Astronomy 

Find Library Materials by Call Number

The Library Catalog provides a call number and location for each item. The call number consists of an alphanumeric string based on the Library of Congress classification system. View an example of how to read a call number. Materials on Astronomy reside primarily in the QB call number area. Specific topics follow.

QB 1-991 Astronomy

QB 1-139 General

QB 140-237 Practical & Spherical Astronomy

QB 275-343 Geodesy

QB 349-421 Theoretical Astronomy & Celestial Mechanics

QB 455-456 Astrogeology

QB 460-466 Astrophysics

QB 468-480 Non-optical Methods of Astronomy

QB 495-903 Descriptive Astronomy

QB 980-991 Cosmogony, Cosmology

To gather background information about a topic try a dictionary, encyclopedia or general database to get articles about a subject.

Encyclopedias:

• Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics  A scholarly encyclopedia from Elsevier, with an easy-to-follow subject tree arrangement. Each article includes a thorough bibliography. Current.
• Kirk Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology  Comprehensive articles on topics in chemistry and chemical engineering, with bibliographies. Current.
• Encyclopedia Britannica Online  The classic general encyclopedia, a good starting point for all kinds of research. Includes a thesaurus and links to BBC and NYT for current news.

General Databases:

• Academic Search Premier  A good starting point: articles from key journals in many scholarly disciplines, with some trade journals and magazines, 1975-present.
• Expanded Academic ASAP  Articles from scholarly and general-interest periodicals relating to the humanities, social sciences, and non-technical general sciences, 1980-present.

Springer eBooks - Full text books and journal articles from science publisher Springer, mainly in English, 2005-8.  Some soft cover editions of books are available through MyCopy service for $24.95 (including shipping and handling).