Guide to Information Sources in Mathematics and Statistics (Reference Sources in Science and Technology)

359 Pages·2004·1.14 MB·English

by  Martha A. Tucker

Guide to Information
Sources in Mathematics
and Statistics
Martha A. Tucker and Nancy D. Anderson
Reference Sources in Science and Technology
Judith A. Matthews, Series Editor
Westport, Connecticut •London
Guide to Information
Sources in Mathematics
and Statistics
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Copyright © 2004 by Libraries Unlimited
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ISBN: 1–56308–701–4
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We dedicate this book to our colleagues of the Physics-Astronomy-
Mathematics Division of SLA for their encouragement and support.
C O N T E N T S
Preface.......................................................................................................ix
Introduction: Mathematics Libraries—Time for Transition ............1
Chapter 1: Bibliographic Resources.................................................19
Guides to the Literature ....................................................19
Bibliographies....................................................................21
Portals.................................................................................28
Library Catalogs................................................................30
New Books Information....................................................31
Document Delivery Vendors.............................................32
Chapter 2: Finding Tools....................................................................35
Databases and Indexes ......................................................35
Search Engines ..................................................................51
Chapter 3: Selected Journals in Mathematics and Statistics........53
Journals..............................................................................53
Journal Resources..............................................................76
Chapter 4: Dictionaries and Encyclopedias.....................................79
Dictionaries........................................................................79
Encyclopedias....................................................................97
Chapter 5: Tables, Handbooks, Manuals, Guides.........................107
Tables ...............................................................................107
Handbooks, Manuals, Guides.........................................112
Writing Guides ................................................................141
Chapter 6: Directories and Department Guides...........................145
Chapter 7: Biographical and Historical Materials.......................153
Reference Resources.......................................................153
Biographies......................................................................164
Histories...........................................................................173
Chapter 8: Mathematics Books for Science Collections ..............191
General.............................................................................192
Mathematical Recreations...............................................209
Applications of Mathematics to Other Disciplines........213
Mathematical and Statistical Computing .......................224
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Chapter 9: Collected and Selected Works, Digital Collections.....229
Collected and Selected Works
(arranged by individual)..................................................229
Digital Collections...........................................................263
Digital Library Projects...................................................269
Chapter 10:Monographic Series.......................................................273
Chapter 11:Major Societies and Publishers ...................................281
Societies...........................................................................281
Publishers.........................................................................284
Chapter 12:Additional Resources for Mathematics
Librarianship .................................................................287
Readings of Interest.........................................................287
Surveys of Journal Prices in Mathematics.....................292
Newsletters/Listservs/Journals to Scan ..........................292
Sources for Mathematical Multimedia...........................295
Miscellany........................................................................297
Author/Title Index .................................................................................299
P R E F A C E
This book was conceived as a reference for librarians, mathematicians, and
statisticians involved in college- and research-level mathematics and sta-
tistics in the twenty-first century. Now in a time of transition in scholarly
communications in mathematics, practices that have changed little for a
hundred years are giving way to new modes of accessing information.
Where journals, books, indexes, and catalogs were once the physical rep-
resentation of a good mathematics library, shelves have given way to com-
puters, and users are often accessing information from remote places.
Professional mathematicians and statisticians working today demon-
strate a variety of expertise in their use of the literature. Practitioners who
have worked in the field for years may primarily use paper-based meth-
ods to do their research and increase current awareness; some may incor-
porate a blend of old and new approaches. Other researchers who have
never even used a paper index and seldom physically come to a library
still depend on knowledgeable librarians. Librarians serving this diverse
population must be familiar with all resources and must also continuously
teach their users when old techniques no longer work. This guide is our
effort to highlight resources, both digital and paper, that we find useful.
The introductory chapter is a historical survey of the past 15 years track-
ing this huge transition in scholarly communications in mathematics.
Mathematics is unique among the sciences in its dependence on both
monographs and journals, old and new. Mathematicians care deeply about
their literature, its quality, longevity, accessibility, and affordability now
and in the distant future. Mathematicians are active in discussing and dem-
onstrating new ways to communicate. A bibliography on scholarly com-
munications in mathematics is included at the end of the introductory
chapter.
The major portion of our book is the bibliography of resources we rec-
ommend to support the disciplines of mathematics and statistics. We have
grouped these resources by type of material as indicated in the table of
contents. Publication dates range from the 1800s onwards. Hundreds of
electronic resources—some online, both dynamic and static, some in fixed
media—are listed among the paper resources. Amazingly, a majority of
listed electronic resources are free. This is a testament to mathematicians’
desire to make their literature easily accessible to their community.
Readers will notice various notations in the left margin of some of the
bibliographic citations. We felt strongly that certain kinds of resources
should be marked for easy retrieval. As statistics is often subsumed within
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the broader discipline of mathematics, we marked resources in statistics
with an S; mathematics resources are left unmarked. We especially wanted
to highlight resources available electronically and so marked them with
an E. Note that frequently the same title is also listed in its paper version
as well. The entire scheme of notation is listed below:
* undergraduate level resource
B bibliographic resource
E electronic resource
S statistics resource
T translated resource
Titles of electronic resources on the Web are italicized and marked with
an E. Like print titles, electronic resources in a fixed format such as a CD-
ROM have titles in bold, but are also marked with an E. For example, here
are the bibliographic listings of a print, CD-ROM, and Web version of the
same work:
Hazewinkel, M., ed. Encyclopaedia of Mathematics. Dordrecht, Holland;
Norwell, MA: Kluwer Acad. Publ., 1987–1994. 10 vols. $806.00 pa.(set);
$2,200.00 (set). ISBN 0-7923-4709-9 pa.(set); 1-556-08010-7 (set).
E Hazewinkel, M., ed. Encyclopaedia of Mathematics on CD-ROM.
Norwell, MA: Kluwer Acad. Publ., 1997. Contains vols. 1–10, Supplement
vol. 1. $235.00, single-user edition; $1,775.00, networked edition. ISBN
0-7923-4807-9.
E Hazewinkel, M., ed. Encyclopaedia of Mathematics. Kluwer Acad.
Publ., 2001– . Contains vols. 1–10, Supplement vol. 1–3, and updates.
Information available at: http://reference.kluweronline.com/?xmlid=
1402006098. $1,650.00–$3,300.00 + $330.00/yr.
The last chapter of this book is a listing of additional resources of par-
ticular interest to mathematics librarians. Many are authored by our librar-
ian colleagues in mathematics as well as astronomy and physics; some are
written by mathematicians with a deep interest in their libraries. These
kinds of resources are an invaluable way to learn from our communities
of users and colleagues.
This, of course, is not the kind of book one would read from cover to
cover. Instead, we hope that readers will find it a handy reference for those
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just beginning to work with the mathematical literature and those who may
only need to consult it on occasion for a particular need. Also, it is only a
snapshot in time. Whereas paper resources are static, electronic resources
can be quite fluid. URLs and names can change at any time. Those respon-
sible today for online resources may allow them to lapse. This is very much
a time of transition where the desire for open sources may be in conflict
with the needs and costs of responsible stewardship. Librarians’ and math-
ematicians’ traditional concern for the literature should help solve the prob-
lems of preserving the past and present for the future.