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Finding Online Information in Mathematics

Universidade Eduardo Mondlane6-10 June 2011

Anders Wändahl

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About me

Anders Wändahlanders@golonka.se

Not Mathematician

… but Librarian

Affiliated with Karolinska Institutet, ISP, INFORM-Certiorem, EMS-CDC

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Monday to Friday ??

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The planned schedule

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Purpose

Information on how to find online mathematics materials effectively & efficiently in Africa

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Target groups

• Mathematicians residing in developing countries. Several access programmes – use them or loose them!

• Any mathematician – spread the word about the existence of these resources!

• Generally speaking, underusage is a bigger problem than lack of access!

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Content?• Bibliographic databases (MathSciNet,

Zentralblatt, Open J-Gate)

• Preprints/e-prints/postprints (arXiv).

• Journals; Open Access, Retroactive Digitization, Subsidized Access, Document Delivery…

• E-books, OpenCourseWare, Tools for writing

• Discussions…

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You are the experts!

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http://workshop.ems-cdc.org/