Mathematics Web Resources

Web Guides

Mathematics Information Servers (Penn State Mathematics Department)
http://www.math.psu.edu/MathLists/Contents.html
This site has an international directory of academic departments, societies & associations, journals, preprints, subject area pages, other archived materials, and software. They also list other math web servers and gophers.

Mathematics Virtual Library (Florida State University Mathematics Department)
http://www.math.fsu.edu/Virtual/
This virtual library has numerous links to addresses, bibliographies, department web servers, education, electronic journals and more.

Mathematics on the Web Page (Mathematics Review staff)
http://www.ams.org/mathweb/
Links to Literature Guides: Abstracting, Reviewing and Database Services, Bibliographies, Miscellaneous Lists. Mathematics Online: Journals, Books, Preprints. Mathematics Offline: Document Delivery, Libraries, Publishers Pages, Book Dealers. Mathematics Organized: By AMS Classification, By Topics, As History, As Software. Mathematics People: Addresses, home pages, e-mail, etc.,Discussion Groups, List Servers. Reference Literature: Classifications, Serials, Institutions, Handbooks, Dictionaries, Directories. Mathematics Servers: Mathematics Departments, Institutes and Centers, Gopher Server Lists, Societies, Associations, and Organizations, Other Web Servers. Related Resources: AMS TeX and TeX Tools, Computers, Software Companies, The Web & Searching.

Math DL (Mathematical Association of America)
http://www.mathdl.org/
The Mathematical Association of America's Mathematical Sciences Digital Library (MathDL) is a component of the National STEM Digital Library (NSDL). The Library is composed of the following: The Journal of Online Mathematics and its Applications (JOMA); Digital Classroom Resources (DCR); Convergence (Online magazine for the history of mathematics); and OSSLETS (Open Source Sharable Mathlets- ready-to-use curriculum units).

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Encyclopedias

MathWorld (Eric. W. Weissten)
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/
A complete mathematical resource, assembled over more than a decade by Internet encyclopedist Eric W. Weisstein with assistance from the mathematics and Internet communities. MathWorld is a comprehensive and interactive mathematics encyclopedia intended for students, educators, math enthusiasts, and researchers. The site is continuously updated to include new material and incorporate new discoveries. Categories covered include: algebra, applied mathematics, calculus and analysis, discrete mathematics, foundations of mathematics, geometry, history and terminology, number theory, probability and statistics, recreational mathematics, and topology.

Wolfram Functions Site
http://functions.wolfram.com/
"The Wolfram Functions Site was created as a resource for the educational, mathematical, and scientific communities. It contains the world's most encyclopedic collection of information about mathematical functions. The site also details the interrelationships between the special functions of mathematical physics and the elementary functions of mathematical analysis as well as the interrelationships between the functions in each group."

PRIME Mathematics Encyclopedia
http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/prime/index.asp
This encyclopedia has over 1,000 entries on both elementary and advanced mathematics topics. Entries are cross-referenced.

On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (Neil Sloane, AT&T Research)
http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/
Expanding on The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (STACK QA246.5 .S66 1995), this database has over 100000 sequences. Users can enter a sequence, word, or sequence number into the search box and the database will return a list of sequences that contain the information provided. References and links are provided for the sequences returned.

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Periodical Indexes & Research Papers

Math Database (1931-present)
http://www.zentralblatt-math.org/zmath/en/
This is the web version of Zentralblatt für Mathematik / Mathematics Abstracts. This database covers volumes the period 1931-present, and current contents of new publications of Zbl. Math. It contains more than 1.8 million references from 3,000 serials and journals. Free search results are limited to three citations for no-subscribers.

arXiv.org (Cornell University Library)
http://arxiv.org/
Hosted by the Cornell University Library, this archive provides searchable access to 359,541 research papers in physics, mathematics, computer science, and quantitative biology.

Historical Math Monographs (Cornell University Library)
http://dlxs2.library.cornell.edu/m/math/index.php
"The Cornell University Library Historical Mathematics Monographs is a collection of selected monographs with expired copyrights chosen from the mathematics field." Monographs can only be viewed one page at a time.

University of Michigan Historical Mathematics Collection
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/u/umhistmath/
"The University of Michigan Historical Mathematics Collection is a growing library of books selected from the University of Michigan mathematics collection that have been digitized to improve access and to preserve the content of these books. All of the books in this collection were published in the 19th or early 20th century." The entire document can be viewed at once.

