A presentation I did for a guest lecture online for the University of North Texas Department of Library and Information Sciences

1. The Mathematical Sciences &
Patent and Trademark
Resources
How to be a Fluent Generalist
John J Meier
Science Librarian
Penn State University

2. Overview
• The Mathematical Sciences
– Math Resources
– Mathematical Statistics Resources
– Related and Multidiciplinary Fields
• Patents and Trademarks
– In the Library
– For the University and Community
– Resources

3. The Mathematical Sciences
• Foundation to other scientific disciplines
• Pure vs Applied Mathematics
• Mathematical Subject Classification (MSC)

4. Math Resources
• MathSciNet
• Zentralblatt MATH
• Web of Science/Scopus
• Arxiv.org
• Professional Societies
– American Mathematical
Society (AMS)
– Society of Industrial and
Applied Mathematics (SIAM)

5. Mathematical Statistics Resources
• Also use MathSciNet, Web of
Science, Scopus, Arxiv.org
• Current Index to Statistics (CIS)
• PubMed
• Professional Societies
– American Statistical Association
(ASA)
– International Statistical Institute
(ISI)

6. Related and Multidisciplinary Fields
• Mathematical Physics
• Astronomical Statistics
• Engineering
• Information Technology
• ETC
Bottom Line: Interdisciplinary subject where
Generalists like librarians can be key

7. Patents and Trademarks
• Intellectual Property information
• Government Documents
• Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries

8. Patents and Trademarks in the Library
• Record of Patents and
Trademarks
– Print or Microfilm or CD or
DVD
• Books on Patents and
Trademarks
– Business, Science, Searching,
Inventor resources
• Legal Information
– Case law defines much of the
interpretation of patent and
trademark statutes

9. Patents and Trademarks for the
University and the Community
• Inventors
– Students
– Graduate Students,
Faculty and Research Staff
– Community Residents
• Researchers
– Science and Engineering
– History
– Genealogy

10. Patent and Trademark Resources
• US Patent and Trademark Office
– Limited online Searching
– US Classification Searching
– Resources for Businesses and Inventors
• European Patent Office (espacenet.net)
– Worldwide Patent Information
• Google Patents
– Full text searching of OCR patents, download PDFs

11. Bibliography
• The Mathematical Sciences
“A Guide to Library Service in Mathematics: The Non-trivial
Mathematics Librarian” by Anderson and Pausch
“Guide to Information Sources in Mathematics and Statistics”
by Tucker and Anderson
“Magazines for Libraries” Mathematics Chapter by Meier
• Patents and Trademarks
US Patent and Trademark Indexes and Gazettes
Books by NOLO Press
“Intellectual property : everything the digital-age librarian
needs to know” by Wherry

12. Webliography
• The Mathematical Sciences
MathSciNet http://www.ams.org/mathscinet/
Zentralblatt http://www.zentralblatt-math.org/zmath/en/
Clickable Map of Mathematics Subject Classification (MSC)
http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/known-math/index/mathmap.html
• Patents and Trademarks
US Patent and Trademark Office http://www.uspto.gov
European Patent Office http://www.espacenet.com/index.en.htm
Google Patents http://www.google.com/patents
Penn State Patent Search Tutorial
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/pams/patent.html

13. Questions and Discussion
John J Meier
Science Librarian
Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library
201 Davey Lab, University Park, PA 16802
Phone 814-867-1448 | Fax 814-865-2565
Email meier@psu.edu | AIM johnmeier1
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