PHYSICS RESEARCH GUIDE  

Welcome to the UR subject guide for Physics!  Use this guide to learn more about the library's rich resources in physics -- you can access books, databases, journals, and websites from this page.

I am the liaison librarian for Physics as well as many other science disciplines.  Please contact me if you need any help with your research!

                                                                                                      ~ Melanie

Use encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks to obtain an overview of your subject, an understanding of basic concepts, a summary of key issues, definitions, and data.  Encyclopedia articles frequently include bibliographies and may refer you to other entries on related topics. 

• AccessScience (the online edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology)
       REF Q121 .M3 2007
• AIP Physics Desk Reference  *
       REF QC61 .P49 2003
• Aldrich Library of FT-IR Spectra
       QC457 .P87 1997
• Aldrich Library of Infrared Spectra  *
       REF QD96 .I5 P67 1981
• Aldrich Library of 13C and 1H FT NMR Spectra  *
       REF QC462.85 .A44 1993
• American Institute of Physics Handbook
       REF QC61 .A5 1972
• Cambridge Atlas of Astronomy
       REF QB65 .G6813 1994
• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics  *
       REF QD65 .H3
• Dictionary of Physics
       REF QC5 .D53 2009
• Dictionary of Scientific Units: Including Dimensionless Numbers and Scales
       REF QC82 .J4 1992
• Encyclopedia of Physics
       REF QC5 .E545 2005
• Encyclopedia of Physics
       REF QC .R596 2004
• Facts on File Dictionary of Atomic and Nuclear Physics
       REF QC772 .F33 2003
• Handbook of Physical Quantities
       REF QC61 .H36 1997
• McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Physics  *
       REF QC5 .M424 2003
• McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms  *
       REF Q123 .M34 2003
• NIST Physical Reference Data
• NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty
• Oxford Reference Online (Dictionary of Physics)
• Physically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Physics and Astronomy
       REF QC5 .P47 1997
• Physics Quick Reference Guide
       REF QC61 .C65 1996
• Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia
       REF Q121 .V3 2008
  
  *  Also available in Science Reading Room, Gottwald