)
Lecture notes in mathematics (LNM)
Springer books online (2005- )
SCI-TECHnetBASE
Over 7500 e-books covering scientific and technical information, including handbooks and single-volume reference sources.
ebrary
Over 2500 books on mathematics and statistics as well as a broad range of subjects.
MyiLibrary
Includes over 1400 books on mathematics and statistics published in 2005-07.
The online books page -- mathematics
Indexes over 1,000,000 online books freely readable on the Web. You can search by title or author, or browse by subject.

Technical reports & preprints

The Mathematics & Statistics Library has a large collection of technical reports in computer science, mathematics, and statistics produced on the Stanford campus as well as other universities and industrial and government research labs. You can locate these using SearchWorks.

The collection primarily covers the mid-1970's through the 1990's. Many were later published in magazines and refereed journals. Most are shelved in the Storage Area of the library and at SAL3. For more information, see the Mathematics & Statistics Library Technical reports page.

Technical Reports and Preprints Online

arXiv (Cornell University)
Open access to over 177,000 e-prints in mathematics and statistics. Other subjects covered include physics, nonlinear sciences, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, and computer science. Some find the Front for the arXiv (University of California, Davis) easier to use.
Virtual Technical Reports Center (University of Maryland)
Lists institutions that provide either full-text reports or searchable extended abstracts of technical reports on the Web and contains links to technical reports, preprints, reprints, dissertations, theses, and research reports of all kinds.