On WWW MathSciNet, published by the American Mathematical Society, is now available on the World Wide Web to all MSU faculty, staff, and students. The database is a hypertext version of the print sources Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications . MathSciNet covers the research literature in mathematics as well as articles relating to mathematics in other areas, such as physics, engineering, and biology. Statistics and computer science will be added in the future as well. The database is updated daily.
Plans are to include statistics and computer science in the future as well.
In order to access MathSciNet the user needs a computer with a connection to the Internet and the World Wide Web. The browser can be used for printing. For computers that do not support graphics, a text-based browser such as Lynx can be used. In order to access MathSciNet from one of the MSU public computer laboratories, you will need to use your Pilot account name and password and then open the Communications File Folder in Windows to get to the Netscape icon.