Searching the Library’s Online Databases Like a Pro!

Watch the new Research Strategy Tutorial 

to improve your searching skills!

Library Workshops This Week

Attend a 30-min workshop to enhance your research skills!

Location: Research Corner in the 1st floor of Library 

Mon, Oct 17th
How to Find Books 11 am

Tue, Oct 18th
Evaluating Web Sites: 10 am
Government Resources: 4 pm

Wed, Oct 19th
Legal Research: noon
Scholarly Articles: 3:30 pm
How to Find Books: 5pm

Thur, Oct 20th
How to Find Articls: 1 pm
Research for Com 108: 3 pm

Fri, Oct 21st
Finding Resources in the Library: 9:05 am

Library Hours – Fall Quarter 2010

FALL QUARTER 2010 (SEPTEMBER 13 – NOVEMBER 26, 2010)
	Library	Reference Desk	Computer Lab
Monday	9:00 AM -10:00 PM	9:30 AM – 9:30 PM	7:30 AM -10:00 PM
Tuesday	9:00 AM -10:00 PM	9:30 AM – 9:30 PM	7:30 AM -10:00 PM
Wednesday	9:00 AM -10:00 PM	9:30 AM – 9:30 PM	7:30 AM -10:00 PM
Thursday	9:00 AM -10:00 PM	9:30 AM – 9:00 PM	7:30 AM -10:00 PM
Friday	9:00 AM -5:00 PM	9:30 AM – 5:00 PM	7:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday	Closed	Closed	Closed
Sunday	11:00 AM – 7:00 PM	11:00 AM – 7:00 PM	Closed
EXCEPTION TO ABOVE: November 11, Thursday Veterans Day – CLOSED November 20, Saturday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM November 24, Wednesday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM November 25-26, Thursday & Friday Thanksgiving – CLOSED

WINTER BREAK (NOVEMBER 27 – JANUARY 4, 2011)
	Library	Reference Desk	Computer Lab
Monday	9:00 AM -5:00 PM	TBA	TBA
Tuesday	9:00 AM -5:00 PM	TBA	TBA
Wednesday	9:00 AM -5:00 PM	TBA	TBA
Thursday	9:00 AM -5:00 PM	TBA	TBA
Friday	9:00 AM -5:00 PM	TBA	TBA
Saturday	Closed	Closed	Closed
Sunday	Closed	Closed	Closed
EXCEPTION TO ABOVE: December 24- January 2 CLOSED

The Princeton Companion to Mathematics

The Princeton companion to mathematics / editor, Timothy Gowers ; associate editors, June Barrow-Green, Imre Leader is available in the Main Collection.

Use Call Number  QA11.2 .P745 2008 and you’ll find it on the 4th Floor.

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