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The Mathematical Reviews Database: Past, Present and Future

The Mathematical Reviews Database: Past, Present and Future. Jane Kister Mathematical Reviews Ann Arbor, March 18, 2002. Mission Statement.

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The Mathematical Reviews Database: Past, Present and Future

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  1. The Mathematical Reviews Database: Past, Present and Future Jane Kister Mathematical Reviews Ann Arbor, March 18, 2002

  2. Mission Statement Since its founding in 1940, Mathematical Reviews (MR) has aimed to serve researchers and scholars in the mathematical sciences by providing timely information on articles and books that contain new contributions to mathematical research.

  3. Outline History 1940 First issue of paper MR 1982 MathFile available on line through vendors 1985 Name changed to MathSci 1989 MathSciDisc 1985-current introduced 1991 MathSciDisc 1980-84 introduced 1992 MathSciDisc 1940-79 (biblio only) 1996 MathSciNet introduced 1999 Reviews 1940-79 added 2001 Reference lists added to MRDB

  4. Volume 1, no. 1 176 reviews 32 pages

  5. 2002a issue 4509 reviews 770 pages

  6. Microfilm number Reference to earlier review  Info for finding item in library Review 1,139e Review number 1,139e

  7. Author primary  Review number 8,187b

  8. Forward citations to later reviews

  9. Outline History 1940 First issue of paper MR 1979 Moved to computerized typesetting 1982 MathFile (1973-79 biblio data + reviews 1980-) 1983 Biblio data 1959-72 added to MathFile 1985 MathFile renamed MathSci; TeX introduced 1989 MathSciDisc 1985-current introduced 1991 MathSciDisc (1980-84) introduced 1992 1940-79 biblio dataadded 1996 MathSciNet introduced

  10. Digitization of reviews • Reviews from 1985 in TeX • What to do about earlier reviews? Scanned images (no search) Scanned images + OCR (math?) Rekeying ($$$$)

  11. Outline History 1940 First issue of paper MR 1979 Moved to computerized typesetting 1982 MathFile (1973-79 biblio data + reviews 1980-) 1983 Biblio data 1959-72 added to MathFile 1985 MathFile renamed MathSci; TeX introduced 1989 MathSciDisc 1985-current intriduced 1991 MathSciDisc (1980-84) introduced 1992 1940-79 biblio dataadded 1996 MathSciNet introduced 1999 Reviews 1940-79 added

  12. Review 1,139e Review number 1,139e

  13. Link to Erdos items Link to reviews citing 1,139e Link to earlier review

  14. A subset of Erdos’ 1542 items in MathSciNet!

  15. Link to original Link to Erdos items Link to reviews citing 1,139e Link to earlier review

  16. (Now over 190,000 links to originals)

  17. Outline History 1940 First issue of paper MR 1979 Moved to computerized typesetting 1982 MathFile (1973-79 biblio data + reviews 1980-) 1983 Biblio data 1959-72 added to MathFile 1985 MathFile renamed MathSci; TeX introduced 1989 MathSciDisc 1985-current introduced 1991 MathSciDisc (1980-84) introduced 1992 1940-79 biblio dataadded 1996 MathSciNet introduced 1999 Reviews 1940-79 added 2001 Reference lists added

  18. Reference lists • 65 selected journals • reference lists from 2000 forward to start • reference lists 1997-99 added in 2002 • currently ~9,500 lists, almost 200,000 references

  19. Item with reference list

  20. Part of the reference list for 2000g:19001

  21. Items with reference list citing 2000g:19001

  22. OpenURL example

  23. Other plans • More links to original articles • More reference lists (including publisher-submitted lists) • Biblio data for pre-1940 items + links to originals

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