Librarian
Scholarly Databases and Search Engines
- ADS (Astrophysics Data System)Digital Library portal for astronomy and physics (contains over 7 million records).
- ArXiv.org (Astrophysics section)Astrophysics section of arXiv, the premier collection of preprints in physics and related fields - The 1st place many experienced researchers go to keep up-to-date with new research. The service allows authorized users to post papers BEFORE the papers are published through the peer review review process.
- Web of Science This link opens in a new windowCitation database with multidisciplinary coverage of journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Indexes the journal literature and tracks article citation histories.
- Google ScholarGoogle Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Handbooks
AIP Physics Desk Reference by Call Number: Stacks QC61 .P49 2003ISBN: 9780387989730Publication Date: 2003
Handbook of space astronomy and astrophysics by Call Number: Online ResourceISBN: 9786611944421Publication Date: 2007
The Scientific American Science Desk Reference by Call Number: Online ResourceISBN: 9780585360959Publication Date: 1999
