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Electronic Databases
General or Related Databases
Academic Search Premier (Available through Ebscohost)   
Multidisciplinary  database offering indexing and abstracting and many full text articles.  Dates of coverage vary according to individual titles.
Academic Universe (Available through Lexis Nexis)
Multidisciplinary database with full text articles.  Sources in LEXIS-Nexis Academic include newspapers, general magazines and journals, medical information, news transcripts, federal and state legal codes and information, business information  including patents.  Dates of coverage vary according to title.
FirstSearch  (
See Reference Librarian to access)
Offers access to a number of general and subject specific databases.  A Reference Librarian can help determine the need to use FirstSearch and provide training and authorization for searches.

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Electronic Journals
There are many e-journals available through the databases above and from other sources.  Use the Full-Text Journal search tool to search for an individual e-journal title or see a list of Astronomy related e-journals.

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Internet Resources
Reference Resources - Metasites - Astrobiology - Astronomical Pseudoscience - Calendars - Government Agencies - History -
Images - Laboratories - People - Professional Societies

Reference Resources
Astronomy Dictionary
Astronomy Glossary
Science and Technology Information (NASA)
American Physical Society Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme 
Facts Encyclopedia / Science and Technology
[Refdesk.com]

Metasites
ASTRONET
Links to information on astronomical phenomena.
Astronomylinks.com
Index of astronomy and space related websites on the Internet.
AstroWeb: Astronomy on the Internet
Directory of links to astronomy and astrophysics information available on the Internet maintained by six institutions comprising the AstroWeb Consortitum.
Astronomy and Allied Sciences (BUBL)
Directory of classified Internet links.
Astronomy (DMOZ Open Directory Project)
A wide array of astronomy resources
EINet Galaxy Astronomy Directory
Directory of online astronomy resources compiled by Internet Librarians.
EINet Galaxy Astrophysics Directory
Directory of online astrophysics resources compiled by Internet Librarians.
Eric Weisstein’s World of Astronomy
Site written and maintained by the author as a public service.
High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEPSARC)
Directory of astronomy resources for general audiences developed at NASA’s Space Flight Center.
Physical Sciences (Infomine)
Directory of online astronomy resources compiled by volunteer editors.
Astronomy (Librarians Index to the Internet)
Annotated subject directory of astronomy resources compiled by librarians.
Spy and Telecsope’s Astronomy Web Sites 

Astronomy
Directory of astronomy resources through a system of categories.
 University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy
Collection of online resources in astronomy, from the Library.

Astrobiology
Astrobiology Web
Astobiology Institute at NASA

Astronomical Pseudoscience
Bad Astronomy
Astronomical Pseudo-science: A Skeptics’s Resource List (Astronomical Society of the Pacific)

Calendars
Astronomical Sky Calendar
International Astronomy’s Ephemeris
Multiyear Interactive Computer Almanac (U.S. Naval Observatory)
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Space Calendar

Government Agencies
European Space Agency (ESA)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA
Science.gov

History
American Institute of Physics: Resources for the History of Physics and Allied Fields
Astronomiae Historical/History of Astronomy
History of Astronomy Resources 
Maintained by Wolfgang R. Dick of Bonn University in, this site features highly organized access to astronomy information.
NASA Historical Archive for Manned Missions
Star's Family: The Star Pages

Images
NASA Observation Image Gallery
Sky and Telescope’s Image and Animation Links

Laboratories
Los Alamos National Laboratory Preprint Server
National Academy of Sciences
Space Telescope Science Institute Astronomy Resources
U.S. National Science Foundation

People
Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics
Famous Physicists Links
(from Yahoo)
High Energy Physics (HEP) Virtual Phonebook (HEPNET)
NASA Astronaut Biographies
Nobel Laureates in Physics (from Stanford)
PEERS
(Institute of Physics site)
Professor Stephen Hawking 
Women in Astronomy
(University of Toronto)

Professional Societies
American Association of Variable Star Observers
American Astronomical Society
International Astronomical Union
Societies - Astronomy
(BUBL LINK)
Societies - Astronomy
 (Physics Web)
University of Waterloo Scholarly Societies - Astronomy

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Print Materials
MICAL, the online catalog of Leland Speed Library and the MC Law School Library, can be searched by keyword, author, title, or call number to locate printed materials and other media.

    Biographical Sources

  • American Men and Women of Science (formerly American Men of Science)
    509.22  Am35 2003 Reference Room

  • Asimov’s Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
    920 As42a

  • Biographical Dictionary of Scientists
    509.22 B522 2000

  • Biographical Dictionary of Scientists.  Physicists.
    920 B525sc

  • Dictionary of Scientific Biography (series)
    920 D561s Reference Room

    Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

  • McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
    503 M178R 2002 Reference Room

    Research, Writing and Presentation Guides

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 808.02 M699 Ready Reference,
and The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
808.02 Am35p Ready Reference, are located at the 2d floor reference desk.

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