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 2008-07-23. Please send comments and suggestions to erik@naggum.no .

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Associations
Digital Libraries
Reference Resources
Periodicals
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 an Ada (the Programming Language)
Professional member
ACM SIGART sigart.org: ACM Special Interest Group an Artificial Intelligence
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 for Software Engineering
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 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 SMSC ieeesmc.org: IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
Member
IEEE SPS signalprocessingsociety.org: IEEE Signal Processing Society
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.