MathSciNet

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MathSciNet

• Liz Ginno
• University Library
• CSU East Bay
• May 2005

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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.

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MathSciNet

• Link to it on and off campus
• http//0-www.ams.org.library.csuhayward.edu/mathsc
  inet
• Have your University NetID or AMS membership
  number ready to log in from off campus.

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Download format
Numbers indicate a review is available
Link to a PDF of review not the article
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BibTeX format
PDF
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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
  Librarys Periodical Locator a resource that
  searches through all of our available electronic
  full-text sources to see if the journal/title is
  available

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You pay separately
Links out to Library holdings (electronic and
print)
Takes you to journal webpage Not necessarily
available
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SFX screen
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Download Screen PDF
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Download PDF to Print
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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

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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

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BibTeX format
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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.

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MathSciNet Usage Statistics

• Go to
• http//seir.calstate.edu/protected/ustats/msn/inde
  x.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.

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Questions?

• Please feel free to email me any questions you
  might have regarding information resources if I
  dont know the answer, I will investigate the
  issue and report back to you as soon as I can.
• Liz Ginno, liz.ginno_at_csueastbay.edu
• X5-2969