Recommended Resources
VT's University Libraries has over 1,000 databases! In order to select the databases most relevant to your research topic. Discovery Search indexes around 80% of these. I recommend that you start with Discovery Search. Then, if you want to look further, explore some of the other math specialty databases below as time permits.
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DISCOVERY (library search engine)Discovery replaced Summon as the library search engine in May 2018. Discovery includes records for books, articles, conference proceedings, theses and dissertations, videos, music, images, manuscripts, standards, maps, and all the records from the library's catalog. It indexes citations from over 80% of the journals to which we subscribe. It also has records from other publishers, government agencies, database providers, and the numerous other libraries that participate in Discovery. A single search in Discovery can return records from all of these sources. It can be related to Google Scholar, though Discovery has many advantages over Google Scholar.
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Mathematics specific databases:
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Math Subject GuideUse this guide to perform background research to refine a research topic, confirm terminology, and get a general understanding before finding books and articles to support a research project.
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Web of Science from Clarivate AnalyticsThe Web of Science (WoS) research platform hosts multiple, specialized databases covering academic literature, conference proceedings, patents, and other scholarly content. At the heart of the platform is the Web of Science Core Collection, a curated set of citation indexes for high-quality, peer-reviewed journals, books, and conference proceedings. Additional databases cover specific subject areas (e.g. biology), formats, or regional publications (e.g. Korean). Users may search across all databases on the platform or select a specific database from the 'Search in' drop-down menu.
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MathSciNetMathSciNet is an electronic publication offering access to a carefully maintained and easily searchable database of reviews, abstracts and bibliographic information for much of the mathematical sciences literature. Use MSC (Mathematics Subject Classification): 01 (History & Biography)
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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.
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Lecture Notes in MathematicsThis series reports on new developments in all areas of mathematics and their applications - quickly, informally and at a high level.