To help users learn how to effectively search and use this new online catalog, the IU Libraries have created a detailed online web tutorial. The IUN Library recently subscribed to MathSciNet , a comprehensive database featuring international mathematics literature from the past 60 years. Produced by the American Mathematical Society, this web-based service provides access to signed reviews and bibliographic data from Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications , an early awareness journal with a subject index to recent and forthcoming publications. For Mathematical Reviews in particular, an international mathematics reviewing journal, MathSciNet includes signed reviews and bibliographic information from January 1940 to the present for nearly 1,800 current serials and journals. Search the Mathematics Subject Classification and follow links to all MathSciNet records with that specific subject classification.
Users can also browse for current data by books, journals and subject classification.
This resource also has links to original articles in online journals. A Help link is provided on each focused search category screen if users need detailed assistance performing specific kinds of searches. Quick Starts Online guides can be found at the MathSciNet Help Index. During Christmas break, a temporary counter was installed so service could begin this semester. The permanent counter will be installed within the next few weeks just in time for the Grand Opening.