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Methuen High School Media Center--Methuen, MA
Pathfinders are pages that offer students selected resources in a variety of media on a topic 
they are researching. They provide a head start for students as they begin their research 
project.

Mathematicians

To find books in the MHS Media Center, open Spectrum (the electronic card catalog) located on the student desktop.  Type in the topic you want to search.  Most math books are found in the 510's  in the regular stacks and also in the reference section. If you don't already have a topic, try using some of the following subject headings:

Mathematicians
Mathematicians--Biography
Women Mathematicians

Some titles we have are:

510 
BEL		 Bell, Eric Temple. Men of Mathematics. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986, c1937.
510.92 HEN Henderson, Harry. Modern Mathematicians. New York: Facts on File, c1996.
510.92 NOT  Notable Women in Mathematics; : A Biographical Dictionary.  Edited by Charlene Morrow and Teri Perl. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998.
REF 509.2 
DIC		 Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York : Scribner, 1970-1990.
REF 
510 
NOT 		 Notable Mathematicians : From Ancient Times to the Present. Edited by Robyn V. Young. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1998.
REF 510.92 BIO Biographical Encyclopedia of Mathematicians. Edited by Donald R. Franceschette. Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish, c1999.
REF 510.92 BRU Bruno, Leonard. Math and Mathematicians : The History of Math Discoveries around the World. Detroit, MI: U X L, 1999.

SELECTED WEB SITES

Mac Tutor History of Mathematics Archive (University of St. Andrews – Scotland) 
http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/
Biographies of mathematicians.

Biographies of Women Mathematicians (Agnes Scott College – Atlanta, GA)
http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm

Regents Exam Prep Center-- Geometry
 http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/geometry/math-GEOMETRY.htm
scroll down to -- Transformational Geometry

Math Is Fun -- Geometry
http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/index.html
scroll down to—
     Transformations and Symmetry
           --Transformations Index
           --Symmetry Index
           --Symmetry Artist
           --Tessellation Artist

Alphabet Geometry
 http://www.misterteacher.com/abc.html
click on--
     Transformations
     Tessellations

What Is Tessellation?
http://mathforum.org/sum95/suzanne/whattess.html


 

ONLINE RESOURCES

     Infotrac -- contains databases of magazine articles, a biography resource, and health and
     business references.  Try Reference Center Gold, Expanded Academic ASAP, and Biography
     Resource Center.

     bigchalk eLibrary -- online reference center including books, magazines, newspapers,
     pictures, maps, and TV transcripts.

     Massachusetts Newsstand -- newspaper articles from the Boston Globe (1980 - current),
     Boston Herald (1991 - current), and ten other Massachusetts newspapers.

     Grolier Online -- 2 electronic encyclopedias-- New Book of Knowledge and Grolier Multimedia
     Encyclopedia.  Articles in these encyclopedias link you to other articles and also to relevant web
     sites where you can find more information on your topic.

REMOTE ACCESS

These databases are also available from home. You can gain access to these resources from 
home by going to the Answers...To Go!  web page made available from the 
Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library System:

http://www.nmrls.org/answers/dbmvlc.html

and enter your public library card number (from Methuen or any MVLC member library) where you are prompted for a patron or user number.


CITING SOURCES

Using these links indicates the user is leaving 
the district server and that linked material
is not necessarily approved by the district.

Edited by Media Staff
12/18/08
Date last edited
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