Astronomy and Physics Subject Guide
| Encyclopedias | Biographies |
| Handbooks | Indexes & Databases |
| Dictionaries | Internet Sites |
| Guides to the Literature |
Encyclopedias
The Astronomy and Astrophysics Encyclopedia
--Reference Stacks-- QB 14 .A873
Building Blocks of Matter : a Supplement to the Macmillan Encyclopedia of Physics
--Reference Stacks-- QC 793.2 .B85
Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
--Reference Stacks-- QB 14 .E534 (4 vol.)
Encyclopedia of Physics
--Reference Stacks-- QC 5 .E545
History of Astronomy : an Encyclopedia
--Reference Stacks-- QB 15 .H624
How Things Work : the Physics of Everyday Life
--Reference Stacks-- QC 21.2 .B59
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Physics
--Reference Stacks-- QC 5 .M15 (4 vol.)
Twentieth Century Physics
--Reference Stacks-- QC 7 .B685 1995 (3 vol.)
Handbooks
American Institute of Physics Handbook
--Reference Stacks-- QC 61 .A5
AIP Physics Desk Reference
--Reference Stacks-- QC 61 .P49
The Backyard Astronomer's Guide
--Reference Stacks-- QB 64 .D53
The Cambridge Illustrated History of Astronomy
--Reference Stacks-- QB 15 .C36
Concise Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects: Astrophysical Information for 500 Galaxies, Clusters, and Nebulae
--Reference Stacks-- QB 856 .F56; also available online-- netLibrary e-book
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
--Reference Stacks-- QD 65 .H3; also available online
For Good Measure : a Complete Compendium of International Weights and Measures
--Reference Stacks-- QC 88 .J6
Handbook of Atmospheric Science: Principles and Applications
--Reference Stacks-- QC 864 .H36; also available online-- netLibrary e-book
Handbook of Physical Quantities
--Reference Stacks-- QC 61 .H36
Handbook of Physics
--Reference Stacks-- QC 61 .H37
Knovel Critical Tables
--available online
International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology
--available online
Smithsonian Physical Tables, 9th rev. ed.
--available online
The Star Guide : Learn How to Read the Night Sky Star by Star
--Reference Stacks-- QB 63 .K45
Dictionaries
A Concise Dictionary of Astronomy
--Reference Stacks-- QB 14 .M56
Dictionary of Geophysics, Astrophysics, and Astronomy
--Reference Stacks-- QB 14 .D53
The Facts on File Dictionary of Astronomy
--Reference Stacks-- QB 14 .F3
The Hutchinson Pocket Dictionary of Physics
-- online-- netLibrary e-book
Guides to the Literature
Directory of Research in Physics/Astronomy at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions
--Reference Stacks-- QC 44 .D57
Biographies
Dictionary of Scientific Biography
--Reference Stacks-- Q 141 .D5 (18 vol.)
The Great Scientists
--Reference Stacks-- Q 141 .G767 (12 vol.)
Notable Scientists from 1900 to the Present
--Reference Stacks-- Q 141 .N728 (5 vol.)
Indexes and Databases
Applied Science & Technology -- Abstracts articles from 1983 and provides full-text of selected journals beginning in 1997.
Academic Search Complete -- Indexes, abstracts and provides selected full-text of articles published in scholarly publications from many disciplines.
Chemical Abstracts -- Please see Scifinder Scholar.
Chemical and Chemical Engineering Reference Books -- Provides electronic versions of 16 chemistry reference sources.
MathSciNet-- Indexes articles and reviews advanced mathematical journals, conference proceedings and books.
PapersFirst -- Indexes papers from every congress, conference, exposition, workshop, symposium, and meeting received at The British Library.
ProQuest Research Library -- Indexes, abstracts and provides selected full-text of popular and scholarly periodicals from many disciplines.
SciFinder Scholar -- Indexes and abstracts international journals, patents, patent families, technical reports, books, conference proceedings and dissertations for all areas of chemistry and chemical engineering; also includes SSM. Software must be downloaded and installed on the PC in order to use the database.
Internet Sites
PSIgate - Physics, Astronomy -- PSIgate aims to provide high quality Internet resources for students, researchers and practitioners in the physical sciences.
American Institute of Physics (AIP) -- Includes information on publications, conferences, jobs and more.
Institute of Physics -- Information from this international society, including free access to recent journals.
Librarians' Index to the Internet - Physics
Librarians' Index to the Internet - Astronomy -- Librarians' Index to the Internet (lii.org) is a searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 10,000 Internet resources.
Physics 2000 -- Interactive explanations of microwaves, lasers and more from a site based at University of Colorado, Boulder.
PhysicsWeb -- Physics news, jobs and resources.
