Research Guides: Mathematics: Databases & Articles

Why use Databases?

Databases are subscription resources that bring articles from a variety of magazines and/or journals into one place with a sophisticated search engine. Many of the databases allow you to read the entire article online. All databases that UM Libraries subscribes to can be accessed through Database Finder.

Where can I find articles on my topic?

The UM Libraries subscribe to over 300 databases!!! The following databases are the primary electronc resources available for locating journal articles in mathematics. All databases that UMCP subscribes to can be accessed through Database Finder

MathSciNet: Mathematical Reviews on the Web
Covering mathematical literature since 1940 this international database provides bibliographic data and reviews of mathematical research literature from 1700 current journals, books and other original documents. Books, journals, and proceedings in the field of mathematics. ISSN and ISBN searches are not available in this resource.
Some of the citations are linked to the full text in online journals.
JSTOR
Electronic archive of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Includes complete runs of journals with full-text of all articles published from volume 1, issue 1. Please note, most journals have a “moving wall” (time lag) of three to five years between the most current issue published and content available on JSTOR. Coverage spans the humanities, sciences, and social sciences.

What if there is no full text?

Don't panic! You can:

Request article from another library

Resources also of Interest

While not explicitly devoted to computer science topics, the following related, general, and/or multidisciplinary databases may prove useful in your research.

Dissertations & Theses Global
This database is the an authoritative source for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. The database represents the work of authors from over 1,000 graduate schools and universities. Full text is available from 1997 to the present. It also contains a significant amount of new international dissertations and theses both in citations and in full text. It offers access to more than 90 percent of the doctoral dissertations accepted each year in North America. The database also covers thousands of dissertations and theses from around the globe. Time Span: 1861 to present.
ScienceDirect
Peer-reviewed, full text database containing electronic book and journal titles covering the fields of science, technology and medicine. In addition to keyword searches, the image search and value added content associated with the publication can be found in the form of audio, video and datasets. Extensive coverage of the physical and biological sciences, significant numbers of journals in the social sciences, and some journals in the humanities. Dates of abstracting and indexing vary. Full text prior to 1995 often going back to vol. 1, iss. 1
Author searches are done on the last name only.
Subject searches are supported, but subjects are not presented within the records.
Truncation is not supported in phrases.
Inspec Archive - Science Abstracts 1868-1968
Produced by the Institution of Engineering and Technology, Inspec Archive - Science Abstracts 1890-1968 is a leading bibliographic archive covering 70 years of international scientific and technical literature Abstracts cover physics, electrical engineering, electronics, computing and control engineering.