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Kevin Brooks
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kbrooks2@bsu.edu
Foundational Sciences Library (FB141) &
Health Library (HB101)
Foundational Sciences Library (FB141) &
Health Library (HB101)
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Selected Tools
A selection of useful websites and databases that offer a reliable foundation for launching research in mathematical sciences. Most are managed outside of Ball State network. See the Recommended Research Tools tab for more databases.
- Abbreviations.comThe world's largest and most comprehensive directory and search engine for acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms on the Internet. Abbreviations.com holds hundreds of thousands of entries organized by a large variety of categories from computing and the Web to governmental, medicine and business and it is expanding daily.
- arXiv.orgarXiv is an e-print service in the fields of physics, mathematics, non-linear science, computer science, quantitative biology and statistics. The contents of arXiv conform to Cornell University academic standards. arXiv is owned, operated and funded by Cornell University, a private not-for-profit educational institution. arXiv is also partially funded by the National Science Foundation.
- FirstGov for ScienceLinks to U.S. government science websites.
- Information Literacy Framwork from the ACRLAssociation of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) website about information literacy including definitions, standards and guidelines, bibliographies, and professional activities and organizations.
- Mathematics Exchangein-house publication from the BSU MathSci Dept.