Guides and databases: Mathematics: Databases and literature searching

Key databases for Mathematics

ArXiv.org
ArXiv is a fully automated electronic archive and distribution server for research papers. It covers areas such as physics and related disciplines, mathematics, nonlinear sciences, and computer science.
Book Citation Index - Science (part of WoS Core Collection)
Indexes over 30,000 editorially selected books with 10,000 new books added each year. To search only content from this database, go to More settings and select Book Citation Index Science only.
British Association for the Advancement of Science (Collections on the History of Science: 1830-1970): BAAS
The Archive of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS) and connected collections from UK universities covers astronomy, biology, technology, industrial design, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, agriculture, meteorology, physics, history of science and STEM, and government grants for scientific research. It contains administrative records, correspondence, illustrations, manuscripts, photographs, prototypes, clippings, personal papers, gray literature—all presented as fully searchable digital images.
Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science
The Conference Proceedings Citation Index lets you use cited reference searching to see the full impact of conferences and other professional meetings.
Cornell University Library Historical Mathematics Monographs
Collection of over 500 selected mathematics monographs with expired copyrights.
Current Index to Statistics
Index to publications in statistics and related fields.
Faculti Sciences collection
Faculti videos covering both formal and natural sciences offering academic and professional research insights.
Google Scholar
UCL has activated findit@UCL links in Google Scholar. If you are using a UCL computer, you should see these links automatically. If you are outside the UCL network and want to display findit@UCL links, you will need to set UCL in 'Library Links' within the Settings menu.
JISC Journal Archives
JISC Journal Archives offers one platform for searching the archives of over 600 multidisciplinary journals.
JoVE Unlimited
UCL users have access to all JoVE content, including over 15,000 videos in 13 sections of the JoVE Video Journal. New subject series and collections are added to the JoVE Science Education Library several times a year.
JSTOR
Archive of important scholarly journals. Core resource. Accessibility statement for JSTOR.
MathSciNet (AMS)
Comprehensive database covering the world's mathematical literature since 1940.
Science Citation Index Expanded
Indexes 8,300 major journals across 150 disciplines.
SCOPUS
See the LibrarySkills@UCL guide to Scopus. Multi-disciplinary database containing references to journal articles, conference proceedings, trade publications, book series and web resources. Please use IE 8 or higher, Google Chrome or Firefox browsers.
Statista
Statista is an online portal for statistics consolidating statistical data on over 80,000 topics from more than 22,500 sources and covering over 170 different industries. UCL users do not have access to the Company database or the Global Consumer Survey.
StatProb: The Encyclopedia Sponsored by Statistics and Probability Societies
Encylopaedia of articles which synthesise existing knowledge on topics in statistics and probability. Users can register to submit articles for consideration by the editors, or to suggest corrections.
Web of Science
See the LibrarySkills@UCL guide to Web of Science. Defaults to a ‘Core Collection’ search, covering the main Web of Science journals database; select 'All Databases' option from the drop down menu to cross-search all of UCL's subscribed Web of Science products, including Biosis, MEDLINE etc.

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Search strategies for literature searching

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Guide to searching for information

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