General Metasites - Classical and Solid Mechanics - Data Sources - Departments of Physics - Educational Resources - Fluid Mechanics - Heat and Thermodynamics - History - Particle Physics - People - Laboratories and Institutions - Light & Paraphotic Phenomena -  Magnetism - Nuclear Physics - Physics of Music - Professional Societies - Sound & Related Vibrations - Theory & Math - Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Physics -

General Metasites
Academic Info: Physics Resources
American Physical Society Physics Internet Resources
Physics (BULB page) Classified internet links.
DMPZ Open Directory: Physics Index
Eric Weisstein’s World of Physics
Physical Science (Infomine page)
Martindale Virtual Physics Center
Physics  (1Up Science page)
Physics Central
Physics Web
PSIgate  (Physial Sciences Information Gateway)
The Net Advance of Physics (MIT)
WWW Virtual Library: Physics
Yahoo Physics

Classical and Solid  Mechanics
Classical Mechanics, Solid Mechanics (BUBL)

Data Sources
Dictionary of Units
Fundamental Physical Constants (NIST)
Galileo and Einstein Home Page
Institute of Chemistry Fundamental Physical Constants
Laws List
National Institute of Standards and Technology Physics Laboratory
Online Particle Physics Information (SLAC)
Physical Reference Data (NIST)
Physics Around the World
Physics Formulary
Physics Net
Review of Participle Physics

Departments of Physics
BULB LINK Catalog of Internet Resources. Physics Departments
Links to physics departments in universities worldwide.

Educational Resources
Physics Education  (BULB)
A catalog of Internet resources for physics education including lecture notes, interactive lessons, online physics books and other resources for science students.

Fluid Mechanics
Fluid Mechanics (BUBL)
Fluid Mechanics and Dynamics (1Up Science)

Heat and Thermodynamics
Heat and Thermodynamics (BUBL)
Heat Transfer and Thermodynamics (1Up Science)

History
Center for the History of Physics (American Institute of Physics)
History of Physics Group (Institute of Physics)  

Laboratories and Institutions
CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)
International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI)
National Academy of Sciences
SLAC (Stanford Linear Accelerator)
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 
U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
U.S. National Science Foundation

Light and Paraphotic Phenomena
Light and Paraphotic Phenomena (BUBL)    
Optics  (1Up Science)
Optics, Waves, Sound (American Physical Society)

Magnetism
Magnetism (BUBL)
Electromagnetism  (1Up Science)
This site includes links to Maxwell’s Equations.
Hyperphysics (Georgia State University)
Thermodynamics (hosted by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

Nuclear Physics
Modern Physics  (BUBL)
Nuclear Physics (1Up Science)
Table of Nuclides 
Table of Isotopes Decay Link

Particle Physics
Particle Physics (BUBL)
Physics / Particle (1Up Science )

People
Albert Einstein Online
Einstein Archives Online
Contributions of 20^th Century Women to Physics
Famous Physicists Links (from Yahoo)
High Energy Physics (HEP) Virtual Phonebook (HEPNET)
Nobel Laureates in Physics (from Stanford)
PEERS (Institute of Physics site)
Professor Stephen Hawking
Who’s Who in Atomic and Plasma Physics

Physics of Music
Physics of Music
MC page created by Dr. Bill Nettles’, Professor of Physics, Mississippi College.

Professional Societies
American Institute of Physics (AIP) 
American Mathematics Society
American Physical Society (APS) 
European Physical Society
Institute of Physics (IOP)  
International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
Physics Web: Organizations/Societies/Physical
Resources of Scholarly Societies - Physics

Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Physics
Quantum Mechanics - Quantum Physics (BUBL Physics page)
Quantum Mechanics - Quantum Physics (1Up Science page)

Sound and Related Vibrations 
Sound and Vibrations (BUBL page)

Theory & Math
BUBL LINK
Mathematical Physics  

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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 B52 2000
• Biographical Dictionary of Scientists.  Physicists.
  920 B52sc
• Dictionary of Scientific Biography (series)
  920 D561s Reference Room

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

• McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
  503 M178 2002 Reference Room

Handbooks and Other Data Sources

• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (CRC website contains table of contents)
   541.9 H191 Reference Room
• Handbook of Physics
  530 H19l

Research, Writing and Presentation Guides

• Craft of Scientific Writing
  808.066 Al54c Stacks
• Handbook of Technical Writing (6th edition)
  808.066 Al77h 2000 Stacks

Style Guides

• American Institute of Physics Style (AIP) Style Manual
  [Download the 4^th edition of the AIP Style Manual]
   

  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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