Erik Naggum's Sources and Resources

The most frequently asked question in my personal mail is for the sources and resources I regularly consult. This is the extended answer. Thank you for your interest.

Last updated 2009-03-30. Please send comments and suggestions to erik@naggum.no .

My personal library is now listed at LibraryThing . (Note: LibraryThing requires frames.)


Quick links:

  1. Associations
  2. Digital Libraries
  3. Reference Resources
  4. Periodicals
  5. Newspapers

Associations

I am a member and enthusiastic supporter of the following associations:

AAAI aaai.org
Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
Member
AAAS aaas.org
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Professional member
ACM acm.org
Association for Computing Machinery
Professional member
ACM SIGACT sigact.org
ACM Special Interest Group on Algorithms and Computation Theory
Professional member
ACM SIGAda sigada.org
ACM Special Interest Group on Ada (the Programming Language)
Professional member
ACM SIGART sigart.org
ACM Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence
Professional member
ACM SIGCAS sigcas.org
ACM Special Interest Group on Computers and Society
Professional member
ACM SIGCHI sigchi.org
ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction
Professional member
ACM SIGCOMM sigcomm.org
ACM Special Interest Group on Communications
Professional member
ACM SIGCSE sigcse.org
ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education
Professional member
ACM SIGDOC sigdoc.org
ACM Special Interest Group on Design of Communication
Professional member
ACM SIGIR sigir.org
ACM Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval
Professional member
ACM SIGMOD sigmod.org
ACM Special Interest Group on Management of Data (Databases)
Professional member
ACM SIGOPS sigops.org
ACM Special Interest Group on Operating Systems
Professional member
ACM SIGPLAN sigplan.org
ACM Special Interest Group on Programming Languages
Professional member
ACM SIGSAC sigsac.org
ACM Special Interest Group on Security, Audit and Control
Professional member
ACM SIGSOFT sigsoft.org
ACM Special Interest Group on Software Engineering
Professional member
ACM SIGWEB sigweb.org
ACM Special Interest Group on Hypertext, Hypermedia and the Web
Professional member
AMS ams.org
American Mathematical Society
Regular member
APS psqonline.org
Academy of Political Science
Contributing member
ASA amstat.org
American Statistical Association
Full member
ASL aslonline.org
Association for Symbolic Logic
Individual member
IEEE ieee.org
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Member
IEEE CIS ieee-cis.org
IEEE Computational Intelligence Society
Member
IEEE COM comsoc.org
IEEE Communications Society
Member
IEEE CS computer.org
IEEE Computer Society
Professional member
IEEE CSS ieeecss.org
IEEE Control Systems Society
Professional member
IEEE ES http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/es/
IEEE Education Society
Member
IEEE IT itsoc.org
IEEE Information Theory Society
Member
IEEE PCS ieeepcs.org
IEEE Professional Communication Society
Member
IEEE SMC ieeesmc.org
IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
Member
IEEE SPS signalprocessingsociety.org
IEEE Signal Processing Society
Member
IEEE SSIT ieeessit.org
IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology
Member
IMS imstat.org
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Regular member
MAA maa.org
Mathematical Association of America
Regular member
NYAS nyas.org
New York Academy of Sciences
Patron member
PSA philsci.org
Philosophy of Science Association
Member
SIAM siam.org
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Member
SIAG CE siam.org
SIAM Activity Group on Computational Science and Engineering
Member
SIAG DM siam.org
SIAM Activity Group on Discrete Mathematics
Member
USENIX usenix.org
The Advanced Computing Systems Association
Member
SAGE sage.org
The USENIX Special Interest Group for Sysadmins
Member
EAPLS eapls.org
European Association for Programming Languages and Systems
Member
EATCS eatcs.org
European Association for Theoretical Computer Science
Member
EMS emis.de
European Mathematical Society
Individual member
NBF norskbibliotekforening.no
Norsk Bibliotekforening
NFF biblioteknett.no/nff
Norsk Fagbibliotekforening
NMF matematikkforeningen.no
Norsk Matematisk Forening
NUUG nuug.no
Norwegian Unix Users Group
Member

Digital Libraries

These digital libraries provide a tremendous volume of high-quality material.

ACM Digital Library portal.acm.org/dl.cfm
Features all ACM publications.
ACM Guide to Computing Literature portal.acm.org/guide.cfm
Vast, comprehensive bibliography of computing literature.
ACM Computing Reviews reviews.com
Academic reviews of computing literature.
Bartleby bartleby.com
Literature, reference and verse. Free.
DOAJ doaj.org
Directory of Open Access Journals. Free.
IEEE Member Digital Library ieeexplore.ieee.org
Features all IEEE publications.
IEEE Computer Society Digital Library computer.org/portal/site/csdl/
Features all IEEE CS publications.
IEEE Communications Society Digital Library dl.comsoc.org
Features all IEEE ComSoc publications.
IEEE Information Theory Digital Library
Features all IEEE IT publications (in IEEE Xplore).
Findarticles findarticles.com
5'000'000 articles from a huge inventory of periodicals
HighBeam Research highbeam.com
Contains more than 34'000'000 documents from 3'000 sources
JSTOR jstor.org
Journal Storage -- The Scholarly Journal Archive
KeepMedia keepmedia.com
Archives articles from these publications and these columns .
MIT Cognet cognet.mit.edu
The Brain Sciences Connection.
NAP nap.edu
National Academies Press. Free.
OLL oll.libertyfund.org
Online Library of Liberty. Free.
Project Euclid projecteuclid.org
Serial literature in mathematics and statistics.
Questia questia.com
Online Library of Books and Journals, with research tools.
Springer Reading Room springeronline.com/readingroom
Computer science library.

