THE FRANKEL
MATHEMATICS FACULTY LIBRARY
Librarian: Yifat Belous, Phone: 08-934-3438
Fax: 08-934-3387
Hours: Sunday - Thursday 8:00 - 15:30 (Entrance Cards)
The library is locked after regular hours. Keys to the Goldenberg Library may be obtained from the librarian for official mathematics faculty staff and Feinberg graduate students in mathematics only. WIS students and faculty members may also enter the main entrance of the Frankel library using their magnetic ID cards after regular hours.
The Mathematics Faculty Library is one of five libraries of the Weizmann Institute of Science constituting the Library System. It primarily serves Institute faculty members, students, staff, participants of Institute educational programs and schools.
Collection
The Library contains books and periodicals on various subjects of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Mathematical Biology and other subjects. The Library also holds a very limited number of older technical reports in Computer Science.
Books
Books are shelved according to the Dewey Decimal Classification.
To locate library material, please use the online Library Catalog.
The book collection is located in the 3-floor building of the Library. Floor plans are also available on each floor. The Library has a collection of Permanent Reserve Books. Both the Permanent Reserve books, which consist of heavily used material, and the Course Reserve books are in locked bookcases (consult the librarian for their use) located on the Ground Floor. Other special collections on the Ground Floor include newly received books, Mathematical Tables, Reference Books and Collected Works.
Books in Computer Science are kept on the First Floor (one floor above the Ground Floor).
The Second Floor continues the book classification (100 onwards) and includes mainly subjects other than computer science.
A bookcase housing the Historical Collection (most works written before 1900) is located here as well.
To locate Library material items, please use the Library Catalog.Periodicals
The periodicals are arranged alphabetically by title. Older volumes of journals are located on the Ground floor and the First Floor.
The Computer Science periodicals collection is shelved in the First Floor.
The Mathematics periodicals are shelved on the second floor and in the Goldenberg Library.
The current issues are on display in the Goldenberg Library.The location of each journal can be found in the Library Catalog.
Periodicals are not available for loan, except for special purposes (scanning or photocopying).
Some periodicals can be found both in print and electronic form.
The Library System also provides students, faculty and staff with access to online resources including databases, journals, and more.
Check the Document Supply and Interlending procedures for the following services:
- Obtaining articles from other libraries on campus.
- Obtaining articles or books from other university libraries in Israel.
- Obtaining articles from abroad.
Article supply/External book form: request formTechnical reports in computer science
Because of space considerations, only a limited number of older technical reports from well-known universities (e.g., Stanford) are still maintained on the First Floor of the library.
The Library System provides access to electronic resources. Check our databases & electronic journals for relevant collections.
Library services
New students should attend the Library instruction course sessions provided by the Feinberg Graduate School at the beginning of the first semester.For the detailed information on all library services, please click here.
Rules for Borrowing Books
Self borrowing: How to use the loan interface?
Returning books: Returned items should be placed in the "book return" adjacent to the librarian's office.
Book renewal: The loan period for books is two weeks, although this may be extended (at least once) if no one has requested the book.
Notices about overdue books are sent periodically by e-mail.
Fines are implemented (salary deductions) if overdue books are not returned as requested.
Loss, damage, and late return of books are punishable.
Returning books before leaving the Institute: before leaving the institute all library books should be returned.
Reserved Books
Check also the Feinberg Graduate School site for full texts of online course material.Reserved books for courses: They may be used in the library during the day, borrowed overnight from 2:00 pm. and must be returned by 10:00 am. the next morning. Weekends: Thursday 2:00 pm. - Sunday 10.00 am.
The books are located in the librarian’s room.
Permanent reserve books may be taken out for one week.Document Supply & Interlending (Inter- library loan)
Purchasing (various options)
The Library is responsible for initiating orders for new material for its own collection, and for relevant departmental collections, including purchasing books to be reserved for courses (Reserve form / Purchase Recommend form).
Lists of newly received books and journals
Lists of newly received books and journals are posted on the bulletin board outside the librarian's office and on the second floor of the Zyskind building. These lists are also emailed monthly, in pdf form, to specific faculty members (the liblobby group). You can also check New books for the latest books received.New Books on Display
New books received by the library are placed on a special display shelf (on the Ground Floor).
Computers and Laptops
The Library provides several workstations (PC's) for library users. Material can be downloaded on a disk-on-key, or sent to one's e-mail addresses only (either an Institute or an Internet e-mail).Please contact the Librarian during working hours,
in person, by phone (3438), or by e-mail regarding services, collections etc.
Resources for Mathematicians
ACM Digital Library Notes Computer Database GALE Group IEEEXplore Conference Proceedings Notes ISI - Web of Science Notes MathSciNet Notes Check Databases on the Library System homepage for these and other databases available.
.Public Domain
A Catalog of Mathematical Resources on the WWW and the Internet
CiteSeer.IST (Scientific Literature Digital Library)
Computer Science Bibliographies (Universitaet Karlsruhe) (TH)
Jahrbuch Database (Electronic Research Archive for Mathematics)
Mathematics Books Online (listed by AMS)
Many books are available in full-text but for some the access is restricted.
Mathematics on the WebSelected Mathematics Web Resources (Yale University Science Libraries)
UC Davis - front end for the arXiv
A listing of numerous e-prints of articles in computer science, mathematics, etc.
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