Selected Resources for: Astronomy and Astrophysics
 | Subject Librarian: Lisa Johnston E-Mail: ljohnsto Subject Description:Astronomy concerns the origin, evolution, composition, distance, and motion of all bodies and matter in the universe and astrophysics unravels the physical properties and structure of all cosmic matter. (See related subject page on physics.) The School of Physics and Astronomy provides a list of current topics studied at the University of Minnesota. Reference: Quick question? Instant messenger (AIM, MSN, Yahoo, Google Talk, Jabber) at umphyslib For the latest news see the Physics and Astronomy Library News blog. |
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Abstracts and Indexes
* Premier Resources *| Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service Click here for public access. Provides access to scholarly and technical literature in three major areas: 1) astronomy and astrophysics (approximately 330,000 abstracts; 2) instrumentation(approximately 460,000 abstracts); and 3) physics and geophysics (approximately 220,000 abstracts). In addition, the database has extended the abstract service to include links to scanned images of over 40,000 journal articles for articles appearing in most of the major astronomical journals. Literature types indexed are mostly journal articles, conference proceedings, NASA reports, and many Ph.D. theses. [more information] [  Add To myLibrary!] |
Academic or Scholarly Articles Subject Indexes
arXiv.org (OA)  Open access to 408,881 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science and Quantitative Biology. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Digital Dissertations (online) Coverage: 1861 - present (Doctoral dissertations) 1962 - present (Masters theses). Description: Dissertations and theses from over 1000 universities. Doctoral dissertations are indexed for almost all North American graduate schools and many European universities. Masters theses from selected schools only. Provides bibliographic citations for older titles. Abstracts are included for dissertations since 1980 and for masters theses since 1988.
Some dissertations, beginning with 1997 publication dates, are available digitally.
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INSPEC ®  Provides comprehensive coverage of scholarly literature in the fields of physics and astrophysics, electrical engineering, electronics, computing and control, and information technology. Indexed are primarily journal articles and conference papers, with some books,technical reports, and dissertations. The database provides bibliographic citations plus abstracts. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Catalogs and Bibliographies
Catalogs| MNCAT Classic Search with MNCAT Classic to find books, journals, etc. owned by the library. Search by keyword, subject, title, or author for materials on your topic. MNCAT Classic lacks the faceted searching of MNCAT Plus, but can be easier to use if you already have a good idea of what you're looking for. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| WorldCat This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education Covers all subjects. Provides bibliographic citations of books, serials, manuscripts, maps, music scores, sound recordings, films and machine-readable data files published worldwide. Provides holdings information for nearly 30,000 libraries. Producer/Publisher is OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 65 users at any one time. If you get a busy signal, please wait a few minutes and try accessing the site again. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
General Reference Sources
Atlases & Maps| Google Sky The web-based version of Google Sky first available through Google Earth. Also includes links to Google Moon and Google Mars. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Sky View Café Free Java applet that lets you use your web browser to see many types of astronomical information, in both graphical and numerical form. Sky View Café includes star charts, a 3-D orrery, displays of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, an astronomical event calendar, an ephemeris generator, and many other features. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Biographical Sources
| American Men and Women of Science American Men and Women of Science is a biographical dictionary of the significant players in the physical, biological, and related sciences. Each edition includes biographical entries on approximately 120,000 living scientists, providing birthdate; birthplace; field of specialty; education; honorary degrees; current position; professional and career information; awards; memberships; research information; and addresses for each entrant where available. This resource is part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Nobel Laureates in Physics 1901 - Present A comprehensive list of the winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics. Provides biographical information and text from the commendation for the award. Many entries link to biographical sketches, photos, bibliographic citations, and text of speeches. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Dictionaries
| A Dictionary of Astronomy The electronic edition of this established dictionary contains over 4,200 up-to-date entries on all aspects of astronomy from space exploration, to astrophysics, cosmology, the Big Bang theory, black holes, galaxy evolution, and SETI. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Directories
| American Astronomical Society (AAS) Membership Directory The American Astronomical Society (AAS), established 1899, is the major organization of professional astronomers in North America. The membership (~6,500) also includes physicists, mathematicians, geologists, engineers and others whose research interests lie within the broad spectrum of subjects now comprising contemporary astronomy. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Astronomy Meetings and Conferences List This international list of past and future astronomy meetings is maintained by the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre of the National Research Council of Canada's Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Graduate School Directory for Physics and Astronomy A comprehensive online source for researching graduate programs in the physical sciences, Astronomy and related fields. The site provides resources for students (general advice on exams, admission process, tips on how to survive and prosper in graduate school, funding, graduate research resources, jobs and career information, etc.), and resources for academics (recruitment tools, funding, jobs, education and employment data: latest trends, etc.) [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| International Astronomy Union (IAU) Member Directory The member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) are professional astronomers all over the world, at the Ph.D. level and beyond, and active in professional research and education in astronomy. As of September 2006, the IAU has 9,783 Individual Members in 87 countries worldwide. Of those 64 are National Members. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Scholarly Societies -- Astronomy A well-selected set of internet links to scholarly societies, associations, institutes, interest groups, and consortia in the field. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Encyclopedias
