Guide to information sources in mathematics and statistics
By: Martha A. Tucker and Nancy D. Anderson
Contributors: Anderson, Nancy D., 1940-
Series: Reference sources in science and technology; Reference sources in science and technology series
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780313053375
Subjects: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES; Statistics; Bibliography; Library & Information Science; Mathematics; Mathematical literature; Archives & Special Libraries
Description: This book is a reference for librarians, mathematicians, and statisticians involved in college and research level mathematics and statistics in the 21st century. We are in a time of transition in scholarly communications in mathematics, practices which have changed little for a hundred years are giving way to new modes of accessing information. Where journals, books, indexes and catalogs were once the physical representation of a good mathematics library, shelves have given way to computers, and users are often accessing information from remote places. Part I is a historical survey of the past.
Notes: Includes index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Preface; Introduction: Mathematics Libraries; title: Time for Transition; Chapter 1: Bibliographic Resources; Chapter 2: Finding Tools; Chapter 3: Selected Journals in Mathematics and Statistics; Chapter 4: Dictionaries and Encyclopedias; Chapter 5: Tables, Handbooks, Manuals, Guides; Chapter 6: Directories and Department Guides; Chapter 7: Biographical and Historical Materials; Chapter 8: Mathematics Books for Science Collections; Chapter 9: Collected and Selected Works, Digital Collections; Chapter 10: Monographic Series; Chapter 11: Major Societies and Publishers.