Physics

Databases

ScienceDirect


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    Reference

    Online

    Credo Reference

    A collection of online encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference sources. Search for a topic in all subject areas, individual or multiple subjects, or in a specific book. Titles of interest for Physics include:

    o The Penguin Dictionary of Physics
    o Encyclopedia of the Solar System
    o Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology
    o McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
    o Science in the Contemporary World: An Encyclopedia

    Print

    • Encyclopedia of the Solar System; Reference Collection – 2nd Floor
    Call Number: QB 501 .E53 2007
    • Encyclopedia of Physics; Reference Collection – 2nd Floor
    Call Number QC5 .R596 2004
    • Q is for quantum : an Encyclopedia of Particle Physics; Reference Collection - 2nd Floor
    Call Number: QC793.2.G747 2000
    • Facts on File Dictionary of Atomic and Nuclear Physics; Reference Collection – 2nd Floor
    Call Number: QC772 .F33 2003
    • CRC Handbook of Physics and Chemistry Reference Collection - 2nd Floor
    Call Number: QD65 .H3 2008-09
    • Macmillan Encyclopedia of Physics Reference Collection - 2nd Floor
    Call Number: QC5 .M15 1996

    Websites

    Physics

    • PhysMath Central Peer-reviewed physics journals.
    http://www.physmathcentral.com/

    • CERN Document Server Over 900,000 bibliographic records, including 360,000 fulltext documents, of interest to people working in particle physics and related areas.
    http://cds.cern.ch/

    • ArXiv A repository of preprints (completed articles awaiting publication) in mathematics, physics, computer science, quantitative biology and statistics. Maintained by Cornell University.
    http://arxiv.org/

    NIST Physics Laboratory - Physical reference data, constants, units & uncertainty, measurements & calibrations, publications, general interest pages, and information on selected projects. http://physics.nist.gov/

    • World of Physics A collection of entries on physics topics. http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/

    • Scirus A specialized Web search engine for scientific information.
    http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/

    Astronomy and Astrophysics

    • U.S. Naval Observatory; Data services and astronomical information. http://www.usno.navy.mil/astronomy

    • NASA’s High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) Data, tools, and information about HEASARC missions.
    http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov

    Complied by Rebecca Allsopp