Reference Resources

I regularly consult these reference resources. (Last updated 2007-01-11)

Access Science accessscience.com
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Online
Bartleby bartleby.com
Numerous reference works.
Caplex caplex.no
Norwegian encyclopedia.
CiteULike citeulike.org
Organize Your Academic Papers.
Connotea connotea.org
Reference Management Service for Scientists
Current Index to Statistics statindex.org
ASA/IMS.
Del.icio.us del.icio.us
Social Bookmarks
Encyclopedia Britannica britannica.com
Premier American encyclopedia.
EOLSS eolss.net
UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems.
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu
American.
Kunnskapsforlagets språk- og ordboktjeneste ordnett.no
Norwegian dictionary service.
Library of Congress loc.gov
Premier American library holdings.
Lovdata lovdata.no
Norwegian legal database.
Merriam-Webster Unabridged unabridged.merriam-webster.com
Premier American dictionaries.
Norges Bank norges-bank.no
Norwegian Central Bank.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu
American.
Store Norske Leksikon snl.no
Premier Norwegian encyclopedia.
Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary Online tabers.com
Premier American medical dictionary.

Periodicals

I read these serial publications.

Academy eBriefings
American science irregular online. NYAS.
Agora
Norwegian philosophical quarterly. Journal for Metafysisk Spekulasjon.
American Mathematical Monthly
MAA.
American Scientist amsci.org
Bimonthly.
The American Statistician amstat.org/publications/tas/
ASA.
Amstat News
ASA.
Annals of Applied Probability imstat.org/aap/
American statistics quarterly. IMS.
Annals of Improbable Research improbable.com
American bimonthly. Priceless, highly intelligent science humor.
Annals of Probability imstat.org/aop/
American statistics quarterly. IMS.
Annals of Statistics imstat.org/aos/
American statistics quarterly. IMS.
Annals of the New York Academy of Science
American irregular. NYAS.
Apollon apollon.uio.no
Norwegian quarterly. Research news from the University of Oslo.
The Atlantic theatlantic.com
American political monthly.
British Medical Journal bmj.bmjjournals.com
Weekly.
Bulletin of the AMS ams.org/bull
American mathematical quarterly. AMS.
Cancer Cell cancercell.org
American biology.
Capitalism Magazine capmag.com
American irregular online.
Cell cell.com
American biology.
Cell Metabolism cellmetabolism.com
American biology.
Chemistry & Biology chembiol.com
American biology.
City Journal city-journal.org
American quarterly.
Cognitive Science Online cogsci-online.ucsd.edu
American irregular.
Cogprints cogprints.org
Cognitive Sciences ePrint Archive.
College Mathematics Journal
American quarterly. MAA.
Commentary Magazine commentarymagazine.com
American political monthly.
Common Dreams News Center commondreams.org
American political online.
Communications of the ACM (CACM)
American computer monthly. ACM.
Computer
American monthly. IEEE CS.
Current Biology current-biology.com
American biology.
Daily Telegraph telegraph.co.uk
British newspaper.
Developmental Cell developmentalcell.com
American biology.
Discover discover.com
American science and technology monthly.
Dissident Voice dissidentvoice.org
American political online.
Dr. Dobb's Journal ddj.com
American computer monthly.
The Economist economist.com
British weekly.
Edge edge.org
American irregular online.
Electronic Communications in Probability math.washington.edu/~ejpecp/
American statistics online. IMS.
Electronic Journal of Probability math.washington.edu/~ejpecp/
American statistics online. IMS.
EurekAlert! eurekalert.org
American science news online daily. AAAS.
Flux flux.no
Norwegian philosophical quarterly.
FOCUS
American mathematical monthly. MAA.
Foreign Affairs foreignaffairs.org
American bimonthly political, legal.
Foreign Policy foreignpolicy.com
American quarterly political.
Forskning.no forskning.no
Norwegian science online daily.
Front Page Magazine frontpagemag.com
American irregular political online.
Harper's Magazine harpers.org
American political monthly.
Human Events humaneventsonline.com
American weekly newspaper.
Immunity immunity.com
American biology.
IMS Bulletin imstat.org/bulletin/
American statistics monthly. IMS.
The Independent Review independent.org/publications/tir/
American political quarterly.
Journal of the American Medical Association jama.ama-assn.org
Weekly.
Journal of the American Statistical Association amstat.org/publications/jasa/
American statistics quarterly. ASA.
Journal of Business and Economic Statistics amstat.org/publications/jbes/
American statistics quarterly. ASA.
Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics amstat.org/publications/jcgs/
