Research Guides: Reusable Content: Mathematicians

Current Mathematicians

Mathematicians and statisticians are unique in that they search for research and ideas tracking authors' works. Since mathematics is timeless, historical figures are just as important as current researchers when exploring ideas, proofs and publications.

Web of Science Core Collection This link opens in a new window
- A multidisciplinary index of citations to articles in the sciences, social sciences and humanities. Useful for finding journal articles published on a topic or to discover who has cited a particular author and/or paper.
- Permitted Uses
MathSciNet This link opens in a new window
- Find much of the worlds mathematics and statistics literature.
- Find original articles back to the early 1800s as well as article citations from core journals, reviews, PhD dissertations, books, book chapters, and conference proceedings.
- Permitted Uses
- Database Guide

Mathematics Geneology Project
Compiles information about all current mathematicians of the world, their degrees, schools, affiliations, advisers, publications, etc.

Historical Mathematicians

Search Omni under subject or keyword using a mathematician's name i.e. Euler, L.

Identify books and e-books of historical mathematics that include profiles on mathematicians by searching the subject heading: Mathematicians - Biography and Mathematicians - History.

Browse the Library's print fifth floor book collection in the QA 21 through QA 28 sections.

Brock Library Book/eBook search:

Mathematics - history

Mathematicians - history

Historia Mathematica (Journal, 1974+)

Oxford Reference This link opens in a new window
- Interdisciplinary
- Includes Oxford Quick Reference of core subject, quotation, and language dictionaries and Oxford Reference Library of companions and multi-volume encyclopedias for longer, in-depth, essays and specialist definitions.
- Limited to 5 simultaneous users.
- Permitted Uses