Mathematics resources and support

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• The main mathematics collection is in the Queen's Building Library. The Queen's Building Library classmark scheme shows how the books and journals are arranged, and the Library catalogue can be used to find the classmark of a particular item.. New books are displayed on the New Book Display in the Queen's Building Library for one week, during which time they may be borrowed.
• Economics, statistics and management collections can also be found in the Arts and Social Sciences Library.
• Other relevant material may be found in the Biological Sciences Library, Chemistry Library, Physics Library, and Wills Library (for earth sciences).

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• Quick search on the Library homepage
  search for books, journals, or articles and databases using our various search tools, plus Internet search using Google Scholar.
• The Subject resources section of these pages includes key mathematics databases (via MetaLib) for searching for journal articles and references, quick reference tools, and Internet links.
• Our Library collections and eResources pages give full advice on finding all types of materials.

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The Inter-Library Loans (ILL) service can be used to obtain Items not held in print in the University's branch libraries or available online. There is a charge for this service, though it may be possible to obtain an Inter-library loan voucher to pay for this:

• Mathematics academic staff and research postgraduates should be able to obtain vouchers from the Postgraduate and Research Coordinator, Briony Maitland or from James Webley.
• Undergraduates and taught postgraduates may be able to obtain an Inter-library loan voucher from the department or James Webley.

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• Our Research support pages cover finding information, managing information, and exploiting your research, together with sources of further help and advice.
• Each academic department in the university has its own library representative, whose duties are detailed in these guidelines. The Library Representatives for Mathematics are:
  • Applied Mathematics - Dr Isaac Chenchiah
  • Pure Mathematics - Dr Tim Browning
  • Statistical Mathematics - Dr Feng Yu
• New academic staff are welcome to contact the Subject Librarian to arrange a session on how the Library can help you.

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• Mathematics databases via MetaLib (cross-search list)
  This link takes you to the list of databases and other information resources, with a cross-search option. For details of a particular resource click on the Info icon next to the resource name.

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Subject gateways

• Intute: Mathematics a searchable gateway to resources on the internet (Closed 2011, and archived)
• Mathematical atlas : a gateway to modern mathematics

Other useful links

• University of Bristol, Department of Mathematics
• Maths, Stats & OR Network - Higher Education Academy, Maths subject network
• Mathcentre - topics from school and university maths

Societies and other organisations

• Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
• Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
• The London Mathematical Society
• Royal Statistical Society
• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

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• Encyclopaedia of mathematics - at QA5 ENC in the Queens' Building Library
• Encyclopaedia of statistical sciences - at QA276.14 ENC in the Queens' Building Library
• History of mathematics books - at QA20-29 in the Queens' Building Library
• Mathematics tables - at QA47-59 in the Queens' Building Library
• Subject dictionaries and glossaries - at QA in the Queens' Building Library
• Collected works of mathematicians - at QA3 in the Queens' Building Library
• Mathematical recreations - at QA95 in the Queens' Building Library

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• MathSciNet web tutorials American Mathematical Society
• Research process mind map (PDF, 109KB)
• Understanding your reading list (Word, 293KB)
• A number of general 'Self-learning resources' are available below, including video tutorials, downloadable library guides, and web resources.
• Find out about referencing in your written work and EndNote referencing software in 'Referencing help'.

Note: some of the documents on this page are in PDF format. In order to view a PDF you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader

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• MathSciNet web tutorials American Mathematical Society
• A number of general 'Self-learning resources' are available below, including video tutorials, downloadable library guides, and web resources.
• Find out about referencing in your written work and EndNote referencing software in 'Referencing help'.

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• Video tutorials - topics include the Library Catalogue, understanding references on reading lists, using the MetaLib resource gateway, off-campus access to eResources, etc.
• Finding and using information pages - covering key aspects of information skills, including researching a topic, effective use of Google, evaluating your search results, avoiding plagiarism, etc. Also includes a Jargon-buster page.
• Library guides - downloadable guides to each branch library, our main search tools, special library services, etc.
• External resources for developing your information skills - including online tutorials and downloadable guides.
• Find out about referencing in your written work and EndNote referencing software in 'Referencing help'.

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Referencing

• General referencing guidance
  includes Why reference?  What is included in a reference? Referencing styles, How to reference, Links to useful sites on referencing, and brief details of EndNote and EndNote Web referencing software (see the EndNote referencing software section below for more details).

Journal title abbreviations

Literature references are often written with abbreviated terms. Probably the most troublesome are abbreviated journal titles which can make finding a journal difficult. There is only one accepted way to quote abbreviated titles of mathematics journals:

The list of journals abstracted in Mathematical Reviews gives the abbreviations in common and accepted use by mathematicians throughout the World. Mathematical Reviews is available online at MathSciNet.

AMS Subject Classification Index

Most mathematics journal articles include an abstract with keywords and the American Mathematics Society subject classification number. The AMS Subject Classification Index will be found in Mathematical Reviews which is available online via MathSciNet.

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• General advice on writing and style guides
• Our Plagiarism: information and advice for students page explains what plagiarism is, how to avoid it, and the consequences of plagiarism.

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EndNote is the University of Bristol's recommended bibliographical management software, which can be used to collect, store, organise and manage references, and to output them as reference lists or bibliographies. A particularly useful function is 'Cite While You Write', enabling you to format Word documents, producing bibliographies and adding references within the text.

• EndNote Basic (formerly EndNote Web) help, advice and training sessions
  This is the recommended version for all undergraduate and taught postgraduate students - it is available free to UoB students and staff.
• EndNote Desktop support
  Academics, researchers and research postgraduates can use the desktop version, which may be installed on their UoB PC. See the 'Help and support' page of EndNote Desktop support for details of self help training materials..

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