These databases will help you find journal, magazine, and newspaper articles, books, book chapters, statistics, and more. If you are not sure of your topic, start with Academic Search Complete.
Mathematicians' Biographies & Mathematics Databases
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Academic Search Complete
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- Start your search with this interdisciplinary database of journals and magazines with full text available for many. Other Interdisciplinary Databases may also be useful. Specific subject databases are below. Use the drop-down menu above to select other databases by title.
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Biographical Dictionary
- Short biographical information on 22,000 notable men and women from ancient times to the present day. The dictionary can be searched by names, birth years, death years, positions held, professions, literary and artistic works, miscellaneous achievements, and other keywords.
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Biographies Info
- Collection of biographies of female mathematicians organized by name
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Biographies of Women Mathematicians
- Access biographies of women mathematicians by alphabetical name list or
chronological name list.
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Biography.com
- Searchable short biographical information on over
25,000 people
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Encyclopedia Britannica
- Searchable full text information on a wide variety of topics including biographies
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Eric's Treasure Trove of Scientific Biography
- Short entry biographies organized by subject and name, searchable.
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Index: Mathematicians of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
- Biographies of mathematicians of the 17th & 18th centuries adapted from A Short Account of the History of Mathematics by W. W. Rouse Ball
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Indexes of Biographies (MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive)
- Searchable database of hundreds of online biographies of mathematicians
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Lives, the Biography Resource
- Links to online biographical resources for people who are no longer living or whose public life and career are well behind them.
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Mathographies
- Biographical sketches of 24 famous mathematicians
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World Biographical Index
- " Contains over 2 million short biographical entries for eminent individuals who lived in North and South America, Western and Central Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania. "
More Mathematics Databases
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Abstract Algebra Online
- Definitions and theorems from abstract algebra. To search the definitions, use the find function on your browser.
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Algebra Help
- Lessons and tutorials in basic algebra
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AMS Preprint Server (American Mathematical Society)
- A searchable database of references to and abstracts of mathematical preprints, many available in full text.
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Calculus@Internet
- An Internet search engine for mathematics, calculus in particular
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Integrator The Power to do Integrals as the World has never Seen Before
- Enter an integral in the form and answer is returned in one of four user-selected formats: text, ASCII, standard form, and traditional form.
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Introduction to Geometry
- Understanding points, lines, planes, postulates, theorems and proofs
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Karl's Calculus Tutor
- Lessons and tutorials in beginning calculus
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MATH Database
- The web version of Zentralblatt fuer Mathematik/Mathematics Abstracts, 1931 to the present, and Current Contents of New Publications of Zbl. Math. A searchable database of references to journal articles, books, proceedings, research papers. Only three of the citations per search can be retrieved for free; more can be retrieved for a fee.
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Math in Daily Life
- Information on savings, compound interest, credit card interest, population growth, gambling, and other mathematical examples.
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Mathematical Atlas
- This is a well organized collection of short articles designed to provide an introduction to the areas of modern mathematics and pointers to further information.
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Mathematical Physics Preprint Archive (Dept. of Mathematics, Univ. of Texas at Austin)
- Searchable collection of research papers in mathematical physics, from 1991-present with full text.
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Mathematics Preprints and
PSU Mathematics Department Preprint Library (Dept. of Mathematics, Pennsylvania State Univ.)
- Links to general and specialized mathematics preprint servers.
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Probability Abstract Service (Mathematics Dept., Univ. of Washington)
- Searchable abstracts of papers with some full text.
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Sparknotes
- Mathematical concepts explained and summarized. Pre-algebra, algebra, trigonometry, geometry, precalculus, and calculus
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