Mathematics

Mathematics books can be found in the QA section on the second floor of the library. Many of the books the library owns are now accessible as ebooks, so make sure to check our online catalog in addition to the shelves.

1. Limit to a particular type of information source before searching or search Everything.
2. Change the drop-down menu to Stetson if you you want to limit to items accessible through our library.

Books and journal articles are the most common way to access scholarly research in your field, but each has advantages and disadvantages. Books take longer to research, write, and publish, so the information is not as current as in journal articles, which are shorter and slightly faster to publish.  However, because they are longer and took more time to produce, books offer more thorough coverage of a topic, draw on a wider range of preexisting scholarship, and often excel in placing an argument in broader thematic and disciplinary context.

Consider a scholarly book in your own research, and look for the following:

• Helpful introduction and overview of the topic;
• Comprehensive literature review, outlining the major scholars and existing points of view on the topic;
• Detailed study of the topic, usually broken down into manageable chapters;
• Extensive bibliography to help you and other scholars find related works on the topic.