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You can view a list of the books that are currently on the reference cart by opening the Catalog in Destiny. In the sidebar on the left, click on "Resource Lists." Click the tab marked "Public Lists", then click the "View" button to see "Mathematicians."
Electronic Databases
Facts on File Science
Online--Mathematics--Biographies (this is a trial
subscription) Websites Specific sites Biographies of Women in Mathematicians (Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, Georgia) Mathematicians of the Black Diaspora (Scott W. Williams, Professor of Mathematics, University at Buffalo, SUNY) Indexes of Biographies Alphabetical and chronological links (School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland) Female mathematicians (School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland) Mathematicians in Richard S. Westfall's archive (School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland) Mathematicians of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (David R. Wilkins, School of Mathematics,Trinity College, Dublin)
Citations are the formal method for giving credit to source materials--print, electronic, or online. Citation help is provide within many programs. Destiny: Student should log in and create a personal list by selecting titles and clicking "add to list." Selections may be made from the "public list" posted for the Mathematicians project. Once the list is complete, view the list in "Resource Lists" and click the "citation" button for each title. This template may be edited to assure correct information. There is an option for both print and online lists. The "online" citation includes only the minimum information. Additional data may be added. The template may be used to format citations from other resources. At the bottom of the page, find "Create Citation List" and click. The formatted list will save in Destiny until the student does a "Remove All." Students may also copy these lists to a Word document and save it to the home folder. Britannica, World Book and other databases have citation information at the end of the article. Students may copy these to their Word document being sure to check for correct formatting. Citation Machine and KnightCite are online tools for creating citations. Choose the template that corresponds to the resource type. This Style Manual gives examples of citations for various types of materials.
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This page last updated 25 August 2008
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