Research Guide for Physical Sciences
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Handbooks, etc.
| Ref. Q121 .S94 2005 | Science in the Contemporary World: an Encyclopedia |
| Ref. Q121 .V3 2008 | Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia |
| Ref. Q123 .M15 2003 | McGraw Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms |
| Ref. Q125 H345 2005 | Science in the Early Twentieth Century: an Encyclopedia |
| Ref. Q141 .C128 1996 | Cambridge Dictionary of Scientists |
| Ref. Q141 .N734 1997 | Notable Women in the Physical Sciences: a Biographical Dictionary |
| Ref. QB14 .D37 2004 | Universal Book of Astronomy from the Andromeda Galaxy to the Zone of Avoidance |
| Ref. QB14 .L36 2006 | Companion to Astronomy and Astrophysics |
| Ref. QB64 .B36 2003 | Cambridge Encyclopedia of Amateur Astronomy |
| Ref. QB501 .E53 2007 | Encyclopedia of the Solar System |
| Ref. QC5 .C43 1999 | Dictionary of Physics |
| Ref. QC7 .D27 2004 | Nobel Laureates and Twentieth Century Physics |
| Ref. QD4 .V36 2005 | Van Nostrand's Encyclopedia of Chemistry |
| Ref. QD65 .C7 2003 | CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 2003-2004 |
| Ref. QD291 .V63 2005 | Vocabulary and Concepts of Organic Chemistry |
| Ref. QE3 .M38 | Source Book in Geology 1400-1900 |
| Ref. QE5 .G465 1999 | Geology |
| Ref. QE363.8 .B565 2005 | Guide to Minerals, Rocks, and Fossils |
| Ref. QE522 .V813 2003x | Volcanoes |
| Ref. TD9 .A84 2001 | Encyclopedia of Environmental Studies |
| Ref. TL788 .W54 2001 | Cambridge Dictionary of Space Technology |
For additional resources, search the St. Joseph's College Libraries Online Catalog
Other Sources
| Q131 .T36 2006 | Scientific Pioneers: Women Succeeding in Science |
| Q141 .G79 2003 | Scientists: a History of Science Told Through the Lives of its Greatest Inventors |
| Q171 .F385 2000 | Pleasure of Finding Things Out: the Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman |
| QB43 .F47 2002 | Seeing in the Dark: how Backyard Stargazers are Probing Deep Space and Guiding Earth from Interplanetary Peril |
| QB44.3 .P58 2002 | Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing Hoax |
| QB339 .R84 2002 | Disturbing the Solar System: Impacts, Close Encounters, and Coming Attractions |
| QB501 .L24 2003 | Cambridge Guide to the Solar System |
| QB631 .D34 2004 | Ancient Earth, Ancient Skies: the Age of Earth and its Cosmic Surroundings |
| QB982 .F47 2006 | State of the Universe: a Primer in Modern Cosmology |
| QC174.12 .A29 2002 | Entanglement: the Greatest Mystery in Physics |
| QC174.12 .H39 2001 | Universe in a Nutshell |
| QC178 .G56 2001 | Grip of Gravity: the Quest to Understand the Laws of Motion and Gravity |
| QC793.2 .V45 2003 | Facts and Mysteries in Elementary Particle Physics |
| QC981 .C5 2006 | Winds of Change: Climate, Weather and the Destruction of Civilizations |
| QD11 .L45 2001 | Transforming Matter: a History of Chemistry from Alchemy to the Buckyball |
| QD461 .B228 2001 | Stories of the Invisible: a Guided Tour of Molecules |
| QE522 .B637 2002 |
Volcanoes in Human History: the Far-Reaching Effects of Major Eruptions |
| QE523 .P3 S33 2002 | La Catastrophe: the Eruption of Mount Pelee, the Worst Volcanic Eruption of the Twentieth Century |
| QE543.3 .H68 2002 | Earthshaking Science: What we Know (and don't Know) about Earthquakes |
| RA566 .E573 2002 | Environmental Change, Climate and Health: Issues and Research Methods |
| TN270 .I66 2006 | Introduction to Mineral Exploration |
| TP18 .M34 2001 | Prometheans in the Lab: Chemistry and the Making of the Modern World |
Sources for Physical Science Articles
The following databases may be useful for this subject area. To use the
following databases on campus,
click on the Journal
Articles / Database link.
| Academic Search Elite (EBSCO) | Britannic Online | General Science (EBSCO) |
| Oxford Reference Online | Research Library (Proquest) | Science Reference Center (EBSCO) |
| Wilson OmniFile |
Physical Science Related Websites
| Climate at a Glance | Computes tables and graphs of monthly temperature and
precipitation data. Data goes back to 1895. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html |
| Intute: Science, Engineering and Technology | Annotated links to web resources for education and research
in physical sciences, engineering, computing, math and envrionmental
science. http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences |
| Martindale's Reference Desk | Calculators for all topics. Site is divided by subject
area. http://www.martindalecenter.com/ |
| Physical Reference Data | Contains data for physical constants, spectroscope data,
ionization, x-ray and gamma ray data. Site is maintained by the National
Institute of Standards and Technology http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/contents.html |
| U.S. Geology Service | http://geology.usgs.gov/index.shtml |
| Views of the Solar System | Illustrations and information about the solar system. http://www.solarviews.com |
Check the Selected Websites page for additional subject specific websites.
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