Math Guide

Encyclopedias and dictionaries can be great places to start when researching mathematicians.  Try these resources when beginning your search:

Online

• Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  Earlier print volumes can be found on the 4th floor at call number: Q141 .D5

Print

• A to Z of Mathematicians / Tucker McElroy.
  ref QA28 .M395 2005
   
• A to Z of Women in Science and Math / Lisa Yount.
  ref Q141 .Y675 1999
   
• American Men & Women of Science
  ref Q141; .A47 27th (2010:v.1-8)
  Earlier volumes  (1989 - 2007) can be found on the 4th floor at call number: Q141 .A47
   
• Biographical Dictionary of Mathematicians / American Council of Learned Societies
  ref QA28; .B534 1991 v.1 - 4
   
• Biographical Encyclopedia of Mathematicians / editor, Donald R. Franceschetti.
  ref QA28 .B544 1999
   
• Companion Encyclopedia of the History and Philosophy of the Mathematical Sciences / edited by I. Grattan-Guinness
  QA 21 .C645 1994 v. 1-2
   
• Notable Mathematicians : From Ancient Times to the Present / Robyn V. Young, editor ; Zoran Minderovic, associate editor.
  ref QA28 .N66 1998
   
• Notable Women in Mathematics : A Biographical Dictionary / edited by Charlene Morrow and Teri Perl.
  ref QA28 .N68 1998
   
• Mathematical People : Profiles and Interviews / editors Donald J. Albers and G.L. Alexanderson, introduction by Philip J. Davis.
  QA28; .M37 1985 
   
• More Mathematical People : Contemporary Conversations / edited by Donald J. Albers, Gerald L. Alexanderson, Constance Reid
  QA28; .M67 1994
   
• Remarkable Mathematicians : From Euler to von Neumann / Ioan James
  QA28; .J36 2002

Try this web site for information on contemporary mathematicians:

• Mathematics Genealogy Project

Looking for historical figures in mathematics, try this site:

• MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive
   
• MacTutor - History Topics Index