Here are some links for mathematics societies.

• Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
• Northeastern Section of the MAA (NES-MAA)
• American Mathematical Society (AMS)
• Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)

Here are some links for Framingham State College.

• ITS
• Division of Graduate and Continuing Education

Here are the links to the Framingham State College Campus Directory.  Use the first link for phone numbers for various offices, department Chairs, and fax numbers.  Use the second for faculty, staff, and administration phone numbers.

• Campus Directory
• Offices and Buildings

Here are some helpful library and research links.         

• Framingham State College - Henry Whittemore Library
• Boston University Libraries
• AMS MathSciNet

Here are some links for some GREAT sites.

• Are you wondering why one should study Mathematics?  Well, check out the Careers Profiles page on the MAA web site.  These essays contain a variety of answers to the question "Why should I study math?".
• Are you wondering about the meaning of some mathematics terminology that you have heard during a class or read in a textbook?  Why not check out some of these on-line mathematics dictionaries:
  • use "Glossary" of Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles
  • the Glossary on the Math.com web site
  • On-Line Mathematics Dictionary
  • use "Resource Library" of Eric Weissenstein's World of Mathematics
  • Maths Thesaurus
  • of course, there is always YourDictionary.com
• The Armstrong Atlantic State University Mathematics Department has a great College Algebra Tutorial.
• Cathy Frey has made some fantastic mathematical modules for the World Wide Web.  Check them out!
  • Taylor Polynomials
  • Unit Circle
• If you do not have access to a graphing calculator, check out Russell Schwager's Grapher.  Using this applet, you will be able to graph up to four functions in the same graph window.  You can graph algebraic and transcendental functions including both inverse and hyperbolic trigonometric functions using this graphing applet.   
• Be sure to check out how Tom Banchoff combines mathematics and computer graphics into electronic artwork on his
  • Artwork Homepage
  • Project List

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• Would you like to explore the vector cross product?  Well, why not check out the Vector Cross Product Java interactive tutorial created by David McNamara, Alan Middleton, and Eric Schiff of the Department of Physics at Syracuse University.
• Harvey Mudd College Mathematics department maintains the Mudd Math Fun Facts site.  You can check out fun facts in a variety of areas including Algebra, Calculus/Analysis, Combinatorics, Geometry, Number Theory, and Topology.  If you have a fun fact that you would like to share, check out the submissions guidelines for the site!
• Coolmath.com is a very colorful site that contains many interesting, amusing, and useful resources.  The site also includes a graphing calculator applet.
• The School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of St. Andrews-Scotland maintains the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.  You can check out the biographies index, the famous curves index,  examine the history topics index, read about the Mathematicians of the day, as well as search the archive for a topic or mathematician of interest to you.
• If you like the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, you may enjoy these history of mathematics web sites as well:
  • the History of Mathematics page and the History of Geometry page on the Mathematics and Computer Science site at Clark University 
  • the Think Quest Mathematics History 
  • David R. Wilkins History of Mathematics page on the Trinity College, Dublin site
  • the History of Mathematics page on the Math Archives
  • the Links to Web Sites on History of Mathematics page of the British Society of the History of Mathematics site
  • the Famous Problems in the History of Mathematics  page on The Math Forum web site.
  • The Index of The Chronology of mathematics on the School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St. Andrews, Scotland site
  • the Earliest Known Uses of Some Words of Mathematics page
  • the Earliest Uses of Various Mathematical Symbols page
• You may enjoy the Furman University Mathematical Quotations Server.
• You might also enjoy checking out these sites.
  • The Math Forum  You may enjoy the Ask Dr. Math!
  • Read about Women in Mathematics on the site sponsored and maintained by the Committee on Women in Mathematics of the Canadian Mathematical Society.  Resources include biographies of women in mathematics, information on educational issues of girls and women in mathematics, information about books/articles and organizations for women in mathematics, and a variety of links.  Be sure to check out the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) site as well!  Using this link you will go directly to the Links for Biographies page on the AWM site.
  • Math Goodies provides resources for students, teacher, and parents.
  •  Demos With Positive Impact David R. Hill and Lila F. Roberts have set up a site at which you can find out about a variety of great classroom demonstrations.  If you have a demo that you would like to share, why not submit it!
• If you are interested in some unsolved problems, why not check out MathSoft Unsolved Problems, a list of unsolved math problems maintained by the makers of Mathcad, MathSoft Engineering and Education, Inc..

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• If you are interested in getting information on using Maple and/or examples of Maple projects, tutorials, and worksheets then check out these sites.
  • Waterloo Maple Homepage
  • Maple Application Center
  • There are two Maple tutorials available on the Maple Application Center site, 
    • the Maple Essentials Tutorial and
    • the Intro to Maple for Physics Students.
  • If you are considering using Maple in your course, check out Integrating Maple Into The Math Curriculum:  A Sensible Guide for Educators by Gregory A. Moore (This is a PDF file.  To download Acrobat Reader, click here.)
  • In addition, you may find these helpful.
    • Technology Resource Manual for Maple by Douglas B. Meade provides information for instructors and students as well as a nice introduction to using Maple.
    • Tips For Maple Instructors by Robert Lopez
    • Getting Started with Maple by David Hart and Clinton Wolfe is on the Math/Stat Center site at Indiana University.
    • Thomas' Calculus site has some good resources.
• Of course, if you have Maple, you should check out the program introduction and tutorial.  These are very helpful, and you can save the tutorial worksheets (containing your coding experiments) to new file names for future reference.

I will be posting more interesting sites.  
Please let me know if you find an interesting site.