Astronomy and astrophysics

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Physics databases

• Inspec
• arXiv.org - Astrophysics
  
  e-Print archive
• SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System
• SPIRES-HEP
  
  High energy physics
• SIMBAD astronomical database

Multidisciplinary databases

• Web of Science
• Scopus
• Google Scholar

Science & Technology

• Compendex
  
  Engineering
• General Science Full Text
  
  Recommended for beginning undergraduate students
• MathSciNet
• Aerospace Database

Books

→ Search the Classic catalogue or the eBooks sub-catalogue.

• SpringerLink
  
  hundreds of titles online in astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology

You can also browse the catalogue, or the shelves at the following call numbers:

Background information

• Dictionary of Astronomy
• Astronomy encyclopedia
• Encyclopedia of astronomy and astrophysics
• Oxford Companion to Cosmology
• Encyclopedia of space and astronomy

Biographical information

• Biographical encyclopedia of astronomers
• Revolutionaries of the cosmos : the astro-physicists

→ For additional information and biographies of astronomers and astrophysicists, browse these selections in the catalogue.

Societies

• American Astronomical Society
• Canadian Astronomical Society
• Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
• International Astronomical Union

Related subject guide

• Physics subject guide