LibGuides: * Astronomy: Astronomy Resources

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Identifies and locates books and other materials owned by libraries in the Rochester region and nationally.
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Finding scholarly articles

If you have a citation for a specific article that we have online, I recommend using the Libraries' eJournal Finder to navigate through the journal, volume, issue, and article:

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Browse current Journals that University of Rochester subscribes to using a mobile app.

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Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Identifies journal articles and cited references to research publications from 1900-current, including all disciplines, some with links to full text. Search for articles and authors, track citations, and analyze citation activity.
Astrophysics Data System (ADS) This link opens in a new window
Indexes, abstracts and preprints in astronomy, astrophysics, physics and arXiv e-prints.
Some fulltext from major astronomy and astrophysics journals, many others back to volume 1.
arXiv.org e-Print archive This link opens in a new window
Full text from research papers in physics, mathematics, nonlinear sciences, and computer science.

Scopus
Scopus is the world's largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, including scientific journals, books and conference proceedings, covering research topics across all scientific and technical disciplines, ranging from medicine and social sciences to arts and humanities.
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Common Astronomy & Astrophysics References

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
The CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics is a crucial resource for constants, physical properties of any type of substance, and experimentally validated data on organic and inorganic compounds.

Also available in print.
SIMBAD Astronomical Database
The SIMBAD astronomical database provides basic data, cross-identifications, bibliography and measurements for astronomical objects outside the solar system.
Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
This unique resource covers the entire field of astronomy and astrophysics and this online version includes the full text of over 2,750 articles, plus sophisticated search and retrieval functionality, links to the primary literature, and is frequently updated with new material.
NIST Physical Reference Data
Includes elemental data, physical constants, spectroscopy data, and other physical data.
NIST Reference on Constants, Units and Uncertainty
NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions
"A reference tool for researchers and other users in applied mathematics, the physical sciences, engineering, and elsewhere who encounter special functions in the course of their everyday work." – Mathematical Introduction

Supersedes the Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables ("Abramowitz & Stegun").
Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy
"Eric Weisstein's World of Science contains budding encyclopedias of astronomy, scientific biography, chemistry, and physics. This resource has been assembled over more than a decade by internet encyclopedist Eric W. Weisstein with assistance from the internet community." –http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/info/

AccessScience This link opens in a new window
Science encyclopedia articles, definitions, biographies, study guides and graphics.
includes McGraw-Hill's Encyclopedia of Science and Technology,9th ed.,McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th edition,McGraw-Hill Yearbooks of Science and Technology and more. updated daily.

The Constellations and their Stars
From the Washburn Observatory at the University of Wisconsin.

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