Why background?
Background sources (encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, manuals, etc.) provide summary and factual information. They generally contain well established information and can be used to:
• Find basic concepts and viewpoints of topic
• Get the historical context and relationships to other topics
• Identify and define special terms used to discuss the topics
• Find or verify data, facts, formulas
Encyclopedias
CRC concise encyclopedia of mathematics
Call Number: Reference QA5 .W45 2003
ISBN/ISSN: 1584883472
Comprehensive presentation of usable information for mathematics, physics, biochemistry, chemistry, biophysics, and engineering. Each article in the book presents a definition, formula, illustration, and bibliographic information.
MathWorld - Eric W. Weisstein
The virtual version of CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics. Includes standard mahtematical definitions and descriptions and is updated daily with new, scholarly discoveries.
Encyclopedia of Mathematics
Call Number: Reference QA5 .T34 2005
Comprehensive coverage of significant discoveries in mathematics, definitions of basic terms, thought-provoking essays, and capsule biographies of notable scientists in mathematics.
Access Science
Electronic version of the "McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology". Comprehensive treatment of science, applied science and technology topics.
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