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Cast-A-Net Combined Search
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· Bowdoin College Library Catalog
· General Science Index (1984- )
· Physical Review Online Archive (PROLA)
· SPIN
· ScienceDirect
· Web of Science
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Library Catalogs
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.
It is possible to browse the collection electronically by clicking on the call number link of an item. Materials having similar call numbers, shelved anywhere in the library, will appear in call number order.
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.
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)
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
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
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
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
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
« Hide List
Advanced Search
Reference
Biographical Dictionary of Scientists: Astronomers
Science Ref QB35 .B56 1984
Brief sketches of astronomers going back to ancient Greeks with major theories put forth.
Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Science Ref QB 14 .E534 2001
4 volume encyclopedia.
Encyclopedia of Cosmology
Science Ref QB980.5 .E53 1993
How scientific knowledge shaped the belief systems of the Egyptians to Einstein.
Encyclopedia of Space Science and Technology
Science Ref QB 497 .E53 2003
2 volume encyclopedia.
Facts on File Dictionary of Astronomy
Science Ref QB 14 .F3 2000
Great Atlas of the Stars
Science Ref Atlas Stand QB 65 .B7813 2001
A guide to 30 of the most important constellations seen in the Northern Hemisphere.
History of Astronomy
Science Ref QB15 .H624 1997
The focus is on the time period covering the beginning of the scientific revolution to the present with synoptic entries on earlier scientific history.
Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Universe
Science Ref folio QB 14 .I588 2001
Millennium Star Atlas
Science Ref Atlas Stand QB65 .S62 1997 v.1-3
Over 1 Million stars and 10,000 non stellar objects are mapped.
Norton's Star Atlas and Reference Handbook
Science Ref QB 64 .R43 2004
Internet Sites
Each of these websites contains hundreds of links to journals, associations, educational institutions, encyclopedias, conference proceedings and reports.
Librarian's Index to the Internet - Astronomy
Search by keyword, subject, title, description or browse 19 subtopics. All sites are annotated.
WWW-VL: Astronomy and Astrophysics & AstroWeb
All of the sites are annotated. Use the Subject Index or search the Master Database.