PHYSICS,
ASTRONOMY
& MATHEMATICS
Oklahoma Baptist University
Updated October 2003
Introduction
Need
an encyclopedia on physics? Looking for data on stellar bodies? Need
information on weights and measures, formulas and/or experiments? Looking for
information on a particular mathematical equation? These and other questions
can be answered with the aid of the resources listed below. If you have additional questions, ask the
librarians. They are ready to assist
you in finding the information you need.
General Background Information
Almanac for Computers
DOC D 213.14
American Men and Women of Science
Ref 925 A51
Astronomical Phenomena for the Year
DOC D 213.8/3
Astronomy Data Book
Ref 523 R662a
Atlas of the Universe
Ref 523 M823a
Bibliography and Research Manual of the History of Mathematics
Ref 510.9016 M4676
Biographical Dictionary of Mathematicians
Ref 510.922 B615ds
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
Ref 530 C911L80
Cambridge Astronomy Dictionary
Ref 520 C178ri
Cambridge Atlas of Astronomy
Ref 523 C178au
Complete Metric System with the International System of Units
Ref 389.152 L548c
Complete Multilingual Dictionary of Aviation and Aeronautical Terminology
Ref 629.1303 D369c
Conversion Factors
Ref 502.12 C771cf
CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics
Ref 510.3 W433cm
Dictionary of Named Effects and Laws in Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics
Ref 503 B19d2
Dictionary of Physics and Mathematics Abbreviations, Signs and Symbols
Ref 530 D554
Dictionary of Space Technology
Ref 629.403 A584dt2
Encyclopedia of Modern Physics
Ref 530.03 E53mey
Encyclopedia of Spectroscopy
Ref 543.0858 P447ES
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics
Ref 510.3 I96e2
German-English Mathematical Dictionary
Ref 510.3 H99g
Handbook of Mathematical, Scientific, and Engineering Formulas, Tables, Functions, Graphs, Transforms
Ref 510.212 H236fo
Handbook of Physical Quantities
Ref 530.0212 H236grv
History of Astronomy: An Encyclopedia
Ref 520.3 H673lkd
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Space Technology: A Comprehensive History of Space Exploration
Ref 629.403 I29c
International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology...
Ref 508 N27i
International Encyclopedia of Astronomy
Ref 520.321 I61mo
Mathematics Dictionary
>Ref 510.3 J27md4
McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
Ref 503 M147pk4
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Astronomy
Ref 523.003 M147pk
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Physics
Ref 530.0321 M147pk
NASA Aeronautics: Research and Technology
DOC NAS 1.83: 122
NASA Factbook
Ref 629.4 R411n
New Dictionary of Physics
Ref 530.03 G779m2
Nobel Prize Winners: Physics
Ref 530.092 N744mg
Observing Handbook and Catalogue of Deep-Sky Objects
Ref 522 L951oo
Ocran’s Acronyms: A Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in Scientific and Technical Writing
Ref 501.48 O19O
Omni Space Almanac
Ref 629.4 M114o
Prentice-Hall Encyclopedia of Mathematics
Ref 510.321 P927w
Scientific Unit Conversion: A Practical Guide to Metrication
Ref 530.812 C266suc
Star Guide
Ref 523.8 B573sg
Statistics
Ref 510 L793s
Telescope Handbook and Star Atlas
Ref 520 H851t
USA in Space
Ref 387.8 U84mgi
Van Nostrand’s Scientific Encyclopedia
Ref 503 V26s8
VNR Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics
Ref 510.202 V871g
Webster’s New World Dictionary of Mathematics
Ref 510.3 K18wn
Women in Chemistry and Physics: A Bibliographic Sourcebook
Ref 540.922 W872gr
Also check the On-line
Library Catalog for listings of video recordings..
Locating the Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics Collections
Books are arranged on the shelf in broad subject categories. Major categories are:
500 Pure Sciences
510 Mathematics
520 Astronomy
530 Physics
E Department of Energy
NS National Science Foundation
NAS National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Materials on these subjects are found in the following areas:
1st floor, north Reference
1st floor, west Periodicals
1st
floor annex Government
Documents
2nd floor General Book Stacks
3rd floor General Book Stacks
Sources of Journal Articles
PRINT RESOURCES
General Science Index
Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
MAS
FullText Ultra (EbscoHost)
Print and microform indexes and journals are located on the
1st floor, west.
