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Astronomy & Astrophysics Subject Guide

Library resources for the field of Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Articles

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Citations from scholarly journals, conference proceedings, books, reports, and dissertations in physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computers and control, and information technology. Covers 1898-present.
Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts.
Call number: QB1 A685 Reference. v.1-65,1969-1996
Online access from 1975- present via NASA Astrophysics Data System.
NASA Astrophysics Data System
ADS includes Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstract Service, Instrumentation Abstract Service, Physics and Geophysics Abstract Service and ADS/LANL Preprint Abstract Service.
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

Concise Dictionary of Astronomy.
Call number: QB14 M56 1991, Reference.
Dictionary of Astronomical Names.
Call number: QB14 R66 1988, Reference.
Facts on File Dictionary of Astronomy.
Call number: QB14 F3 1994, Reference.
Macmillan Dictionary of Astronomy.
Call number: QB14 M25 1985, Reference.
Astronomy Encyclopedia.
Call number: QB14 A88 1987, Reference.
The Astronomy and Astrophysics Encyclopedia.
Call number: QB14 A873 1992, Reference.
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Handbooks & Tables

Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars.
Call number: QB9 A5, Reference.
Astronomical Almanac.
Call number: QB8 U6 A77, Reference.
Astronomical Table of the Sun, Moon, and Planets.
Call number: QB12 M44 1983, Reference.
Astrophysics Data System Data Archives
Astrophysics Data System Virtual Library
The NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED)
NED is a database of ~750,000 extragalactic objects with bibliographic references and basic data.
Handbook of Space Astronomy & Astrophysics
Sky Calendar.
Call number: QB63 A1 S5, Reference.
Sunrise and Sunset Tables for the United States.
Call number: QB216 U641 1977, Reference.
VizieR Astronomical Catalogues
Catalogs formerly accessed via Astrophysics Data System Data Catalogs
Yearbook of Astronomy.
Call number: QB1 Y4 1993, Reference.
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