Birmingham Newman University Library: Mathematics: Books, e-books and chapters

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Book and e-book recommendations from the Mathematics librarian and team

Davies (2016) The book of R: a first course in programming and statistics

Marcus (2020) Graph theory: a problem oriented approach

Donovan and Mickey (2019) Bayesian statistics for beginners: a step-by-step approach

Alcock (2014) How to think about analysis

Spiegel et al. (2012) Probabiliy and statistics

Spivak (1994) Calculus 3rd edition

Farin and Hansford (2022) Practical linear algebra

Guide to books and e-books

For books and e-books Library Search will:

tell you whether we have an e-book, a print book, or both and how many copies we have
tell you where you can find a print book on our shelves using the shelfmark
link directly to the e-book if it is available

Library Search can also allow you to search for books outside of the Birmingham Newman Library collection and order an inter-library loan.

Finding books in the Library

A 'shelfmark' or 'call number' is a number that tells you where a book an be found in the library. Our main lending collection is on Level 2. Each row of shelves has a poster on the end that tells you what shelfmarks can be found there.

You can use the table on this page to see the general areas that main topics in your subject are shelved. Sometimes, casually browsing the shelves can turn up some great resources!

A shelfmark with two or three letters preceding it means that the book is not shelved in the main collection.

SE means it will be in our School Experience Collection on Level 0
LH means it will be in the Local History Collection on Level 2
REF or JHN is for the Reference or John Henry Birmingham Newman Collections on Level 1. You cannot borrow books from these collections: they can only be used in the Library.

Shelf locations

Main subject	Shelfmark
Mathematics (general)	510s
Pure mathematics	510
Philosophy and theory of mathematics	510.1
Mathematics education	510.7
Mathematical logic	512.62
Number theory	512.7
Numeracy and arithmetic	513
Geometry	516*
Calculus	518
Algebra	518.42
Statistics	519.5
Game theory and puzzles	519.6
Mathematics teaching - primary	372.7
Mathematics teaching - secondary	373.1951

Last reviewed: 16 September 2024