Mathematics & Statistics
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New York Times
Each UMass patron has a free subscription to the New York Times online.
To sign up and access, follow these instructions:
https://guides.library.umass.edu/nytimes
Reaching your target audience
To create a compelling story, you might want to investigate these three types of sources:
- Popular Magazines to get a view into what the public is reading; use the database Academic Search Premier
- Newspaper articles - Start with the NY Times - see this guide https://guides.library.umass.edu/nytimes then other options https://guides.library.umass.edu/sb.php?subject_id=128867
- Peer-reviewed scholarly research articles
- Government information for statistics and legislation; CRS reports are particularly helpful.
Database Search Tools
Target your database search by combining these tools with your strategic keywords.
Using quotes "_____" keeps words together as a phrase. Example: "Climate Change"
Using parentheses (_____) collects like terms. Example: (Sea or Ocean or Coast)
Using an asterisk * at end of a word returns all the various word endings. Example: Flood* for Flood, Flooded, Flooding
Scaffolding Information
Magazine articles help you build your knowledge of a topic and get a sense of how information is communicated to the public. Look for news and trade articles in these databases.
- Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new windowScholarly journals from all academic disciplines - an excellent starting point for multidisciplinary research projects. 3,200 full-text journals. Coverage from 1975 to present.
- ABI/INFORM Complete This link opens in a new windowContent type: Business journal articles. Description: ABI/INFORM is the library's largest online full-text business journal collection. 3,000 business periodicals - peer-reviewed journals, trade journals, business magazines, 1960 - present, including the Wall Street Journal, 1984 - present.
Finding Articles
Scholarly research articles are where your professors are communicating about their research. Look for academic, peer reviewed, scholarly research articles written for mathematicians and statisticians in these databases and preprint repositories.
- MathSciNet This link opens in a new windowAn index of the scholarly literature of the mathematical sciences, 1940-present.
- Web of Science This link opens in a new windowIndex to articles from peer-reviewed journals in all disciplines.Search by cited reference, topic, author, and more. Arts and Humanities covers 1975-present; Social Sciences 1900-present; and Science 1900-present.
- ZBMathOpen access and formerly known as Zentralblatt MATH, ZBMath is an abstracting and reviewing service in pure and applied mathematics.
- ArXiv.org e-Print Archive This link opens in a new windowOpen access to 1,487,358 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance, Statistics, Electrical Engineering and Systems Science, and Economics.
