Physical Sciences & Engineering Library
Physics Subject Guide
Library resources for the field of PhysicsArticles
- INSPEC
- Covers 1898-present. Includes Physics Abstracts, Computer & Control Abstracts, and Electrical & Electronics Abstracts.
- Physics Abstracts
- Covers 1898-Present. Has author and subject indexes which are cumulated periodically. Before cumulation each index covers 6 months. QC1 P535. 1898-1968 in the PSE Reference Collection, 1969-1995 available at Library Annex, ask at the Circulation Desk.
- SPIN
- The SPIN database (Searchable Physics Information Notices) provides the most current indexing and abstracting of major American and Russian physics and astronomy journals.
- Optics InfoBase
- A searchable index to Optical Society of America (OSA) articles and conference proceedings with links to full text.
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
- APS Physics Internet Resources
- BUBL Link Catalog of Internet Resources: Physics
- Cambridge Illustrated Thesaurus of Physics.
- Call number: QC5 R5 1984b, Reference.
- Concise Dictionary of Physics.
- Call number: QC5 C6 1985, Reference.
- Encyclopedia of Applied Physics.
- Call number: QC5 E543 1991, Reference.
- Encyclopedia of Physics (Lerner / Trigg)
- Call number: QC 5 E545 1991, Reference.
- Encyclopedia of Physics (Besançon)
- Call number: QC 5 E546 1985, Reference.
- Encyclopedia of Modern Physics.
- Call number: QC5 E544 1990, Reference.
- Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
- Encyclopedic articles on physics and astronomy topics.
- Facts on File Dictionary of Physics.
- Call number: QC5 F34 1988, Reference.
- Infomine: Physical Sciences, Engineering, Computing & Math
- McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Physics.
- Call number: QC5 M424 1997, Reference.
- Martindale's Virtual Physics Center
- Data, constants, undergraduate courses, and encyclopedic articles.
- Physics Central
- PhysicsWeb
- Online companion to the magazine Physics World
- Physics2000
- Interactive physics website for all ages from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
- The Net Advance of Physics (MIT)
- The Physics Teachers Index
- Animations, simulation software, constants, graphics and clip art, education resources, career info, tutorials, experiments.
- WWW Virtual Library: Physics
- Yahoo! Physics
Handbooks & Tables
- American Institute of Physics Handbook.
- Call number: QC61 A56 1972, Reference.
- Conversion Tables of Units for Science & Engineering.
- Call number: QC94 H67 1986, Reference.
- CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics.
- Shelved in "Quick Reference".
- Fundamental Physical Constants
- Handbook of Physics.
- Call number: QC21 C6 1967, Reference.
- International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology (ICT)
- NIST Physical Reference Data
- NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty
- Online Particle Physics Information
- Physical Reference Data
- Physics Formulary
- Physicist's Desk Reference.
- Call number: QC61 P49, Reference.
- Smithsonian Physical Tables (9th Revised Edition)
- Tables of Physical and Chemical Constants.
- Call number: QC61 K3 1986, Reference.
- The Laws List
- Thermochemistry of Chemical Substances
- Virtual Physics Center
- WWW Virtual Library: Physics
Biographies
- The Biographical Dictionary of Scientists: Physicists.
- Call number: QC15 B56 1984b, Reference.
- The Nobel Prize Winners: Physics.
- (Covers 1901-1988) Call number: QC25 N63 1989, Reference.
- List of Nobel Laureates in Physics (via the Nobel Foundation)
- For more on the Nobel Prize Winners, visit The Nobel Foundation.
Call Numbers
| QC 1-19 | General Physics |
| QC 19-75 | Mathematical Physics |
| QC 81-114 | Weights & Measures |
| QC 120-169 | Descriptive & Experimental Mechanics |
| QC 170-220 | Atomic Physics |
| QC 221-246 | Acoustics & Sound |
| QC 251-338 | Heat |
| QC 350-467 | Optics & Light |
| QC 474-496 | Radiation Physics |
| QC 501-766 | Electricity & Magnetism |
| QC 770-798 | Nuclear & Particle Physics |
| QC 801-809 | Geophysics & Cosmic Physics |
| QC 811-849 | Geomagnetism |
| QC 851-999 | Meteorology & Climatology |
Call numbers QC1-799 are shelved in the Basement, QC800-999 are shelved on the second floor.