| AccessScience The online version of McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. Contains more than 8,000 articles written by the leading figures in their fields ? including 30 Nobel Prize winners ? edited and illustrated with the non-specialist in mind. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Concise as well as scholarly articles on a wide range of subjects. Also includes links to related Internet resources, and the Britannica Book of the Year. Search tip: When combining words in search, capitalize AND. For example: revolution AND 1848 [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Encyclopedia of the solar system This self-contained reference provides a framework for understanding the origin and evolution of the solar system, historical discoveries, and details about planetary bodies and how they interact. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Handbooks and Manuals
| Handbook of Mathematical Functions This book is a compendium of mathematical formulas, tables, and graphs. It contains a table of analytical integrals, differential equations, and numerical series; and includes tables of trigonometric and hyperbolic functions, tables for numerical integration, rules for differentiation and integration, and techniques for point interpolation and function approximation. Additionally, it devotes a entire section to mathematical and physical constants as fractions and powers of Pi, e, and prime numbers; and discusses statistics by presenting combinatorial analysis and probability functions. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Internet Resources
Gateways & Megasites| Astronomy and Astrophysics (from MIT) An excellent and comprehensive list of Internet resources in the field. Oriented to advanced student and scholars. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| AstroWeb: Astronomy/Astrophysics on the Internet A comprehensive source of astronomy-related links for information at all levels. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Portal to the Universe The Portal to the Universe provides a global portal for online astronomy content, serving as an index and aggregator. The site itself features news, blogs, video podcasts, audio podcasts, images, videos and more. Web 2.0 collaborative tools, such as the ranking of different services according to popularity, help the user to sift constructively through the wealth of information available and will promote interactions within the astronomy multimedia community. A range of “widgets” (small applications) have also been developed to tap into all sorts of existing “live data”, such as near-live pictures of the Sun, live positions of spacecraft or live observations from telescopes. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Periodical and Newspaper subscriptions
Electronic Journal Titles| Electronic Journals: Astronomy and Astrophysics A list of e-journals covering astronomy and astrophysics topics and available to faculty, students, and staff at the University of Minnesota. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
News Sources
| AIP Physics News Update News briefings and hot topics from the American Institute of Physics. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Science Now News stories for the current week from the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science). Access to full-text stories may require that you register online (free). [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Statistics and Data
Data Resources| Astronomical Data The Astronomical Applications Department of the U.S. Naval Observatory provides authoritative products - almanacs, software, and web services - and precise astronomical data - Sun and Moon rise and set times, Moon phases, eclipses, seasons, positions of solar system objects, and other data. Astronomical Information Center Background information on common astronomical phenomena, calendars and time, and related topics The Astronomical Almanac is a joint publication of the U. S. Nautical Almanac Office in the United States (USNO) and Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office (HMNAO) in the United Kingdom. The online version contains precise ephemerides of the Sun, Moon, planets, and satellites, data for eclipses and other astronomical phenomena for a given year, and serves as a world-wide standard for such information. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| National Virtual Observatory (NVO) NVO's objective is to enable new science by greatly enhancing access to data and computing resources. NVO makes it easy to locate, retrieve, and analyze data from archives and catalogs worldwide. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| SIMBAD Astronomical Data The SIMBAD astronomical database provides basic data, cross-identifications, bibliography and measurements for astronomical objects outside the solar system, ie Stars. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Style Manuals and Writing Guides
Bibliography Software| RefWorks: Personal Citation Manager RefWorks is a web-based citation manager that allows you to create your own databases of citations by importing references from MNCAT and other databases, and then in seconds automatically generate bibliographies in all major styles (MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago, etc.). [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Style Manuals
| <i>Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, 7th ed.</i> Published by the Style Manual Committee, Council of Science Editors. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Writing Guides
| <i>How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper</i> Concisely covers all aspects of science writing, from choosing a title to acknowledgments and references: submission strategies; other forms of science writing (book reviews, theses, presentations, posters); English language usage. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Technically speaking: Video guide to giving effective oral presentations (DVD) The main goal is to improve the oral communication skills of undergraduate mathematics and related STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) students. To achieve these goals, the project developed a series of video vignettes that portray student-actors presenting a small portion of mathematical talk, roughly 30-90 seconds in length. The videos are also freely available online at http://techspeaking.denison.edu/Technically_Speaking/Home.html. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
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