The following are selected reference works in the CSUSM Library. They are excellent places to start your background research.
CRC concise encyclopedia of mathematics
QA5 .W45 2003 5th Floor Oversize and Reference
Dictionary of algebra, arithmetic, and trigonometry
QA5 .D4983 2001 Reference
Dictionary of classical and theoretical mathematics
QA5 .D4984 2001 Reference
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Books will give you background information and an overview on what you are researching. You need this information in order to provide context.
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MathSciNet Provides access to Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications Report Problems |
Links to full-text via Get-It | 1940 to current | All |
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Wiley Online Library Access to abstracts and full text from journals, reference works, databases, and books. Disciplines covered include the life sciences, chemistry, physics, mathematics, psychology, earth sciences, education, social sciences, humanities, business, and mathematics Report Problems |
Some full-text | 1996 to current | Most |
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JSTOR Contains (EXCEPT for the latest five years) core scholarly journals in sociology, history, economics, political science, mathematics, African-American & Asian studies, literature, humanities, music, and biological, health & general sciences. Report Problems |
Full-text | 1838 to most recent five years | Most |
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SIAM Locus Archive An archive collection of the SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) Journals. Report Problems |
Some full-text; plus links to full-text via Get-It | 1953 to 1996 | All |
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ScienceDirect Provides full text access to over 1,000 journals covering all fields of science. Report Problems |
Full-text | 1995 to current | Most |
For many CSUSM Mathematics courses, you need to use amsrefs to manage your citations. amsrefs requires LaTeX-specific formatting for the citations to appear correctly in your paper.
You can easily copy/paste the amsrefs bibliographic information directly from MathSciNet.
For more help using LaTeX and amsrefs, refer to the following:
American Mathematical Society (AMS) Author Resource Center- http://www.ams.org/publications/authors/authors
American Mathematical Society Author Handbook- http://www.ams.org/publications/authors/tex/author-handbook
Mathematics into Type by Ellen Swanson (Updated 1999)- ftp://ftp.ams.org/pub/author-info/documentation/howto/mit-2.pdf
Author Resources for the Mathematical Association of America (MAA)- http://www.maa.org/press/author-resources
MAA Mathematical Communication- http://mathcomm.org/
Proven theorems and mathematical definitions are considered part of the public domain. This practice is necessary for the advancement of the field of mathematics. Public domain status means these theorems and definitions are available for use by anyone. Nevertheless, public domain status does not obviate the need to acknowledge the contribution of the original authors of the theorem. Ethical practice demands that scholars acknowledge the work and contributions of others regardless of how that work is used.
American Mathematical Society Ethical Guidelines- http://www.ams.org/about-us/governance/policy-statements/sec-ethics
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