Mickel Library

Internet Resources by Subject

Astronomy

Where to Start

Astronomy – From Academic Info

Astronomy – From Internet Public Library

Astronomy – From the Physical Sciences Information Gateway

AstroWeb: Astronomy/Astrophysics on the Internet

NASA

 
Astronomical Data
 
Periodical Indexes/Abstracts/Articles

Academic Search Premier
The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides indexing to over 8,000 periodicals and includes the full text of nearly 4,700 of these titles (approximately 3,600 are peer-reviewed journals). Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating back as far as 1975. Available to the Converse community both on the campus network and off campus. Contact a reference librarian for information on off-campus access.

GreenFILE
This free database provides indexing to 600+ scholarly and general interest periodicals as well as government documents and reports dealing with environmental issues. Comprises approximately 295,000 records, but the vast majority of these include only citations and abstracts, not complete documents.

InfoTrac
Covers academic journals, magazines, newspapers. Includes citations, some abstracts, some complete articles. Available to the Converse community both on the campus network and off campus. Contact a reference librarian for information on off-campus access. For journal titles included in the InfoTrac databases, click here.
Provided by DISCUS--South Carolina's Virtual Library

ProQuest Science Journals
Indexes about 400 journals in science, technology, and math; includes the full-text of most of the articles it indexes.

 
Dictionaries/Encyclopedias
General

Encyclopedia Britannica Online
(Available only on Converse campus.)

Grolier Online Encyclopedia
Available to the Converse community both on and off campus. Please contact a librarian for off-campus access.)
Provided by DISCUS--South Carolina's Virtual Library

Oxford Reference Online Premium
Over 100 subject-specific encyclopedias from Oxford University Press

 
Subject-Specific

Astronomy Dictionary

The Laws List
A a glossary of various laws, rules, principles, and other related topics in physics and astronomy

Imagine the Universe Dictionary – From NASA

 
History of Astronomy
History of Astronomy
 
Hubble

The Hubble Heritage Project

Space Telescope Science Institute/Hubble Space Telescope Public Information

 
Observatories

Skyview
A Virtual Observatory on the Net generating images of any part of the sky at wavelengths in all regimes from Radio to Gamma-Ray

 
Societies
American Astronomical Society
 
Government Publications

Science.gov - A gateway to over 50 million pages of authoritative selected science information
provided by U.S. government agencies, including research and development results.


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