Reference & Websites
Books
Books & eBooks at CSUSM
Books will give you background information and an overview on what you are researching. You need this information in order to provide context.
Physical & online books available at CSUSM can be located in the following ways:
- Search the Library Catalog (use dropdown left-hand side for search types: subject, author, etc.)
- Search for an e-book, by choosing an e-book database from the list and using the search bar to enter terms
- Off-campus access requires log-in with CSUSM User ID and Password
Options to obtain books not located at CSUSM:
- Order books through CSU+
- If you locate a book via OneSearch catalog and it states "Print version not available in the library" you can order the book via CSU+, which is a library borrowing service that includes all 23 CSU campus libraries. It takes approximately 2-5 days to receive books from CSU+.
- If you locate a book via OneSearch catalog and it states "Print version not available in the library" you can order the book via CSU+, which is a library borrowing service that includes all 23 CSU campus libraries. It takes approximately 2-5 days to receive books from CSU+.
- Order books through InterLibrary Loan
- You can search the collections of libraries world-wide by using WorldCat. If you find a book you would like to order and verify that you cannot get it through CSUSM or CSUSM, you can fill out an InterLibrary Loan request. Materials will take 5-10 days to arrive and can be picked up at our Library.
Journal Articles
Most Useful
Database | Full Text Sort descending | Coverage | Scholarly |
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JSTOR i
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. |
Full-text | 1838 to most recent five years | Most |
Wiley Online Library i
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 |
Some full-text | 1996 to current | Most |
SIAM Locus Archive i
An archive collection of the SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) Journals. |
Some full-text; plus links to full-text via Get-It | 1953 to 1996 | All |
MathSciNet i
MathSciNet® is an electronic publication offering access to a carefully maintained and easily searchable database of reviews, abstracts and bibliographic information for much of the mathematical sciences literature. Over 125,000 new items are added each year, most of them classified according to the Mathematics Subject Classification. Authors are uniquely identified (by their MR Author ID), enabling a search for publications by individual author rather than by name string. Continuing in the tradition of the paper publication, Mathematical Reviews (MR), which was first published in 1940, expert reviewers are selected by a staff of professional mathematicians to write reviews of the current published literature; over 90,000 reviews are added to the database each year. Extending the MR tradition, MathSciNet® contains over 3.6 million items and over 2.3 million direct links to original articles. Bibliographic data from retrodigitized articles dates back to the early 1800s. Reference lists are collected and matched internally from approximately 650 journals, and citation data for journals, authors, articles and reviews is provided. This web of citations allows users to track the history and influence of research publications in the mathematical sciences. |
Some full-text; plus links to full-text via Get-It | 1940 to current | All |
Also Useful
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ScienceDirect
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Provides full text access to over 1,000 journals covering all fields of science. |
Full-text | 1995 to current | Most |
Citing with AMSRef and LaTeX
Mathematics Style and Ethics
Mathematics Style and Ethics
Style Guides and Math Writing Resources
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/
Ethics in Mathematics
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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