Research Guide: Physics & Astronomy
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Finding Background Info [help]
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these sources for quick overviews, to develop vocabulary for searching and/or for more sources |
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Oxford Reference Online Database -
access to over 140 online reference books
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CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
-- full text handbook covering biochemistry, chemistry and physics
*not included in ENGnetBASE*
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Finding Articles [help]
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Biological Abstracts --
a complete collection of bibliographic references covering life science and biomedical research literature published from more than 4,000 journals
internationally. This database contains more than 10 million archival records from as far back as 1969, with more than 370,000 citations added each year |
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Science Citation Index
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Researchers can search citation data (from the footnotes of each article), taking
a known, relevant paper or work and finding other, more recent papers that cite it. |
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ScienceDirect College Edition
- Health & Life Sciences Journal Collection
-- access to peer-reviewed health and life sciences journal articles |
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Databases available only in Rockwell Hall, Room 201: |
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Cambridge Structural Database -- "is a database of crystallographic, chemical and bibliographic information for organic molecules and metal-organic
compounds" |
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SciFinder Scholar --- web version of Chemical Abstracts
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Finding Books [help]
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Library Catalog -- search by subject,
keyword, author or title! |
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Web Resources |
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American Association of Physics Teachers --
(AAPT) National organization supporting physics education. Publishes American Journal
of Physics and The Physics Teacher and sponsors The Physical Sciences Resources
Center
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PER Central (provided by the American
Association of Physics Teachers) -- A collection of information & resources for
physics education research. Included are articles, research groups, curriculum
materials and more! |
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The
Physics Teacher -- publishes papers on the teaching of physics,
and on topics such as contemporary physics, applied physics, and the
history of physics—all aimed at the introductory-level teacher |
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American Institute of Physics -- (AIP) Purpose of
organization: to promote "the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of
physics and its application to human welfare." Sponsors Sigma Pi Sigma Honor
Society; publishes Physics Today and other physics journals |
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American Astronomical Society -- The major
organization of professional astronomers in North America. Publishes The
Astronomical Journal and The Astrophysical Journal. Includes a link to
ADS: The NASA Astrophysics Data System |
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