CONTENTS
Articles
Books
InterLibrary Loan
Web Resources
Citation Help
Additional Research Help
ARTICLES
The databases below are especially helpful for accessing articles and citations in your discipline.
If you are off-campus, use the link for off-campus access to our databases provided at the end of each description on the Find Articles page.
Academic Search Premier - large interdisciplinary database, with much fulltext content
ABI Inform - business database with nearly 3000 fulltext titles
AccessScience - McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology online
Business Source Elite - fulltext articles for nearly 1100 publications
Cambridge Histories Online - full text content of histories of many areas, including mathematics
Communication and Mass Media Complete - includes several information science journals
General Science Full Text- large science-related database, with much full-text content
JSTOR - interdisciplinary database which includes 30+ scholarly fulltext mathematics journals
OmniFile Mega Full Text - multi-disciplinary database, with much full-text content
Science Direct - selected fulltext scholarly content from the Elsevier publisher
Wiley InterScience Journals - fulltext scholarly journals in various science disciplines
Here is a list of all Ryan Library databases.
Also try Google Scholar to search for scholarly articles.
BOOKS
The databases NetLibrary Collection and Oxford Reference Online have full-text books online.
Below is a representative list of subject encylopedias held at Ryan Library's reference area.
C.R.C. Standard Mathematical Tables
Encyclopedia of Computers and Computer History
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology
The Internet Encyclopedia
Check Phineas, Ryan Library 's online catalog, for hardcopy books.
INTERLIBRARY LOAN
Use InterLibrary Loan (LINK+ and ILLiad) to access books and articles not held at Ryan Library.
WEB RESOURCES
Mathematical, Information, and Computer Sciences
IEEE Computer Society - website for a leading organization of computing professionals
Geometry Center - from the University of Minnesota
MathSciNet - database of over 60 years of Math Reviews provided by the American Mathematical Society
Penn State Mathematics - well-maintained site of web resources recommendations
Virtual Math Museum - great graphics, interesting site
Directories
Librarians' Internet Index
InfoMine
BUBL Link
Search Engines
Google Advanced - provides more options for your search strategy
Google Scholar - search for scholarly articles.
Google Book Search - search for books on your topic
Zuula - searches more than one search engine at a time
CITATION HELP
Endnote is a Web-based tool for managing and citing references in papers and creating bibliographies. EndNote has numerous citation styles including APA, MLA, Chicago (Turabian). EndNote is available to current members of the PLNU community.
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH HELP
 Beryl K. Pagan, Instructional Services Librarian and
Liaison to Mathematical, Information and Computer Sciences Department
Ryan Library, Room 209
619-849-2350
BerylPagan@pointloma.edu
Contact the Reference Desk at:
reflib@pointloma.edu
Ask A Librarian IM/Chat
619-849-2337
Also contact PLNU's Mathematical, Information and Computer Sciences Department.
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