Overview for mathematics
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History of Science, Technology & Medicine from EBSCOhostThe History of Science, Technology, and Medicine database indexes citations and abstracts of journal articles, conference proceedings, books, dissertations, maps, and other materials on the history of science, medicine, and technology. 1600s-present.
Recommended Databases
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MathSciNetMathSciNet indexes and provides reviews, abstracts, and bibliographic information for literature in the mathematical sciences. It includes journal articles, books, conference proceedings, and dissertations. Most content is available in HTML and PDF formats. Coverage spans from the early 1800s to the present, with over 100,000 new items added each year. Authors are uniquely identified, and citation data allows users to track the influence of research publications. MathSciNet continues the tradition of Mathematical Reviews, first published in 1940, and includes links to original articles when available.
University Libraries - Journals
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Submit an Interlibrary Loan requestNote: Using the "GetVText" button on the bottom of most article or book entries in library databases will automatically paste your item's citation into the interlibrary loan form and may be a faster option.
Recommended online resources
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arXiv.org from Cornell UniversityarXiv.org is an open-access repository of scholarly preprints hosted by Cornell University. It provides full-text articles in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering, systems science, and economics. Researchers use arXiv to share early versions of their work prior to formal peer review. Content is available in PDF and other formats, and submissions are moderated for relevance and quality.
Interlibrary Loan Services
All current Virginia Tech students, faculty, and staff, regardless of your location, may request through ILLiad for materials:
- not owned by Virginia Tech (books, articles from journals and conference proceedings, book chapters, standards, and technical papers)
- owned by Virginia Tech but are unavailable for use (print books)
- owned by Virginia Tech and available in print (scans of articles from journals and conference proceedings, book chapters, standards, and technical papers)
We ship requests via UPS to users outside the immediate Blacksburg area (Montgomery, Giles and Pulaski counties).
Articles, book chapters, and many technical papers are delivered in PDF format to your ILLiad account. Occasionally, due to copyright restrictions, a paper copy of an article or standard is held for your at the Newman User Services Desk or sent o the mailing address listed on your account.