Looking for a good webpage with different coordinate systesms

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Anyone have a good link to a site explaining the different coordinate systems and the jacobian determinant for each of them. Thanks

EDIT: I actually just need a website wiht a list of the different transformations ie.
polar:
x = u*cos(v)
y = u*sin(v)
[tex]v \in [0,2\pi], u \in [0,radius][/tex]
J = r
 
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Seems like no one has a link. Could someone maybe explain to me how i would best go about integrating the volume of a elipsoid then...
Elipsoid: [tex](\frac{x^2}{a^2}) + (\frac{y^2}{b^2}) + (\frac{z^2}{c^2}) = 1[/tex]

I'd go about it with spherical coordinates and the jacobian determinant [tex]r^2\sin(\theta)[/tex], but the integral you end up with isn't exactly prety. Are there any elipsoidal coordinates that are better suited?