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Indexes to the Literature of Mathematics

Indexes provide access to literature in the form of citations and abstracts. Full text may be available in the index itself or in another source. Access to Milner licensed indexes outside Milner Library requires a valid ULID and password. Free indexes may be accessed by anyone from any location. Although use of the index is free, full text may be "pay per view," so beware, and NEVER PAY FOR INFORMATION!

Milner's button will help you locate full text and Milner's print holdings from most indexes. If no buttons appear in the index you are searching, use Citation Linker to find full text, paper version at Milner, or to make an Interlibrary Loan request. For more info about Find It, including troubleshooting tips, see Find It FAQs.

Indexes Covering Actuarial Science

  • ABI/INFORM - Provides citations, abstracts, with full text or full content of many items covering business and management.
  • Highbeam Research - A FREE resource containing over 35 million citations from more than 3,000 news sources, magazines and journals, and reference sources, including actuarial trade publications. Some free full text included, most items are pay-per-view. Use Citation Linker to search for Milner's full text or paper holdings of "premium" items.
  • MathSciNet - This online equivalent of Mathematics Reviews provides citations and signed reviews of articles and books with links to full content for some items. Beginning in 2000, cited references are included for some records. Covers 1940 to present, with some historical journal runs going back as far as the 1880s. It is updated daily.
  • PapersFirst - Provides citations. Includes papers from every congress, conference, exposition, workshop, symposium, and meeting proceedings received at the British Library. Covers 1993 - present, updated monthly.
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Indexes Covering Mathematics Education

  • Academic Search Premier. - Surprisingly good coverage of the math ed literature is offered in this general index, which includes a substantial amount of full text. Covers 1,250 journals and periodicals in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, and education from 1984 to present. With free personal registration, you can get AutoAlerts from searches or journal tables of contents emailed to you--here's how!
  • Dissertations and Theses - Citations and abstracts of doctoral dissertations from accredited American and Canadian, selected British and European universities, covering all academic subjects. Covers 1861 to present, updated monthly. Full text of many dissertations are available.
  • Education Abstracts - Covers every age and sector of the educational community from preschool through college. Indexes over 550 English-language periodicals and yearbooks. Abstracting covers 1994 to present. Updated monthly. Provides citations, abstracts, some full text. Use in addition to ERIC to ensure more complete coverage of journal literature.
  • ERIC - Education related research documents, journal articles, technical reports, program descriptions/evaluations, and curricular materials. Also see the free governmental version of ERIC, which is updated more frequently than our subscription version.
  • PapersFirst - Provides citations. Includes papers from every congress, conference, exposition, workshop, symposium, and meeting proceedings received at the British Library. These timely works are excluded from many periodical indexes, so this can be a good source for cutting edge topics. Covers 1993 - present, updated monthly.
  • PsycINFO - Covers journal articles, book reviews, dissertations in psychology and related fields. An excellent resource education related topics. Updated monthly. Provides citations and abstracts as well as full-text of recent articles published in American Psychological Association journals. [^top]

Indexes Covering Pure & Applied Mathematics

  • Current Contents - Provides citations and abstracts. Indexes leading research journals and books. Cover-to-cover indexing of journal articles, reviews, meeting abstracts, editorials, etc., for more than 7,500 international journals covering all disciplines. Covers 1993 - present, updated weekly.
  • Dissertation and Theses - Citations and abstracts of doctoral dissertations from accredited American and Canadian, selected British and European universities, covering all academic subjects. Covers 1861 to present, updated monthly. Full text of many dissertations are available.
  • MathSciNet - This online equivalent of Mathematics Reviews provides citations and signed reviews of articles and books with links to full content for some items. The best source for scholarly work in pure and applied mathematics. Beginning in 2000, cited references are included for some items. Covers 1940 to present, with some historical journal runs going back as far as the 1880s. It is updated daily.
  • PapersFirst - Provides citations. Includes papers from every congress, conference, exposition, workshop, symposium, and meeting proceedings received at the British Library. These timely works are excluded from many periodical indexes, so this can be a good source for cutting edge topics. Covers 1993 - present, updated monthly.
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Indexes Covering Statistics

  • Current Contents - Provides citations and abstracts. Indexes leading research journals and books. Cover-to-cover indexing of journal articles, reviews, meeting abstracts, editorials, etc., for more than 7,500 international journals covering all disciplines. Covers 1993 - present, updated weekly.
  • Dissertation and Theses - Citations and abstracts of doctoral dissertations from accredited American and Canadian, selected British and European universities, covering all academic subjects. Covers 1861 to present, updated monthly. Full text of many dissertations are available.
  • MathSciNet - This online equivalent of the Mathematics Reviews provides citations and signed reviews of articles and books, links to full content for some items. The best source for scholarly work in pure and applied mathematics. Beginning with 2000, the cited references included for some items. Covers 1940 - present, with some historical journal runs going back as far as the 1880s, updated daily.
  • PapersFirst - Provides citations. Includes papers from every congress, conference, exposition, workshop, symposium, and meeting proceedings received at the British Library. These timely works are excluded from many periodical indexes, so this can be a good source for cutting edge topics. Covers 1993 - present, updated monthly.
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