New Archives of American Mathematics Collections
โ Scribed by Frederic F. Burchsted
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 192 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0315-0860
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
This department welcomes correspondence, brief announcements, and article-length descriptions of collections of publications, correspondence, and archival material relevant to the history of mathematics. Manuscripts describing major collections (covering such matters as acquisition, size, scope, state of cataloging, and current and future availability) should follow the same standards as other articles. They will be abstracted and indexed like other articles, and authors will be supplied with free reprints.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
This article begins by presenting and discussing the distinction between record-oriented and pattern-oriented search. Examples of record-oriented (or item-oriented) questions include: "What (or how many, etc.) glass items made prior to 100 A.D. do we have in our collection?" and "How many paintings