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Queen’s Building Library
James Webley
10 October 2014
The LibraryOver 150,000 books – all major book series up-to-datePrint journals (pre-2000) and MagazinesNew book display – serendipity? Book suggestions welcome.Multiple copies of core texts and recommended reading
Group and silent study spacePCs, printers, photocopiers, scanners, pens to steal etc.Comfortable seating and great viewsHelpful staff and a dedicated Subject Librarian
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The Library onlineOver 60,000 ejournals (SIAM, AMS, JSTOR, T&F, Springer)
700,000+ ebooks (SpringerLink, CUP)
Subject Databases (MathSciNet, Web of Science, ACM Digital Library, arXiv)
www.bristol.ac.uk/library/support/subjects/mathematics
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Locating material‘Library Search’ for books (print and E) and journals (print and E).
Search Engines, Subject Databases, and Ejournals
Find/access material not held at Bristol - COPAC/ILL /SCONUL
Purchasing new material/access – [email protected]
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Good research habits
An awareness of the resources available to you.Google: ‘Library Mathematics Bristol’
Use UoB resources as well as web searches.
A knowledge of how to refine/sort/combine searches.
Follow a ‘trail’ – bibliographies and citations.
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