Every once in awhile I come across a web site that is either unique or otherwise useful. Here is a great source for math games, puzzles and ideas for course instruction:

Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles

This site is for teachers, parents and students who seek engaging mathematics. Many of the topics are accompanied by Java illustrations. There are more than 800 Java applets. Here you will find nicely categorized all sorts of activities for various levels of abilities.

The ads are a minor annoyance, but you can subscibe to a sans ads version, if you wish.

http://www.cut-the-knot.org/index.shtml

Good News! We have just added 60 new, as well as, long established math journals. These are available courtesy of EMIS, the European Mathematical Information Service.

To see a list of the titles and coverage go to:
http://www.library.drexel.edu/resources/documents/MathJournalList.pdf

All titles are incorporated into our catalog with linkage through SFX.

From The Chronicle of Higher Education for Friday Feb 2, 2007
Renegade Editors Seek to Topple Top Topology Journal by Starting Up a Cheaper Rival
By RICHARD MONASTERSKY

The renegade editorial board of the journal Topology, which resigned en masse last summer, has started up a rival — and cheaper — journal to challenge the venerable title, which is put out by the publishing giant Elsevier.
The board revolted largely over Elsevier’s pricing policies, which have drawn complaints from mathematicians and led some researchers to boycott Topology, said members of the board. After finishing out 2006 as editors, they formally stepped down and a few weeks later announced that they would create the Journal of Topology, to be published by the London Mathematical Society.

For institutions the annual price of the new quarterly journal will be $570, compared with Topology’s $1,665 for six issues per year. In terms of subject area, the challenger is similar to the original, said Ulrike Tillmann, managing editor of the new journal and a professor of mathematics at the University of Oxford. “We are looking for very high-quality papers.”

As of mid-January, she said, the Elsevier Web site continued to list Ms. Tillmann and the other former editors as members of the editorial board of Topology. Elsevier has since removed the page describing Topology’s editorial board and does not list any current editors. In its guide for authors, though, it still suggests sending manuscripts to the now-resigned editors. In an e-mail message, Robert E. Ross, publisher of pure-mathematics journals for Elsevier, said the company planned to make an announcement about Topology, and “it would be premature to comment in detail at this point.”

Don Davis, a professor of mathematics at Lehigh University, who conducts an online discussion group for nearly 800 topologists worldwide, said Topology’s future looks bleak. “I’m anticipating the Elsevier journal will cease to exist,” he said.