The subject heading Astronomy
is broken down into 129 subtopics. In addition there are 33 related subject
headings. If you do not wish to browse the subject terms, do a word search
on your topic and follow the subject heading links at the bottom of relevant
records to find additional, useful resources.
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Library Catalogs
Bowdoin College Library Catalog
Books, videos, government documents, etc. in Bowdoin's library.
NExpress
A combined catalog containing the library holdings of Bowdoin, Bates, Colby, Wellesley,
Williams, Middlebury, and Northeastern. Requests take 2-3 days.
MaineCat
Includes the holdings of most Maine libraries. Requests take 2-5 days
WorldCat
A combined database of many library catalogs worldwide. Request items found in WorldCat through our Interlibrary Loan service.
A quick search of resources for this field of study can be done in the Cast-A-Net box below on the right. Otherwise, select from the individual databases below on the left.
Core Databases
- General Science Index (1984- ) [about]
General Science Index (1984- )
Coverage Dates: 1984 - Present
Format: Online
Journals and magazines from the U.S. and Great Britain. Includes articles, reviews, biographical sketches, and letters to the editor.
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- Physical Review Online Archive (PROLA... [about]
Physical Review Online Archive (PROLA)
Coverage Dates: 1893 - Current Minus 4 Years
Format: Online
The American Physical Society�s Physical Review Online Archive. It includes all APS journal content back to 1893. It provides full image of the complete content of each issue of each journal covered. There is a rolling 4 year embargo (e.g., content from 2002 will be included during 2006)
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- Physics and Math e-Print Archive [about]
Physics and Math e-Print Archive
Coverage Dates: 1991 - Present
Format: Online
Users can also register to automatically receive a listing of newly submitted papers in areas of interest to them
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- SPIN [about]
SPIN
Coverage Dates: 1975 - Present
Format: Online
Contains abstracts of over 80 scientific journals published by the American Institute of Physics and its Member Societies, plus selected articles from other scientific journals.
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- ScienceDirect [about]
ScienceDirect
Coverage Dates: 1995 - Present
Format: Online
Full text access to scholarly journals in the sciences, technical, and medical fields.
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- Web of Science [about]
Web of Science
Coverage Dates: 1990 - Present
Format: Online
Scholarly articles in the social sciences and sciences. Also used to do cited reference searching.
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Cast-A-Net Combined Search
simultaneously searches these databases
· Bowdoin College Library Catalog
· General Science Index (1984- )
· Physical Review Online Archive (PROLA)
· SPIN
· ScienceDirect
· Web of Science
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