Research Corner Hours

Have you been to the Research Corner yet?

Stop by WSL 107 for one-on-one assistance from a librarian.

Monday: 3:30-5:30pm

Tuesday: 11:30 am-1:30pm

Wednesday: 12:30-2:30pm

Thursday: 11:30am-1:30 and 2:30-4:30pm

Friday: 11:00am-12:30pm

See you there!

New Books for Math – Jan 2010

How does one cut a triangle?

Mathematical mechanic : using physical reasoning to solve problems

Mathematical nature walk

Monty Hall problem : the remarkable story of math’s most contentious brainteaser

Serious fun with flexagons : a compendium and guide

Theory of gambling and statistical logic

Calculus of friendship : what a teacher and a student learned about life while corresponding about math

How to guard an art gallery and other discrete mathematical adventures

Library Hours for Winter 2010

Welcome back!

The Library Hours for Winter 2010  (January 6 – March 20, 2010)

Monday – Thursday  9:00 AM – 10:00 PM

Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Saturday: CLOSED

Sunday: 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM

EXCEPTIONS TO ABOVE:
January 15, 2010, Furlough Friday – CLOSED
January 18, 2010, Monday Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday – CLOSED
January 22, 2010, Furlough Friday – CLOSED
February 12, 2010, Furlough Friday – CLOSED
February 26, 2010, Furlough Friday – CLOSED
March 12, 2010, Furlough Friday – CLOSED
March 13, 2010, Saturday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

New Library Hours

Welcome back to School! Due to budget reductions and the furlough schedule, the Stiern Library will have different hours of operation in 2009-10.

 Monday 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

 Tuesday 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

 Wednesday 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

 Thursday 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

 Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

 Saturday CLOSED

 Sunday 11:00 a. m. to 7:00 p.m.

 The Library will also be closed staff furlough Fridays during the fall quarter which are September 25, October 9 and 23, November 13, as well as December 17, 22, 23 and 24. The Library will be open on November 20 which is right before the exam period.

Math Teaching and Fun Sites

MERLOT : Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
MIT OpenCourseWare: “makes the MIT Faculty’s course materials used in the teaching of almost all of MIT’s undergraduate and graduate subjects available on the Web, free of charge”.
Math2 (formerly Dave’s Math Tables)
Ask Dr. Math
Math in Daily Life
Curious Math
National Curve Bank: Provides animated and interactive curves.

Internet Resources

SCIRUS: “the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet”
MIT OpenCourseWare: “makes the MIT Faculty’s course materials used in the teaching of almost all of MIT’s undergraduate and graduate subjects available on the Web, free of charge”.
MathDL: The MAA Mathematical Science Digital Library
MatLib: “a collection of mathematical software, papers, and databases.”
NDLTD: “Offers the world’s largest digital library of theses and dissertations of academic institutions worldwide”. 
NIST:    ”provides information about activities and services at NIST related to applied mathematics, statistics, and computational science.”
Biographies of Women Mathematicians
MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive
Math Archive: A math resource hosted by University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Math Forum : A “leading online resource for improving math learning, teaching, and communication since 1992″
Math World : A free source created and maintained by Eric Weisstein, with contributions from the world mathematics community.
WISE: Web Interface for Statistics Education

Professional Associations

AMS: American Mathematical Society
MAA: Mathematical Association of America
CML: Combined Membership List includes the names and addresses of all persons who were members of the American Mathematical Society (AMS), Mathematical Association of America (MAA), Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC), the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM), or the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) – Société mathématique du Canada (SMC) as of the last update.
AMATYC: American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges
AWM: Association for Women in Mathematics
NCTM: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
SIAM: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
EMS: European Mathematical Society

Article Indexes Online

• Zentralblatt MATH: “The World’s Most Complete and Longest Running Abstracting and Reviewing Service in Pure and Applied Mathematics.”
• Jahrbuch Database: Electronic Research Archive for Mathematics
• EULER: Portal to Mathematics Publications
• E-Print ArXiv: “A fully automated electronic archive and distribution server for research papers. It covers areas such as mathematics, non-linear sciences, and computer science. Freely accessible for everyone.”
• Project Euclid : “A user-centered initiative to create an environment for the effective and affordable distribution of serial literature in mathematics and statistics.

Research Databases

• MathSciNet   Mathematical Reviews on the web.
• American Mathematical Society Journals   American Mathematical Society’s Proceedings and Transactions available in full-text.
• JSTOR   Core journals and proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics
• General Science Full Text   Select full text articles in Mathematics after 1994
• Science Direct (Elsevier) Journals articles in Mathematics.

Math Journals in Full-Text

Search CSUB Full Text Periodicals List to find journal subscribed by CSUB Library.

Note: A link labeled as “Walter W. Stiern Library Holdings” will indicate that this journal is available in-print. All printed journals are alphabetically shelved on the second level of the library. Otherwise links will lead you to the full-text electronic journals.