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Displayed at the top of the headline list is the criteria that was used for the search with the order of operation. For example:
Matches for: Current Issue=(2001k) AND ((Author=graham, r* AND MSC Primary/Secondary="83") OR MSC Primary="52")
This indicates that the current issue of MR was searched for any items by author Graham, R* with MSC 83 plus any items with MSC 52.
MathSciNet results are in most cases presented in the following order:
- By reverse order of publication year of the original item
- Within publication year, by reverse order of the date on which the item was entered into the Mathematical Reviews Database.
The exception to this order occurs when a headline list is obtained by clicking on a journal issue: from a headline list, from a full item, or from a list of journal issues obtained in Search the Journals Database. The resulting headline list displays all items in the MR Database taken from the chosen issue of the given journal, ordered by first page number for journals issued with consecutive paging. As a result, the items appear in table-of-contents order.
Each headline item displays the following bibliographic information: MR Number, Author Name(s), Title, Journal, Volume, Publication Year, Issue, Paging, Translation Journal and Issue (when applicable), Series and Mathematics Subject Classification (MSC). Some items may be listed as Database Expansion Items.
MR Number
The MR Number is a seven-digit number used to uniquely
identify a specific record in the Mathematical Reviews (MR) Database.
Every item in the database has a seven-digit accession number, and some
items also have an additional identifier, seen in the Full Item view, for compatibility with the paper publication
Mathematical Reviews. (See MathSciNet Field Help for additional
information about the MR Number.)
Click on an MR Number from the headline list to display the Full Item.
Example: MR2884886
Author Name(s)
Names are displayed in the bibliographic information as: lastname,
firstname, middlename or initial(s). Click on an author name to
retrieve a headline list of all papers by that author.
Example: Novikova, N. M.; Pospelova, I. I.; Semovskaya, A. S.
Title
The original title of an item is given if it is in English, French, or
German. If the item is a paper, only a translated title is provided for
languages other than English, French, or German. If the item is
monographic, the original title (or its transliteration) is given, with
an English translation.
Example: Methods for solving multilinear programming problems. (Russian)
Journal
In MathSciNet, full or abbreviated journal names are available for all
items from 1980 to the present. Prior to 1980 only journal name
abbreviations are included.
Click on a journal name to retrieve bibliographic information about that particular journal, including full name, issues per year, publisher, and ISSN number. In addition, links to lists of indexed items in issues of that particular journal are presented. (See MathSciNet Field Help for additional information about journal names.)
Example: Notices Amer. Math. Soc.
Volume, Publication
Year, Issue and Paging
The issue number links to a headline list of indexed items from that
issue. If there is no issue number, the year will be a link to the list
of indexed items. The publication year can be used as a search
criterion on the full search screen.
Example: 40 (2000), no. 10, 1451--1463
Translation Journal and
Issue
For those items in foreign-language journals for which there is a
cover-to-cover translation, bibliographic information concerning the
translation is added when the translation journal issue becomes
available. Note that this may be after the MathSciNet item is published
and also, for those items with reviews, after the review is published.
Example: translation in Comput. Math. Math. Phys. 41 (2001), no. 1, 151--160
Series
For book series, full series titles or abbreviations are available in
MathSciNet.
Click on a series name to retrieve information about that particular series, including full name, issues per year, publisher, and ISSN number. (See MathSciNet Field Help for additional information about series names.)
Example: Contemp. Math.
Mathematics Subject
Classification (MSC)
MSCs are numbers used to categorize items in Mathematical Reviews
and Current Mathematical Publications. The current
classification scheme is composed of five-character identifiers, each
corresponding to a discipline of mathematics. (See MathSciNet Field Help
for additional information about the MSC.)
Both primary and secondary classifications may be assigned to an item. In that instance, the secondary classification is in parentheses, e.g. 14A22 (16S38). Click on a MSC to retrieve descriptions of all classifications listed. Note: Database Expansion Items will not have a MSC.
Example: 62N10
Database
Expansion Item
Beginning in 2001, items with a new style of treatment have been
included in MathSciNet. These items represent an expansion of the scope
of coverage by the Mathematical Reviews Database.
Database Expansion items are not classified and do not have reviews. In
every other respect they are treated just like all other items in the
Mathematical Reviews Database. In particular, the authors are
identified and the items have journal linking and original item linking
(when available). These items can be identified in the headline list by
the text Database Expansion Item, which follows the bibliographic data.
The class of items added since 2001 encompasses journal publications in
the areas that might be termed Applied Statistics. The inclusion of
these items was in response to many requests from librarians and others
for the kind of information that formerly was contained in the CIS
subfile of MathSci tape distributions. Beginning in 2003, Database
Expansion treatment is being extended to two new classes. It applies to
certain items in Computer Science not previously considered to be
within the scope of the MR Database. It is also applied to Database
items created to provide links from MathSciNet to pre-1940 mathematical
research literature as it is made available electronically. These
items are referred to as contributed items; the preferences tab offers
an option to suppress them.
From the headline list, there may be links to the original document depending on what is available for that document. Links may be to an original article, a journal homepage, or to the document delivery service.
Article This link is displayed below a headline item. It links directly to the online article at the publisher's or journal's Web site. Access to the full text of an article is dependent on your having a subscription to the journal. In some cases, the abstract for the article is available without a subscription. A current list of journals is available from the MathSciNet Journal Search and Current Journal Issues pages.
Journal This link is displayed below a headline item. This link is active when a link to a journal homepage is available. Access to the full text of an article is dependent on your having a subscription to the journal. In some cases, the abstract for the article is available without a subscription.
Citations for MathSciNet items can be viewed/downloaded in EndNote, AMSRefs, BibTeX and ASCII formats.
<>You may choose to view or download citations for up to 50 item. This can be done by selecting Citations (ASCII), Citations (BibTeX), Citations (AMSRefs), or Citations (EndNote) from the pull-down menu located next to Batch download: and then clicking on Retrieve First 50. If there are fewer than 50 items in the list, all of them will be displayed. <>Alternatively, you may mark up to 50 individual items and then retrieve them. Click in the boxes to the left of all items you want to view/download and then click the Retrieve Marked button.Once you have the list of citations displayed in the desired format, use the File | Save As function in your browser to download the file. Another option for downloading multiple citations is to use the clipboard feature.
The MathSciNet database provides many options for viewing full items. Full items can be displayed individually and in groups. They can also be viewed in various formats.
Displaying Full Items
Individually
Full items can be viewed in HTML, PDF, PostScript and DVI formats. Viewers
are required for all formats except HTML.
To view a full item in HTML format, click on the MR identifier for the item to be displayed. Viewing a full item in HTML format will provide you with active links to other data.
To view a full item in PDF format, click on the PDF link located below the bibliographic information for the item. The full item is displayed in Adobe's PDF format and links to additional data are available.
Full items are also available in PDF, PostScript and DVI formats. Click in the checkbox to the left of the item you want to view. From the pull down menu just above the first headline, select the desired format. Click on the Retrieve Marked button.
Displaying Full Items in
Groups
You may view or download up to 50 full items for the entire result set. This can be done by selecting a document format from the pull down menu located next to Batch downloads: and then clicking Retrieve First 50. If there are fewer than 50 items in the list, all of them will be displayed. The default format is HTML. Alternatively, you may mark up to 50 individual items and then retrieve them. Click in the boxes to the left of all items you want to view/download and then click the Retrieve Marked button.
