ASTRONOMY: EXPLORING THE UNIVERSE
              LIBRARY RESOURCE GUIDE

Selected Reference Sources

Access Science Online version of the McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Techonology. A good starting point for any research in the sciences.

Britannica Online Online version of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia of the Solar System (REF 523.203 En197 2007)

Encyclopedia of Space and Astronomy (REF 520.3 An43e)

See other encyclopedias, atlases, handbooks, etc. in the 520s in the Reference area.
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Finding Books

Books on astronomy and related topics are generally in the 520s in the general collection.

Use the online catalog to find books on particular topics. The following official subject headings may be useful.

Astronomy
Astrophysics
Big Bang Theory
Galaxies
Planets
solar System
Space Sciences
Stars
Telescopes
(and more. . . . . )
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Finding Magazine and Journal Articles

The Castleton Library subscribes to the following magazines, which will be useful for browsing. Find current issues on the Current Periodicals Shelves.

Discover
New Scientist
Science News
Sky and Telescope

To find articles on a specific topic, you need an index. The following indexes cover the above magazines as well as many other magazines and scholary journals.

Expanded Academic ASAP
Academic Search Premier
GeoRef
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Finding Newspaper Articles

Newspapers, including New York Times
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
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Selected Web Sites

NASA
Nova: Science Programming
Intute: Science, Engineering & Technology Information Gateway
Cool Cosmos
SpaceRef
Astronomical Applications, Department of the U.S. Naval Observatory

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