The Library Search lists all of the books, videos, and materials at The Claremont Colleges Library. A keyword search is usually the best way to begin. When you find items of interest, check the catalog records for subject headings, and use the filters on the left side of the results tomodify your search. Find out more about how to use Library search.
You can also borrow physical books from other libraries with our Resource Sharing Service. For details about policies, view the FAQ page.
Books are a core resource in mathematics, and you'll want to use the library's catalog, WMS, as well as browsing the shelves of the math collection to find books for your research.
WMS is our library catalog, and you can search in WMS by keyword, author, title, subject, &c. Search WMS by visiting here or by searching in the box to the left.
Browsing the collection is a great way to find valuable books that slip through a typical library catalog search. In academic libraries in the US, books are grouped by subject and the call numbers correspond to those subjects. You'll want the Library of Congress subject breakdown for math before you begin to browse for books in your area of interest.
See the Library of Congress Classification Outline for more information
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html
LC Subclassifications for Mathematics
QA 1-939 Mathematics
QA 1-43 General Mathematics
QA 47-59 Tables
QA 71-90 Instruments and Machines
QA 75-76.95 Calculating Machines
QA 75.5-76.95 Electronic Computers, Computer Science
QA 76.75-76.765 Computer software
QA 101-145 Elementary Mathematics, Arithmetic
QA 150-272.5 Algebra
QA 273-280 Probabilities, Mathematical Statistics
QA 299.6-433 Analysis
QA 440-699 Geometry, Trigonometry, Topology
QA 801-939 Analytic Mechanics