Physics, Astronomy, and Mathematics Librarian
Selected articles & web sources
- Learning Mathematics through Writing: Some GuidelinesAuthor(s): J. J. Price
Source: The College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 20, No. 5 (Nov., 1989), pp. 393-401 - What's an Assignment Like You Doing in a Course Like This?: Writing to Learn MathematicsAuthor(s): George D. Gopen and David A. Smith
Source: The College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Jan., 1990), pp. 2-19 - Integrating Writing into the Mathematics CurriculumAuthor(s): Dorothy Goldberg
Source: The Two-Year College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 14, No. 5 (Nov., 1983), pp. 421-424 - Preparing typeset journal articles with LaTeXelsarticle.cls is Elsevier's new document class for typeset journal articles. It is now accepted for submitted articles, both in Elsevier's electronic submission system and elsewhere.
- Author Resources (American Mathematical Society)Includes TeX, book and journal resources
- How to write mathematicsAuthor: P. R. Halmos
Source: L'Enseignement mathematique, t.16, pp. 123-152. 1970. - What is new in LaTeX I: Breaking FreeNotices of the AMS 56:no.1 Jan. 2009
- What is new in LaTeX II: TEX Implementations, Evolution or RevolutionNotices of the AMS v.56 no.5 May 2009
- What is new in LaTeX III: Formatting ReferencesNotices of the AMS v.56 no.8 Sept. 2009
WU Dissertations
Math masters theses and doctoral dissertations, through May 2009, are shelved at the West Campus Library. There is an additional set housed in the Pfeiffer Physics Library, Compton 340, which is current, but not included in the Washington University Libraries catalog. The WU ETD Repository has August 2009+. Fulltext for most doctoral dissertations, 1996+, is available online in Dissertations & Theses @ Washington University in St. Louis.
Books about math writing
- Chicago Manual of Style - paper versionNote: the 14th ed (1993) is available on the writing shelf at the Math Library
- Handbook of typography for the mathematical sciencespaper and electronic versions available
- LaTeX CookbookSafari ebook, Oct. 2015
- LaTeX TutorialsFound on YouTube where you can probably find more.
- Overleaf (formerly writeLaTeX)Author LaTeX documents using a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor; Free & Interactive Online Introduction to LaTeX