For a complete list of journals and other periodicals owned by the library,
look at Periodical
Directory (http://www2.okbu.edu/library/periodcl/index.html)
INTERNET RESOURCES
Online databases and indexes
EBSCOHost: Full text periodical database
NetLibrary:
Full text e-book database
NewsBank: Full text newspaper database
First
Search: Periodical and information indexes
WWWeb Sources
ABSTRACT ALGEBRA ONLINE
http://www.math.niu.edu/~beachy/aaol/
ALADIN JAVA: A SKY ATLAS
http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/java/nph-aladin.pl?frame=launching
ALBERT EINSTEIN ONLINE
http://www.westegg.com/einstein/
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS
ARXIV.ORG EPRINT ARCHIVE
ASK DR. MATH
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/
ASTRONOMICAL DATA CENTER
http://adc.gsfc.nasa.gov/adc.html
ASTRONOMY IN YOUR FACE
http://www.astronomyinyourface.com
ASTRONOMY INTERACTIVE NETWORK
http://library.thinkquest.org/15418/ index.html
ASTRONOMY ONLINE
http://www.eso.org/outreach/spec-prog/aol/
ASTRONOMY THESAURUS
http://msowww.anu.edu.au/library/thesaurus
ASTROWEB: ASTRONOMICAL INTERNET RESOURCES
http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/astroweb.html
CENTER FOR PARTICLE ASTROPHYSICS
http://cosmology.berkeley.edu/Education/IUP/Glossary.html
CONTEMPORARY PHYSICS EDUCATION PROJECT
CORNELL DIGITAL LIBRARY MATH COLLECTION
http://moa.cit.cornell.edu/dienst-data/cdl-math-browse.html
DICTIONARY OF ALGORITHMS, DATA STRUCTURES AND PROBLEMS
DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF HISTORICAL ASTRONOMY PICTURES
http://www42.pair.com/infolund/bolaget/DAHAP/
DIGSTATS
http://www.cvgs.klz.va.us/DIGSTATS/
DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SCIENCE RESOURCES
http://www.libs.uga.edu/science/scires.html
DIVISION OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
http://www.sc.doe.gov/production/henp/np/index.html
DOCUMENTS OF ASTRONOMICAL HISTORY
http://condor.stcloudstate.edu/~physcrse/astr106/doc.html
EPC ASTRONOMY HOMEPAGE
http://www.arrakis.es/~epujol/astronom/
EPRINT ARCHIVE MIRROR
FERMILAB LIBRARY
GERMAN ASTRONOMICAL DIRECTORY
http://www.astronomie.org/gad/
GLOSSARY OF SATELLITE TERMS
http://www.bitcentral.com/bcweb/ glossary.asp?glossaryletter=a
GREEK ALPHABET
http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/prime/articles/greek/index.asp
HALL OF ASTRONOMERS
http://www.AllAboutSpace.com/subjects/ astronomy/glossary/Astronomers.html
HEASARC
HOW MANY?
http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/index.html
HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/
INTERNET PILOT TO PHYSICS
MARTINDALE’S CALCULATORS ONLINE CENTER
http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/HSG/ RefCalculators.html
MATH ARCHIVES
http://archives.math.utk.edu/tutorials.html
MATH DATABASE
MATH FLASHCARDS
MATH FORUM: MATH RESOURCES BY SUBJECT
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/ math.topics.html
MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING GLOSSARY
http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~hgreenbe/glossary/index.php
MATHEMATICS ON THE INTERNET
http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/ Mathlinks/Mathlinks.html
MUNICH ASTRONOMICAL ARCHIVE
http://www.maa.mhn.de/home.html
NASA ASTROPHYSICS DATA SYSTEM
CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL NUCLEAR DATA CENTER
NIELS BOHR LIBRARY
http://www.aip.org/history/nblbro.htm
NOBEL PRIZE INTERNET ARCHIVE
http://almaz.com/nobel/nobel.html
PARTICLE DATA GROUP
PHYSICS NEWS
http://newton.ex.ac.uk/aip/bigindex.html
PHYSICS RELATED LINKS
http://www.ndrs.org/physicsonline/ physlink.html
PHYSICS TIMELINE
http://www.weburbia.demon.co.uk/pg/historia.htm
PHYSICSTUTOR.COM
PLANETARY IMAGE ATLAS
http://www-pdsimage.jpl.nasa.gov/PDS/ public/Atlas/
SKYMAPS
SLAC LIBRARY
http://www.slac.stanford.edu/library/
SPACE NEWS.COM
STAR JOURNEY
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/stars/index.html
STEPHEN HAWKING’S UNIVERSE
UC BERKELEY PHYSICS LECTURE DEMONSTRATIONS
http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/physics/physics.html
VIEWS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/homepage.htm
YOUR WEIGHT ON OTHER WORLDS
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/index.html
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