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Department
of Physics and Astronomy
Departmental Research Guide
This research guide relays some basic information on library
and information resources pertaining to the concerns of this
department, as provided by University Libraries and/or sites
on the World Wide Web.
1.
LC Call Nos. - - - 2.
Finding Articles - - - 3.
Reference Collection - - - 4.
P & A Faculty - - - 5.
Professional Societies - - - 6.
Web Sites
1.
To Shelf-Browse for Books (using main Library
of Congress Subject Divisions)
Books
on subjects associated with this field are shelved under the
call number ranges listed below. Use TOPCAT
to search for specific items in the collection, or more narrowly-defined
subjects.
Astronomy
(all main subjects): QB ------- Physics (all main
classical subjects): QC1-QC798 ------- Geophysics:
QE801-QE809 ------- Geomagnetism: QC811-QC849
------- Radioactive Dating/Earth's Interior: QE500-QE511.7
------- Biomagnetism & Biophysics: QH504-QH505
------- Applied Mechanics: TA349-TA359 ------- Electric
Circuits & Networks: TK452-TK454.4 ------- Electronic
Circuits: TK7867-TK7882 ------- various bibliographic
subjects (Z)
2. To Find Journal and Magazine Articles
(using indexing/abstracting/full-text services)
The
following services are recommended for courses for first-year
students and nonmajors:
- Academic
Search Premier
and MasterFILE Premier: These two all-subject
WWW-based services (they are part of the EBSCOhost
system) feature indexing and abstracting of many journals
and magazines WKU Libraries receives in hardcopy, plus a
large selection of articles in full-text.
- ArticleFirst:
This all-subject FirstSearch-based database indexes
almost 13000 journals and magazines from 1992 onward, including
some ninety percent of the ones University Libraries carries
in hardcopy.
- Science
(Magazine) Online (AAAS).
- Google
Scholar: A free Web-based Google service that restricts
searches to the scholarly literature. Now features linking
to full-text of articles held by WKU.
- Applied
Science and Technology Index: A Web-based database
that indexes a fair number of physics-related titles. A
paper version running through 1997 is located in Reference
at TA1 .A66 (ref.per.ind.).
The
following services are recommended for use by advanced students
and researchers:
- The
Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) [astrophysics
literature, including much full-text of professional articles]
http://adswww.harvard.edu/
- Science
(Magazine) Online (AAAS).
- Nature
(Magazine) Online.
- SpringerLink:
Access to about 1000 Springer journals with full content
back to about 1997.
- ejournal
collections by individual publisher: Cambridge Journals
Online, ScienceDirect (Elsevier), and Wiley
Interscience. Abstracting of the nearly 2000 science
journals published by these companies, with some full-text
available at each site (individually).
- DOAJ
(Directory of Open Access Journals): "This
service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific
and scholarly journals" (across all subject areas,
and in multiple languages).
- Electronic
Journal Service: EJS (Ebsco): Full-text
articles, tables of content, and abstracts from journals
across all subject areas.
- ECO
(FirstSearch KYVL database): No full-text,
but provides indexing of WKU hardcopy journal subscriptions
across all subject areas.
- Google
Scholar: As described above.
- ArticleFirst:
As described above.
- Ingenta:
A free online database indexing some 28000 journals and
magazines from the 1980s onward. Offers for-pay text delivery.
- Applied
Science and Technology Index: As described above.
- Astronomy
and Astrophysics Abstracts: A paper abstracting service
for the fields of astronomy and astrophysics. Located in
Reference at QB1 .A8x (ref.per.ind.).
- Physics
Abstracts: A state-of-the-art paper abstracting service
for the literature of physics-related titles (we own the
1932-1994 volumes only). Located in Reference, in Room 109.
Special
resource: Comprehensive
List of Indexes, Abstracts, and Full-Text Services Related
to the Natural & Applied Sciences Held by University Libraries
Special resource:
TDNet
Electronic Journal Finder [use to access Libraries'
electronic journals, magazines, and newspapers, as well as
some indexes and databases containing full-text articles;
includes a comprehensive A-Z listing of titles]
Special
resource: Knovel
Online Library:
A set of technical reference books and tables of particular
interest to engineering, mathematics, physics, astronomy,
and chemistry.
3. Monographic Reference Works in
Helm Library
The
following are recommended for use:
- handbooks,
dictionaries, encyclopedias, directories, etc.: available
in Reference, mainly in the QB, QC, and
TK parts of the collection. Note especially the
following: History of Astronomy: An Encyclopedia
QB15.H624 ------- Encyclopedia of Planetary Sciences
QB600.2 .E53 ------- Twentieth Century Physics
QC7.T84 ------- Instrumentation Reference Book
QC53.I574 ------- Handbook of Physical Quantities
QC61.H36 ------- Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics
Handbook QC173.A827 ------- Encyclopedia of Acoustics
QC221.5 .E53 ------- Handbook of Optics QC369.H35
------- Encyclopedia of Spectroscopy QC450.3 .P47
------- Handbook of Chemistry and Physics QD65.H3.
See the Shelf
List of Science & Technology-Related Reference Works in the
Reference Department, Helm Library.
4. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Department
of Physics and Astronomy Faculty http://physics.wku.edu/
Bell
Observatory, Western Kentucky University http://astro.wku.edu/observatory/
5. Related Professional Societies
(for professional news, careers/jobs, memberships, etc.)
Astronomy
Physics
6. Web Sites Recommended by Dept.
of Physics and Astronomy Faculty
A
& P: General/Gateways A
& P: History/Biography A
& P: Advanced Research
Astronomy: Solar System
Astronomy:
Misc. Resources Physics:
Teaching/Education/Tutorials Physics:
Subfields, Misc.
Astronomy
& Physics: General Portals & Gateways
Astronomy
& Physics: History / Biography
Astronomy
& Physics: Advanced Research: Physical Data, Programs, Technical
Literature, Preprints, etc.
Astronomy:
Planets & Solar System
Astronomy:
Miscellaneous Sites & Resources
Physics:
Teaching / Education / Student Tutorials
Physics:
Subfields, Miscellaneous Subjects, News, etc.
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