MathSciNet Liz Ginno University Library CSU East Bay

MathSciNet
Liz Ginno
University Library
CSU East Bay
May 2005
MathSciNet
• Basics:
– A database of bibliographic information and reviews
of mathematical research literature created and
maintained by the American Mathematical
Society. Includes books, over 1700 journals and
serials, and conference proceedings. Material from
1940 onwards.
– Includes Current Mathematical Publications (CMP)
consists of author and subject indexes with full
bibliographic information for each item
– Over 10,000 mathematicians around the world are
reviewers for MR.
MathSciNet
• Link to it on and off campus:
• http://0-www.ams.org.library.csuhayward.edu/mathscinet
• Have your University NetID or AMS
membership number ready to log in from
off campus.
Download format
Numbers indicate a review is available
Link to a PDF of review – not the article
BibTeX
format
PDF
Finding the Full-Text
• If you have registered with MathSciNet
(using your AMS membership), you may
be able to open more full-text sources
• Using the SFX button takes you to the
CSUEB Library’s Periodical Locator – a
resource that searches through all of our
available electronic full-text sources to see
if the journal/title is available
You pay separately
Links out to Library holdings
(electronic and print)
Takes you to journal webpage
Not necessarily available
SFX screen
Download Screen PDF
Download PDF to Print
Keeping Current
• On the FULL search screen, you can limit
your search to a specific time period,
updates, or recent reviews
• Or, you can select the type of resource
(journals, books, or MSC) you want to
search under CURRENT AWARENESS
• Register with AMS and you can save your
search strategies
– You can tell your students that they do not
have to have an AMS membership to register
Clipboard
• Useful to collect citations of interest together
in one place, and then download them into
whichever format you use for your research
(ASCII, pdf, BibTeX, etc.)
• Can collect up to 500 at any one time
BibTeX format
User Profile
• Users are now able to customize MathSciNet in
several different ways. This personalization is
available with sign in. For example:
– The contents of the Clipboard can be saved
indefinitely.
– The default search fields in Full and Basic Search can
be saved.
– The default language can be set.
– Whether or not to display reference lists can be set.
– Whether or not to display simplified headlines can be
set.
MathSciNet Usage Statistics
• Go to:
• http://seir.calstate.edu/protected/ustats/msn/index.shtml
• The page is IP authenticated, so when you
click on the link from an off-campus
computer to open up the usage statistics,
you will be asked to provide your name,
net ID, and library PIN.
Questions?
• Please feel free to email me any questions
you might have regarding information
resources – if I don’t know the answer, I
will investigate the issue and report back
to you as soon as I can.
• Liz Ginno, [email protected]
• X5-2969