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Biographical Dictionary of Mathematicians
Call Number: Ref QA 28 .B534 1991 v.1-4

Biographies of Women Mathematicians
Access biographical information on women mathematicians from ancient times through the present (from Agnes Scott College).
The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive
A valuable resource including biographies of mathematicians, mathematics history topics, and more (from University of St. Andrews, Scotland).

Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Call Number: Ref Q 141 .D5 1981 v.1-16
New Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Call Number: Ref Q 141 .N45 2008 v.1-8
American Women of Science Since 1900
Call Number: Ref Q 141 .W42 2011 v. 1-2
A comprehensive examination of American women scientists across the sciences throughout the 20th century, providing a rich historical context for understanding their achievements and the way they changed the practice of science.
The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science
Call Number: Ref Q 141 .B5285 2000 v.1-2
Biographical details of nearly 3000 scientists' lives, works and accomplishments around the globe.

Salem History Online This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to the Great Lives & Great Events encyclopedias.
American National Biography This link opens in a new window
Contains over 19,000 biographies of significant, influential, or notorious figures from American history written by prominent scholars. The American National Biography (ANB) is the successor to The Dictionary of American Biography (DAB).
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography This link opens in a new window
Contains 60,000+ biographies of important British historical figures from the Roman era to the present day, with 11,000+ portraits
Biography Reference Bank This link opens in a new window
Combines the in-depth, original profiles of Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated, and the Biography Index which includes full-text articles, page images, and abstracts.

Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Society
Call Number: Ref QA 10.7 .E53 2012 v. 1-3
Topics covered range from accident reconstruction to budgeting to vectors to wind power and a wide variety in between.
Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
Call Number: Ref Q 121 .M3 2012 v.1-20
History of Modern Science and Mathematics
Call Number: Ref Q 125 .H6298 2002 v.1-4

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics by Christopher Clapham; James Nicholson
Authoritative and reliable, this A-Z provides jargon-free definitions for even the most technical mathematical terms.
Dictionary of Mathematics
Call Number: QA 5 .M425 1997
This reference contains around 3600 mathematical terms, some with multiple definitions. Each definition is identified by the field in which it is primarily used, and an appendix contains tables of integrals and derivatives.
Mathematics Dictionary
Call Number: Ref QA 5 .J33 1992
The Words of Mathematics : An Etymological Dictionary of Mathematical Terms Used in English
Explains the origins of over 1500 mathematical terms used in English.