Physics and Astronomy: A Research Guide

Contents: General Guides | Dictionaries and Encyclopedias | Handbooks and Tables | Indexes

General Guides

Home, Roderick Weir. The History of Classical Physics: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography. New York: Garland, 1984. Location: Morris Library (Z7141 .H65 1984)

Information Sources in Physics. 3rd ed. London; New Jersey: Boston: Bowker-Saur, 1994. Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref QC5.45 .I54x 1994) Location: Physics Library - Reference (Ref QC5.45 .I54x 1994)

Seal, Robert A. A Guide to the Literature of Astronomy. Littleton, Col.: Libraries Unlimited, 1977. Location: Physics Library (Z5151 .S4)

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Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Besancon, Robert M., ed. The Encyclopedia of Physics. 3rd ed. New York: Van Nostrand Reinbhold Co., c1985. Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref QC5 .E546 1985) Location: Physics Library - Reference (Ref QC5 .E546 1985)

Cambridge Dictionary of Astronomy. Cambridge, England, and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref QB14 .M55 2001) Location: Physics Library - Reference (Ref QB14 .M55 2001)

The Facts on File Dictionary of Physics. 3rd ed. Edited by John Daintith and John Clark. New York: Checkmark Books, c1999. Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref QC5 .F34 1999) Location: Morris Library (QC5 .F34 1999)

A Dictionary of Physics. 5th ed. Oxford, England, and New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. Location: Physics Library - Reference (Ref QC5 .C56 2005)

Encyclopedia of Physics. 3rd ed. Edited by Rita G. Lerner and George L. Trigg. Weinheim: VCH, c2005. Location: Physics Library - Reference (Ref QC5.E545 2005)

Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics. Editor-in-chief Paul Murdin. 4 vols. Bristol; Philadelphia: Institute of Physics Pub.; London; New York: Nature Pub. Group, 2001. Location: Physics Library - Reference (Ref QB14 .E534 2001)

Rigden, John S. ed. Macmillan Encyclopedia of Physics. New York: Macmillan, c1996. Location: Physics Library - Reference (Ref QC5 .M15 1996)

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Handbooks and Tables

American Institute of Physics. AIP Style Manual. 4th ed. New York: American Institute of Physics, 1990. Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref QC5.45 .A45 1990) Location: Physics Library - Reference (Ref QC5.45 .A45 1990) Location: Internet (http://www.aip.org/pubservs/style/4thed/toc.html)

AIP Physics Desk Reference. 3rd ed. Edited by E. Richard Cohen, David R. Lide, George L. Trigg. New York: AIP Press, c2003. Location: Physics Library - Reference (Ref QC61.P49 2003)

American Institute of Physics. American Institute of Physics Handbook. 3rd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972. Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref QC61 .A5 1972) Location: Physics Library - Reference (Ref QC61 .A5 1972) Location: Marine Studies Library (QC61 .A5 1972)

Anderson, Herbert L., ed. A Physicist's Desk Reference. 2nd ed. of Physics Vade Mecum. New York: American Institute of Physics, 1989. Location: Temporary Chemistry Library - Reference (Ref QC61 .P49 1989)

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Cleveland, OH: CRC Press. Annual. Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref QD65 .A1 H35) Location: Physics Library - Reference (Ref QD65 .A1 H35) Location: Marine Studies Library - Reference (Ref QD65 .A1 H35) Location: Morris Library (QD65 .A1 H35)

Cheremisinoff, Nicholas P. Unit Conversions and Formulas Manual. Ann Arbor, MI: Ann Arbor Science Publishers, c1980. Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref Q199 .C46)

Jerrard, H.G. A Dictionary of Scientific Units: Including Dimensionless and Numbers and Scales. 6th ed. London and New York: Chapman & Hall, 1992. Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref QC82 .J4 1992)

Tables of Physical and Chemical Constants. 16th ed. Essex, England and New York: Longman, 1995. Location: Temporary Chemistry Library - Reference (Ref QC61 .K3 1995)

Tuma, Jan J. Handbook of Physical Calculations: Definitions, formulas, Technical Applications, Physical Tables, Conversion Tables, Graphs, Dictionary of Physical Terms. 2nd enl. and rev. ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, c1983. Location: Physics Library - Reference (Ref QC61 .T85 1983) Location: Morris Library (QC61 .T85 1983)

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Indexes

Web of Science. Location: Library Databases

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