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For help with your specific topic contact me via the contact information on the right. - Barbara Mento , Mathematics Librarian.

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Most frequently used databases which index current and historic articles and other publications in the field:

MathSciNet
The most comprehensive indexing source online for scholarly Mathematics resources by the American Mathematical Society. Includes online access to the print titles Current Mathematical Publications and Mathematical Reviews.
Web of Science
Indexes core literature in the sciences including mathematics, applied mathematics, interdisciplinary applications, biology and computer science. Cited reference searching feature.
Zentralblatt MATH
Provides coverage of international mathematical research published in the years 1868 through the present in the areas of pure mathematics (e.g. algebra, logic, topology, geometry, probability theory, statistics, numerical mathematics).
MathNet
An Internet Information Service for Mathematicians (information about publications, software and data collections, teaching and research activities, but also organizational and bibliographical information) by the German Academic Network Organization.
Current Index to Statistics Extended Database
CIS Extended Database fully indexes over 160 core journals in statistics, probability, and related fields with selected articles with statistical content since 1975 from about 1200 additional journals (cumulatively) in related fields, and about 11,000 books in statistics published since 1975.
INSPEC (Physics Abstracts)
Indexes a core group of over 100 titles primarily in applied Mathematics.
Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik
The Jahrbuch Project provides this database of the "Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik" (JFM) and a digital archive of the most important mathematical publications of the period 1868 -1942.

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Current Index to Statistics Extended Database

CIS Extended Database fully indexes over 160 core journals in statistics, probability, and related fields with selected articles with statistical content since 1975 from about 1200 additional journals (cumulatively) in related fields, and about 11,000 books in statistics published since 1975.