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Astronomy & Physics Resources: Background Info

Getting Started with Reference

Reference resources include encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases and handbooks. Entries in such sources tend to be rather short and they are meant to help you get started with research on a new topic.

General Reference Databases

Reference Books

Almanacs

The Astronomical Almanac for the Year
CALL NUMBER:  Ref. QB8 .U1

Dictionaries

Cambridge Astronomy Dictionary

CALL NUMBER:  Ref. QB14 .C34 1996

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of the Solar System
CALL NUMBER:  Ref. QB501 .E53 2007

History of Astronomy:  An Encyclopedia
CALL NUMBER:  Ref. QB15 .H624 1997

Macmillan Encyclopedia of Physics
CALL NUMBER:  Ref. QC5 .M15 1996

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
CALL NUMBER:  Ref. Q121 .M3 2007

The Solar System
CALL NUMBER:  Ref. QB501 .S627 2010

Handbooks

Astronomical Phenomena for the Year 
CALL NUMBER:  Ref. QB9 .U55

Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics
CALL NUMBER:  Ref. QB136 .Z65 2007

Tables of Physical and Chemical Constants
CALL NUMBER:  Ref. QC61 .K3 1995