QUICKSTART GUIDEfor the 2023 MathSciNet interface update

1 FIND AN ARTICLE OR BOOKEMOTE

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With the new MathSciNet interface, simply enter a term to begin your search.

SYou can add a field (or several) to narrow your search. Start typing the field code and pick an auto-suggested code,or click “show all fields” to select from available field codes.

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From the results list, click on the MR Number to see detailed information about the publication, including a review(where available), citation information, and a direct link to the original article (when available).
Sort your results list by publication date (oldest or newest), relevance, number of citations, or number of authors.
Use the filters to refine any search results by item type, institution, author, subject classification, journal, or year.
Select filters by using the check boxes. Click once to include. Click twice to exclude. Click a third time to uncheck.

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Click “Apply” to activate the filters.

SIf you would like to use the Classic MathSciNet interface, click the “Show Classic Interface” link. No matter whichversion of the interface you use, you will retrieve the same results.

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2 LOOK UP AN AUTHOR

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Head to the Authors tab to search for a specific author. In Author Searches, the order of the names does not matter aslong as you do not use double quotes. As you type, the auto-suggest feature will suggest possible matches.

SFrom the results list, click on an author’s name to view their author profile.
You may sort your results list by name, number of publications, number of citations, or earliest publication.
Use the filters to narrow your results by primary classification.

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3 LOOK UP A JOURNAL OR BOOK SERIESBook series pages are a new addition to MathSciNet, with the journal and series searches functioning similarly. You
can enter title terms in any order. The auto-suggest feature will begin suggesting up to ten completions. Here is a bookseries search starting with just the word “Proceedings”:

You can either hit “Enter” and search for
all series with the word “Proceedings”
in the title, or you can click on one of thecompletions suggested, which will search
for the series title chosen.

Both the journal and series profile pages
provide bibliographic information anddetails. Additional sections provide morein-depth information:
Recent Volumes/Issues displays the mostrecent issues covered in the database, witha link to all available issues.
Title History brings together information
on past incarnations of the title, with acomplete title history.
Mathematical Citation Quotient displays
normalized information about citations topublications in the journal from reference
lists in the MR database, in graphical or
tabular form.
Citations presents data on the citations to the publication, with options to look at the data by publication year of thecited papers or by the year of the citations.
Additional sections display Publications per Year, top Mathematics Subject Classifications in the title, and Top Authors.

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QUICKSTART GUIDELEARN MORE•

These tasks are just the beginning—your local librarian can help you take full advantage of the powerof MathSciNet.

•Find more complete search help via the Help link on any MathSciNet page.

•Learn more about MathSciNet at www.ams.org/mr-database.

•Quickly get up to speed on a new topic.

•Look up researchers’ publication profiles and find theircollaborators.

•Find an article or book and find related items by following links inreference lists, author links, Mathematics Subject Classification, andcitations in reviews.

•Research a math department to prepare for a job interview or when
applying to graduate school.

•Search the statistics literature using the Current Index to Statistics
data, available from MathSciNet: mathscinet.ams.org/cis.

HOW TO SUBSCRIBE/PURCHASE
Go to www.ams.org/mathsciprice to learn more about MathSciNet,
including information about joining a consortium, subscription rates,
and a 30-day free trial.

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MathSciNet’s extensive resources can help you both in your graduate
research and throughout your math career. Use it to:

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Mathematical Reviews/MathSciNet, compiled, edited, and deliveredby the AMS, is the authoritative gateway to the scholarly literature ofmathematics. MathSciNet contains information on more than 4 million
articles and books, with direct links to over 2.8 million articles in morethan 1,650 journals. MathSciNet includes expert reviews, personalizable
author profiles, and citation information on articles, books, journals,and authors.

Want to access MathSciNetfrom home or your favorite
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First, visit the MathSciNet
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and follow the instructions on
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for each device you use, asneeded.

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