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Overview:: This site is a mathematical sciences digital library maintained by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). It consists of MAA Reviews, Math in the News, MAA Journal Writing Awards, Mathematical Communication, and Course Communities. The MAA Reviews section provides a large database of books with their book reviews and with some recommended list of books for libraries.
Type of Material:: Reference Material
Recommended Uses:: This site can be used in class, at home, or for individual learning. It can be used as a useful resource for undergraduate and graduate math classes.
Technical Requirements:: It works on all browsers including smart phones and does not require any plug-ins, Java, HTML, and Flash.
Identify Major Learning Goals:: To provide a digital library of mathematical content that can be beneficial for students of mathematical sciences to search for math news, math courses’ communities, and math books related to their area of research interest.
Target Student Population:: Undergraduate and graduate math students, and engineering and science students who have research interests related to math.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:: Any course in the mathematical sciences.

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Strengths:: This site contains several useful resources in its digital mathematical sciences library project such as math news, math book reviews, math communities, math courses and notes, and mathematical communication which is a collection of resources for encouraging students to participate in math activities by writing and speaking about mathematics. This site is part of the MAA collection so the content is trustworthy.
Concerns:: The math in the news site has not been updated in over a year. The search for news at any month this year and last year retrieved no articles.

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Strengths:: This site will help students look for recommended math books related to their area of research interest or related to their courses. Students will also use this site to read the most recent math news, and to learn how to participate in math communities and activities. Students can also find historical date when major events in mathematics occurred.
Concerns:: The section: (Loci and JOMA) needs from user to log in to access this section. It does not have any introduction or any information about this resource. In addition, some students may not have access to log in to this resources if they are not active member at MAA.

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Strengths:: This site has an intuitive section-by-section organizational structure. It has a summary or introduction to most sections which is helpful for users.
Concerns:: The “On this Day” search asks the user to “please provide a year” but there is no place to enter in a year.

Other Issues and Comments:: The section: (Loci and JOMA) needs from user to log in to access this section. It does not have any introduction or any information about this resource. In addition, some students may not have access to log in to this resources if they are not active member at MAA.
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