<p>I am a high schooler, aiming to get into UCB,UCLA, MIT, or something of the likes, and am wondering how you guys get mathematical journals. i see they are ridiculously expensive, and want to know if there are any other alternative online or cheaper methods...e.g. Mathematical Annals or do I have to wait till I get in college and borrow from their library?? </p>
<p>I am particularly interested in prime numbers, and I know UCLA broke the record for the most recent mersenne prime number, where can I find out more about that?</p>
<p>Unless you can find torrented copies, which is unlikely because publications like the Annals of Mathematics are not in high demand by filesharing communities, you’re pretty much out of luck until college. On the bright side, if you have a local community college, you may be able to get library access with relative ease.</p>
<p>Any public library ought to be able to give you access to JSTOR, which has 66 math journals. It doesn’t always have the current year’s issues, though. But you would have your hands full if you were only a year or two behind in your math journal reading.</p>
<p>If you know which specific paper you want, try looking at the author’s web page. A lot of researchers will post their papers–probably not the exact version that is in the journal, but close enough. If that doesn’t work, send an email to the author and ask for a copy. Make sure the subject line is descriptive (i.e. “Request for paper from XYZ Journal, 2007”, not “a request”)</p>
<p>Also, ask the librarian at every library you have access to. You might be surprised what they can offer.</p>
<p>It really depends on where you live with public libraries. I’m in a small suburb and it’s impossible to find any mathematical journals there, especially anything recent</p>
<p>Thank you guys!! I visited my NYPL, which is the third largest in North America, and while ultra bureaucratic, I eventually figured out the process, since you can’t just take it out automatically. </p>
<p>@Motherbear332, yes you captured the essence of what I went through today. Mostly conflicting directions and info that really confused me, but now everything is in order. Thank you everyone.</p>
<p>Sir, I envy your academic institution and Professors (or mere presence of them), how is the library of UofC? It may seem stupid, but that’s going to be a big factor, the quality of the library or access to one. MIT/Harvard will have a nice shared Library, don’t know about the others…except Princeton.</p>
<p>In all seriousness, what are you looking for out of our library system? I mean, it’s nice, well-equipped, approachable, etc. Anything specific you’re looking for?</p>
<p>General large display of mathematics, particularly number theory, and finding out old documents from early 1900’s to 1800’s (or written copies of these) and all current math journals. I plan on spending a good amount of time there, :D</p>
<h1>of Books under Category “Number Theory” : 1082</h1>
<h1>of Books under Category “Math”, with Publication Date “50 Years ago or More” : 3868</h1>
<p>Of course, some of these are going to be in German, French, etc. But it’s befitting to have to learn another language or two in pursuit of the universal one.</p>
<p>PS: There is a math library. There’s also a library for science. Another for Law. Another for Social Science…Oh, and if the book doesn’t exist in the UChicago Library, they also have s system to check out books from other libraries. Oh, and they have access to tons of mathematics journals. Having access to books should not be a concern…</p>
<p>time to dock out other colleges from my list based on their page counts, UoFC well exceeds my expectations and I will be absolutely THRILLED if I get accepted here…</p>
UoFC well exceeds my expectations and I will be absolutely THRILLED if I get accepted here…</p>