MSc Mathematical and Computational Finance (2025-2026 Entry)

10. Resources and Facilities

10.1 Departmental Work

You will have access to your MSc study room in the ground floor of the Mathematical Institute. The study room will be available on a rotational basis with the rotation to be discussed amongst the students. Computers, desks and white boards are available to work on. The study room has power sockets for students wishing to use their own laptops and there is wi-fi throughout the building.

10.2 Libraries

10.2.1 Whitehead Library, Mathematical Institute

Contact: Ms Cathy Hunt (Librarian)
Email: library@maths.ox.ac.uk
Website: https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/members/library

The Whitehead Library holds material covering mathematical topics at postgraduate and research level, including mathematical finance. It is primarily for the use of current graduate students and academic staff of the Mathematical Institute.

Your University Card will have been activated to open the library door and you will have 24/7 access.

Books taken out of the Library must be checked-out on the SOLO computer loan system at the terminal in the library. Please note that books are not allowed to be taken away from Oxford and should be returned to the library before you leave for vacation, or any other length of time.

10.2.2 Other libraries

Other libraries holding some mathematical finance material include:
Radcliffe Science Library (RSL): https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/libraries/rsl
Sainsbury Library in the Said Business School: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/libraries/business
The Bodleian Social Science Library (SSL): https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/libraries/ssl

Information about all Bodleian libraries can be found at: https://www.bodleian.ox. ac.uk/libraries, and non-Bodleian libraries at: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ other-libraries-at-oxford

10.2.3 College libraries

You will have access to the library in your own College.
Information about College libraries can be found here: https://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/colleges

10.3 Resources for mathematical finance

10.3.1 Bench Collection

A small collection of books is held in a locked cupboard in the Mathematical Finance study room. This is an informal collection, not part of the University libraries. Please notify your course administrator with advanced notice if you wish to inspect this collection/borrow a book. The books in this collection can be borrowed whilst you are in Oxford for a course module, but please note that books are not to be taken away from the department.

10.3.2 E-books

Some of the books recommended for the course are available as e-books. You can find individual titles by searching the SOLO library catalogue (https://solo.bodleian.ox. ac.uk), or you can go to the online reading lists for your course on ORLO (Oxford Reading Lists Online): https://www.ctl.ox.ac.uk/orlo

You will need to log in to ORLO with your Single Sign-On username and password and in the search box enter: math mscmcf which will retrieve course sections for which e-books are available.

For further information about e-books, please see the E-Books LibGuides:
https://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/e-books/

10.3.3 LibGuides

Oxford LibGuides are a series of online guides to resources: https://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/oxford

Mathematics LibGuide: https://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maths (includes how to access e-books, e- journals, databases, conference proceedings, dissertations)

Key Business Resources: https://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/business (includes company information, market research, industry and market reports)

Economics LibGuide: https://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/economics

Managing your references LibGuide: https://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/reference-management (RefWorks, EndNote, etc.)