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Astronomy

Background Information (Encyclopedias, Handbooks and Dictionaries)

Burnham's Celestial Handbook: an observer's guide to the Universe beyond the solar system
Location: JPL Reference Stacks and Downtown Library, Reference QB64 .B85
A comprehensive three-volume guide, arranged alphabetically by constellation.

Cambridge Dictionary of Astronomy
Location: JPL Reference Stacks and Downtown Library, ReferenceQB14.C34

Cambridge Dictionary of Space Technology
Location: JPL Reference Stacks TL788 .W54

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
Location: JPL Reference Stacks and Downtown Library, Reference QD65 .H3 Section 14 covers geophysics, astronomy, and acoustics

Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Location: JPL Reference Stacks and Downtown Library, Reference QB14 E534 2001 Four volume set.

Britannica Online(UTSA Library Subscription)
Location: JPL Reference Stacks AE5 .E363
Comprehensive encyclopedia.

Encyclopedia of the Solar System
Location: JPL Reference Stacks QB501 .E53

Facts on File Dictionary of Astronomy
Location: JPL Reference Stacks QB14 .F3

Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Universe
Location: JPL Reference Stacks QB14 .I588

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Atlases & Catalogues

NASA Atlas of the Solar System
Location: JPL Map Center, Atlas Stand G1000 .G7 Downtown Library, Reference G1000 .G7

Cambridge Atlas of Astronomy
Location: JPL Map Center, Atlas Stand QB65.G681

Master List of Nonstellar Optical Astronomical Objects
Location: JPL Reference Stacks QB65 .D56

Sky Atlas 2000.0 : 26 Star Charts Covering Both Hemispheres
Location: JPL Map Center, Stacks QB65.T54 1981

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Yearbooks & Almanacs

Astronomical Almanac
Location: JPL Reference Stacks QB9.R7 Tables, lists of positions and information on planets, sun, moon, satellites, eclipses.

Observer's Handbook
Location: Reference Stacks QB8.U6 A77 Includes discussions and drawings of periodic astronomical events, as well as topical information and astronomical data.

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Books

Books and Materials at the UTSA Library

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Databases & Article Searching

Academic Search Complete(UTSA Library subscription)
Indexes and abstracts more than 4,000 journals with full text/image to more than 3,200. Highly multidisciplinary, this resource includes social sciences, humanities, education, computer science, engineering, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences and ethnic studies. Updated frequently. Full Text

Annual Reviews Online(UTSA Library subscription)
Annual Reviews Online offer comprehensive, timely collections of critical reviews written by leading scientists, providing syntheses of the primary research literature for a broad spectrum of scientific disciplines. Includes Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics. Full Text

General Science Full Text (UTSA subscription)
Selectively indexes and abstracts articles from more than 140 English-language periodicals including popular science magazines as well as professional journals. Indexing coverage begins with May 1984, abstracting begins with March 1993, and full text coverage from more than 35 of the periodicals begins with January 1995.Full Text

Web of Science (UTSA subscription)
Indexes and abstracts articles in more than 8,400 journals from 1975 to the present in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Print equivalents published by The Institute for Scientific Information are Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded, and Social Sciences Citation Index. Citations Only

For full image articles, also try: Kluwer, SpringerLink, ScienceDirect, ProQuest and Wiley InterScience.

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Further Research

American Astronomical Society (AAS)
Free Website: http://www.aas.org/
Established in 1899, AAS is the major professional organization in North America for astronomers, other scientists and individuals interested in astronomy.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Free Website: http://www.nasa.gov/

Resources of Scholarly Societies - Astronomy
Free Website: http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/astronomy_soc.html/
Links to websites of scholarly societies in Astronomy worldwide.