American statistics quarterly. ASA.
Journal of Online Mathematics and its Applications
American quarterly. MAA.
Journal of Statistics Education amstat.org/publications/jse/
American statistics quarterly. ASA.
Journal of Statistical Software jstatsoft.org
American irregular online.
The Lancet thelancet.com
British medical weekly.
Lecture Notes -- Monograph Series imstat.org/publications/lecnotes.htm
American statistics irregular. IMS.
Math Horizons
American quarterly. MAA.
Mathematics Magazine
American quarterly. MAA.
MIT Technology Review technologyreview.com
American monthly.
Molecular Cell molecule.org
American biology.
The National Interest nationalinterest.org
American political quarterly.
National Review nationalreview.com
American political biweekly.
Nature nature.com/nature
British science weekly.
Nature Medicine nature.com/nm/
British monthly.
Neuron neuron.org
American biology.
New England Journal of Medicine content.nejm.org
American weekly.
The New Republic tnr.com
American political weekly.
New Scientist newscientist.com
British weekly.
New Statesman newstatesman.com
British political weekly.
The New York Review of Books nybooks.com
American political and literature biweekly.
News Medical news-medical.net
British medical extract service.
Notices of the AMS ams.org/bull
American mathematical monthly. AMS.
Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift
Norwegian political quarterly.
The Onion theonion.com
American satirical weekly.
Political Science Quarterly psqonline.org
American. APS.
Probability Surveys i-journals.org/ps/
American statistics online. IMS.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences pnas.org
American.
Prosa nffo.no/prosa
Norwegian literature bimonthly.
Prospect Magazine prospect-magazine.co.uk
British political monthly.
Queue
American computer monthly. ACM.
Reason Magazine reason.com
American political monthly.
Salon salon.com
American political online daily.
Samtiden samtiden.no
Norwegian political quarterly.
Science sciencemag.org
American weekly. AAAS.
Science Books & Films (SB&F) sbfonline.com
American bimonthly. AAAS.
Science in the News mediaresource.org/sitn
American daily science extract service.
Science Now sciencenow.sciencemag.org
American online daily. AAAS.
Scientific American sciam.com
Monthly.
Scientific American Mind sciammind.com
Quarterly.
The Scientist the-scientist.com
American biweekly.
The Spectator spectator.co.uk
British political weekly.
Spectrum
American technology monthly. IEEE.
Statistical Science imstat.org/sts/
American online. IMS.
STATS stats.org
American statistical news service.
Structure structure.org
American biology.
Technometrics amstat.org/publications/tech/
American statistics quarterly. ASA.
Teknisk Ukeblad tu.no
Norwegian technology weekly.
Tidsskrift for Den norske lægeforening tidsskriftet.no
Norwegian medical monthly.
Townhall townhall.com
American political online daily.
Vinduet vinduet.no
Norwegian literature quarterly.
Wired wired.com
American technology monthly.

Newspapers

Far less than I used to, I still read these newspapers:

Aftenposten aftenposten.no
Norwegian, daily newspaper.
Chicago Tribune chicagotribune.com
American daily newspaper.
L'Express lexpress.fr
French weekly news magazine.
Le Figaro lefigaro.fr
French daily newspaper.
Financial Times ft.com
British daily newspaper.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung faz.net
German daily newspaper.
The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com
Canadian daily newspaper.
Guardian Unlimited guardian.co.uk
British daily newspaper.
Klassekampen klassekampen.no
Norwegian daily newsaper.
Liberation liberation.fr
French daily newspaper.
Los Angeles Times latimes.com
American daily newspaper.
The Mercury News mercurynews.com
American daily newspaper.
Le Monde lemonde.fr
French daily newspaper.
Morgenbladet morgenbladet.no
Norwegian weekly newspaper.
The New York Times nytimes.com
American daily newspaper.
Newsweek newsweek.com
American weekly news magazine.
OpinionJournal opinionjournal.com
American daily news commentary.
Le Point lepoint.fr
French weekly news magazine.
San Francisco Chronicle sfgate.com
American daily newspaper.
Der Spiegel spiegel.de
German weekly news magazine.
Stern stern.de
German weekly news magazine.
Time Magazine time.com
American weekly news magazine.
Times (London) timesonline.co.uk
British daily newspaper.
U.S. News and World Report usnews.com
American weekly news magazine.
The Wall Street Journal online.wsj.com
American daily newspaper.
Washington Post washingtonpost.com
American daily newspaper.
Die Welt welt.de
German daily newspaper.
Die Zeit zeit.de
German weekly newspaper.