PHYSICS & ENGINEERING: Physics Research Guide

REFERENCE SOURCES

These are books and websites that will help you gain some background information on your topic, and they can be vital to your understanding of the subject and for topic development.

A dictionary of physics

The facts on file dictionary of physics

QC5 .F34 2005 (Science Reference)

Encyclopedia of physics

QC5 .E545 1990 (Science Reference)

Encyclopedia of applied physics

QC5 .E543 1991 (Science Reference)

Macmillan encyclopedia of physics

QC5 .M15 1996 (Science Reference)

Handbook of physical quantities

QC61 .H36 1997  (Science Reference)

The physics handbook : fundamentals and key equations

QC61 .P65 1998 (Science Reference)

CRC handbook of chemistry and physics

QD65 .H3 2005 (Science Reference)

Guide to information sources in the physical sciences

QC5.35 .S74 2000 (Science Reference)

AIP style manual

QC5.45 .A45 1990 (Science Library)

Journal Abbreviations indetails the Sciences

ONLINE DATABASES

Use online databases as you would a print periodical index.  Items retrieved from these databases have been evaluated for content and indexed by subject librarians, unlike items retrieved from a search engine.

IoP Electronic Journals

PROLA

Scitation

OTHER USEFUL WEBSITES

These websites have been evaluated by the librarians at W&L for relevancy, content, and objectivity.  They include tools to help with your research as well as useful supplemental materials.

Physics & Engineering Resources at W&L (W&L University Libraries)

Searching Patents (W&L University Libraries)

arXiv.org

Department of Energy Information Bridge

RefWorks

Science Magazine

ThomasNet.com

Physics & Engineering Department Homepage (W&L University)

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