Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources
Electronic Resources for
Mathematics
Louise Colver
8th March 2006
Oxford University Library Services – Information Skills Training
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Overview of session
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OxLIP – gateway to e-resources
Key resources in Maths
Search skills – creating a search
strategy
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OxLIP
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Oxford Library Information Platform
www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/oxlip
Gateway to all electronic resources
available in Oxford, including;
Library catalogues (OLIS)
Bibliographic databases (journal article
summaries & tables of contents)
Full-text electronic journals
Internet sites (subject gateways)
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Maths-related databases
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MathSci (ERL)
MathSciNet (web version)
INSPEC – Physics (ERL)
Compendex - Engineering
MATHDI - Mathematical education
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Inter-disciplinary databases
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Web of Knowledge
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SCOPUS
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Sciences, social sciences, and
humanities
New, on trial in Oxford until September
2006
Covers sciences and social sciences
Both allow citation searching
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Internet resources
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EEVL
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Internet guide to Engineering, Maths &
Computing
Freely available, maintained by
information specialists at UK universities
and institutions
SCIRUS
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Science-specific internet search engine
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Search topic
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Central limit theorem for Markov chains via
martingales
Identify key terms – limit theorum, markov
chains, martingales
Consider alternatives e.g. markov
processes
Truncate e.g. limit theor*, martingale*
Combine using AND, OR
martingale* AND (markov chains OR
markov processes) AND limit theor*
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Getting the fulltext
Use “TOUR” link to see if full text is
available
Check TDNet (Oxlip/Electronic Journals)
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http://tdnet.bodley.ox.ac.uk/
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Is it in an Oxford library?
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Check OLIS (Oxlip/OLIS)
http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/olis/
If not, try Inter-Library Loan from the RSL