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Astronomy

Subject Databases
E-Text
Websites

Research Library Liaison - Erica Lopez

Email: z_lopezer@titan.sfasu.edu
Phone: (936) 468-6270
Office: 202j

General Databases

Academic Search Complete (Ebsco) is a multidisciplinary index giving access to articles in over 8000 journals with many available in full text.

Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale Cengage Learning) is a general database with indexing for journal, magazine and newspaper articles, with many of the articles available full text.

Google Scholar provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.

Wilson Select Plus (FirstSearch) is a general database that contains full text articles from popular and scholarly journals and magazines.

 

Subject Databases

DIScovering Science provides comprehensive coverage of scientific disciplines including Physical Sciences, Medicine, Technology, Information Sciences and Mathematics.

Science & Technology Collection (Ebsco) provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,700 publications of which over 800 leading full text journals cover relevant aspects of the scientific and technical community. Topics include astrophysics, biology, chemistry, computer technology, geology, physics, archaeology, and materials science.

SciFinder is an access point to several Chemical Abstracts databases providing chemical literature from over 10,000 journals, 1907-present; organic and inorganic substance information (CAS registry); patents; structure diagrams; and more. New users start here.

SIMBAD Astronomical Database provides basic data, cross-identifications and bibliographic references for astronomical objects within our galaxy or in external galaxies.

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E-Text

NetLibrary is a collection of electronic books (eBooks) especially selected to meet the needs of the university curriculum.

Online Books: Astronomy

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Websites

Astronomical World Wide Web Resources (AstroWeb)
An exhaustive list of astronomy websites, including sites providing information on job vacancies, astronomy news, sites for a large number of organizations, societies and observatories, newsletters, homepages of individuals, etc.

Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics  please see the following related site as well.

Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics: Supplementary Web Links
A directory of astronomy web links by subject from General Data through Cosmic Rays and Plasma Physics to Astronomical Catalogs.

Resources of Scholarly Societies - Astronomy
A directory of astronomy scholarly societies, with each of these sites providing links to its own resources and to other related sites

Martindale's "The Reference Desk". Calculators On-line Center (Physics and Astrophysics)
An extensive site providing calculators for Units, Date conversions, Sunrise/sunset in real time, Ephemeris, Orbital mechanics, etc.

Astronomical World Wide Web Resources (STScI)
An exhaustive list of astronomy websites

Some Interesting Astronomy Sites on the Web
Astronomy sites listed by Yahoo.com

Catching the Light: Astronomical Images
"This is a web site of deep-sky astronomical photographs, tips and techniques for astrophotography, and digital enhancement in Photoshop."

Physics and Astronomy Web Resources

 

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