TechXtra
http://www.techxtra.ac.uk/
TechXtra is a subject specific search engine that covers mathematics, computing, and engineering. It provides access to "articles, books, the best websites, the latest industry news, job announcements, technical reports, technical data, full text eprints, the latest research, teaching and learning resources and more." However, many of the articles are not in full-text, so use the Full Text Periodical Directory to see if they are available through the Ely Library.

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Teaching Mathematics

Applied Math and Science Education Respository (National Science Digital Library)
http://amser.org/
"AMSER is a portal of educational resources and services built specifically for use by those in Community and Technical Colleges but free for anyone to use." The resources on this site are organized by Library of Congress or GEM Subject classification taxonomies and are annotated with information on resource type, audience, language, and a description.

Math Forum (Drexel University)
http://mathforum.org/
Topics include math resources by subject (K-12, college, through advanced), search for math, math education, key issues in math, a showcases area, a student center, teacher's place, research division, and parents & citizens area.

Web Interface for Statistics Education (Claremont Graduate University)
http://wise.cgu.edu/
WISE features a collection of online, interactive tutorials covering statisitcal concepts. Exercises are provided with te tutorials to help students practice what they are learning.

The History of Mathematics Archive (School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, University of St. Andrews)
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history
This History of Mathematics archive is part of the Mathematical MacTutor system developed at the School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences University of St. Andrews for learning and experimenting with mathematics. The archive contains the biographies of more than 1100 mathematicians plus some articles on the development of mathematical ideas cross-referenced to the biographies. Also, there are chronologies, special topics, and birthplace maps.

New Mathwright Library
http://www.mathwright.com/
More than 150 workbooks with examples, demos, and interactive modules that can be downloaded for free along with Mathwright Library Player 2.1 for viewing on Windows-based PCs are available on this site. The workbooks cover high school algebra, geometry, and precalculus, and college level calculus, linear algebra, and differential equations.

The Educator's Reference Desk
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Mathematics
A collection of lesson plans written and submitted by teachers.

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Mathematics Help

Most Common Errors in Undergraduate Mathematics
http://www.math.vanderbilt.edu/~schectex/commerrs/
Eric Schechter (Mathematics Department, Vanderbilt University) describes the errors he has seen most frequently in undergraduate mathematics, the likely causes of these errors, and their remedies.

Student Center (Math Forum, Drexel University)
http://mathforum.org/students/
This site includes the ever popular Ask Dr. Math, resources by grade level, math challenges, math tips & tricks, and an undergraduate research database.

QuickMath
http://www.quickmath.com/
This web site uses Mathematica to quickly solve problems submitted by users. Use the menu on the left side to select problem types.

The Integrator (Solving Integrals)
http://integrals.wolfram.com/index.jsp
The Integrator is a web interface to Mathematica 3.0. The heart of The Integrator is Mathematica's built-in Integrate function--the same one you use when you access Mathematica directly. When you type in an integral, The Integrator's web server sends a MathLink message to the Mathematica kernel, which then does the integral using the built-in Integrate function. The result is sent via MathLink from the kernel to the Mathematica front end, which produces typeset output. This output then returns to the kernel, where it is embedded in a web page using the Mathematica Symbolic HTML package.

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Quotations and Biographies

Mathematical and Educational Quotation Server at Westfield State University - Dr. Julian Fleron
http://www.wsc.ma.edu/math/faculty/fleron/quotes/
This site includes Dr. Fleron's searchable database of quotations that he has used in his mathematics classes at Westfield State University, his published paper "Quotations for Every Mathematics Class" and other reference materials: published papers on using quotations; books of quotations; and other electronic quotation databases.

Mathematicians of the African Diaspora
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/
"In Mathematics, more than any other field of study, have we heard proclamations and statements similar to, 'The Negro is incapable of succeeding.' Ancient and present achievements contradict such statements. One of the purposes of this web site is to exhibit the inaccuracy of those proclamations by exhibiting the accomplishments of the peoples of Africa and the African Diaspora within the Mathematical Sciences."

Biographies of Women Mathematicians
http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm
This site provides comprehensive coverage of women mathematicians and includes biographies with an explanation of each woman's mathematical accomplishments, photographs, selected references, and links to other sites related to the mathematician or their particular area of mathematics.

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