Mathematics
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Search the Entire Collection
While the items you'll find in the Reference Collection can be a terrific place to start your research, more detailed information can be found in the Library's print and eBook collections. The search box found here is the same as the one on the Library's main page - it can search for books and other material here at the UWinnipeg Library, at libraries in Winnipeg, at libraries across Canada, or even libraries around the world.
Shelf Browsing
Mathematics branches out over many different subject areas. If you want to browse either the reference (main floor) or regular (upstairs) collections to find material, I would suggest that you look in the following sections:
QA 1-43 - General Mathematics
QA 47-59 - Tables
QA 71-90 - Instruments and Machines
QA 101-145 - Elementary Mathematics. Arithmetic
QA 150-272.5 - Algebra
QA 299.6-433 - Analysis
QA 440-699 - Geometry. Trigonometry. Topology
QA 801-939 - Analytic Mechanics