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Librarians for Astronomy
Neil Nero
Research & Instruction, x3021
Deborah Lenares
Collections, x3596
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Offcampus Access Databases A-Z Research Guides by Subject | by Course Reference Books Online Library Catalog
| Find books |
Wellesley College Library catalog
In addition to books, you will also find journals, videos, and more.Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
Wellesley College faculty, students, and staff may use Interlibrary Loan and or other Document Delivery services to
borrow or obtain copies of materials not found in Wellesley's collection.Other nearby library catalogs
Links to other nearby libraries.WorldCat
OCLC catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide.National Academies Press
At the National Academy Press web site, you can search over 3,000 full-text books online for specific subject terms, in order to locate relevant chapters or book titles. Coverage includes subjects like physical sciences, materials science/engineering, environmental issues, and more.Floor Map of Science Library
| Find background information |
AccessScience
Access to all the articles, fully illustrated, from the latest edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, Research Updates from the McGraw-Hill Yearbooks, thousands of illustrations, and the latest Science News® headlines, biographies, 110,000+ definitions from The McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, and more.Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy offers hundreds of definitions.
Oxford Reference Online
Oxford Reference Online contains over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press.
| Find articles & essays |
The following databases
provide either full-text articles or citations (information about
when and where the article was published).
Once you have a citation for an article, use the Find
It! @ Wellesley 
link
from each citation to search one or more electronic journal sources through
the Wellesley College Library Catalog.
Use the name of the journal as the title. If Wellesley does not own the article,
you can request it via Interlibrary Loan
(ILL).
Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 6,100 full-text periodicals, including more than 5,100 peer-reviewed journals.
Astrophysics
Data System (ADS)
The Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a NASA-funded project which maintains three bibliographic databases containing more than 4.8 million records: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics, and ArXiv e-prints.
Google
Scholar
Use Google Scholar to find scholarly literature available
across the web, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints,
abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research.
Science Direct
Science Direct has full text articles from astronomy journals published by Elsevier and related publishers.
Access to articles with green icons only. 1995+
STScI
STEPsheet
Preprints from the Space Telescope Science Institute.
Web of Science
Web of Science at Wellesley consists of the Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Humanities Citation Index , and searches and citation searches.
Other databases may be useful for you, depending on your specific topic and approach. The Databases A-Z page lists all of the electronic resources and what subjects and time span they cover.
| Tracing citations |
- Use the Science Citation Index Expanded (1900-present) in Web of Science.
| Key scholarly websites |
American Astronomical Society - Contains information about the society and a job register.
Annual Reports of Observatories - Alphabetical list of those observatories that are known to publish Annual Reports.
The Astronomy Center - AstronomyCenter.org is a collection of digital resources for teachers and students brought to you by the American Astronomical Society, the American Association of Physics Teachers, and the NSF-NSDL.
Astronomy Now - Astronomy portal which includes breaking news.
IDL Tutorial - Learn the basics of IDL for Astronomers.
International Astronomical Union
JPL NEO orbits - Visualize any asteroid or comet in orbit.
The NASA/TPAC Extragalactic Database
The Nine Planets - provides a tour of the solar system with pictures, sounds, and text
SLA/PAM resources in Astronomy
Sky and Telescope - Astronomy portal with select top stories and more.
SkyView - The Internet's Virtual Telescope
Spaceref.com - Hosted by Discovery.com
Space Telescope Science Institute(STScI) - ST ScI's Webcasts, with topics ranging from astronomy to technology to computer science. The talks include colloquia and popular talks, as well as locally-held meetings and symposia.
STARNET (NATO) Science, Technology, and Research Network
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) - An independent, student-based organization which promotes the exploration and development of space.
University of Denver/ Best Planetary and Solar Astronomy Websites
Welcome to the Planets contains images of NASA's planetary exploration program.
Women in Astronomy - Produced by the American Astronomical Society's Committee on the Status of Women, lists the names, professional affiliations, scientific interests, talk titles and contact information for women in astronomy and astrophysics.
Take some time to have fun with Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy site.
Wellesley College Library · WCIS · Neil Nero · last modified: September 4, 2009