Resources for Mathematics Undergraduates
Getting Started
New: Find it Faster
To access relevant information for your course:
- Start at the Library Catalogue and choose Title Search from the dropdown menu.
- Input your Course Code e.g. DT205
- Choose from the list of links to e-dissertations, exam papers, dissertation lists or program documents.
FAQs
- Use the Off Campus Access infolink to open eJournals and eBooks outside the DIT network.
- Exam papers : access point and information for online papers
- Borrowing and Renewals: entitlements for undergraduates
- Program documents: access point and information
- How to use the Library: full help guides listing
- Final year projects are available in pdf format from 2014 on. See the How to find Online Dissertations guide to get started.
eJournals
- So why use eJournals? Journals contain academic research which is not found in textbooks. Information is published on a monthly or weekly basis and consists of breakthroughs and reports on current research.
- The DIT Library ejournals can be searched by journal title or subject. Or search the entire journal collection including hardcopy titles on the Library Catalogue using Journal Title Search. Click on a title to open the fulltext or use the Kevin St Library guide Finding fulltext journal articles
eBooks 
- Browse via the eBook link: most of the maths and computing titles are located in MyiLibrary or NetLibrary. Or search for a specific etextbook on the Library Catalogue.
Kevin St Guides to Project Resources
Download and use these guides to help you get started with an assignment or project
Assignment & Information Skills Resources
First Year
- Finding information for a first year assignment
- Evaluating Web Resources
- Information types and sources
- Finding fulltext journal articles
- Journal article critical reviews : how to get started
- Referencing and citing
Final year
- Finding information for a final year project
- Finding fulltext journal articles
- Databases and effective search strategies
- Evaluating Web Resources
- How to use Google Scholar
- Referencing and citing
Subject Databases for Maths
Why use these as opposed to google or other search engines? Subject databases index current scholarly research on various topics published in thousands of academic journals and are the ideal way to find out what’s new in your subject. You may need to use several to locate the information you need as no single database indexes every journal publication.
| Academic Search Complete | Royal Society Archive | |
| ACM Digital Library * | MathSci Net | Science Direct |
| IOP Science | Web of Science |
Try the following Kevin St Library Guides to get started:
Please note the following:- To access the Databases from outside the DIT network see the Off Campus Access link.
- * NB ACM Digital Library provides full-text access to ACM Journals and ACM Transactions, but not ACM Conference Proceedings. For more information see the Back Up Resources section below.
- See also the full DIT Library database subscription listing
Search Engines
- ScienceResearch
- WorldWideScience
- Google Scholar
- Zanran (stats & numerical data)
Citing Your Sources
Citing and referencing the information sources used in research is essential to avoid plagiarism. See the Kevin St Library Referencing and citing guide for introduction purposes. Another useful link is How to Avoid Plagiarism. Each subject has it's own citation style so check with a School of Maths course co-ordinator as to the version appropriate to your work.
Journal Abbreviations
Abbreviated journal titles may be required depending on the citation style used. Some useful tools which 'translate' the full journal title into the abbreviated version are:
Bibliographic citation software
Back Up Resources
If you need additional resources see Using Other Libraries and Inter Library Loans for further options.
