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Background Information

Oxford Dictionary of Physics
Location: JPL Reference Stacks QC5 .C56 2000

McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Physics, 2nd ed
Location: JPL Reference Stacks QC5 .M425 1993

Biographical Dictionary of Scientists, Physicists
Location: JPL Reference Stacks QC15 .B56 1984

American Institute of Physics Handbook, 3rd ed.
Location: JPL Reference Stacks OC61 .A5 1972

Tables of Physical and Chemical Constants, 16th ed. (also known as Kaye & Laby after the original authors)
Location: JPL Reference Stacks QC61 .K3 1995

A Physicist’s Desk Reference
Location: JPL Reference Stacks QC61 .P49

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
Location: JPL Reference Stacks QD65 .H3
Location: Downtown Library, Reference QD65 .H3

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Books

Books and Materials at the UTSA Library

UCAT, UTSA Library Online Catalog
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Databases & Article Searching

American Institute of Physics Journals (UTSA subscription)
Provides full text articles from more than 10 scholarly journals published by the American Institute of Physics (AIP). Titles include Applied Physics Letters, Chaos, Computing in Science and Engineering, Journal of Chemical Physics, and various journals in the Virtual Journals in Science and Technology series. Dates of coverage vary. Full Image

Institute Of Physics Journals (UTSA subscription)
Provides full text articles from more than 30 scholarly journals published by the Institute of Physics (IOP). Dates of coverage vary. Full Image

Kluwer Online (UTSA subscription)
Provides access to more than 20 journals in physics including those published by Kluwer and Plenum. Dates of coverage vary. Full Text/Full Image

ScienceDirect (UTSA subscription)
Provides access to approximately 130 journals in physics published by Elsevier, including such imprints as Elsevier, Pergamon, JAI, Academic and North Holland. Full Text/Full Image

Springer LINK (UTSA subscription)
Provides access to more than 60 journals in physics. Dates of coverage vary. Full Text/Full Image

Web of Science (UTSA subscription)
This in-depth general science database indexes the physics periodic literature quite extensively. Dates of coverage vary. Full Image

Wiley Interscience (UTSA subscription)
Provides access to more than 30 journals in physics including those published by Wiley, Interscience and VCH. Dates of coverage vary. Full Text/Full Image

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Other Resources

Department of Physics and Astronomy at UTSA
Free Website: http://physics.utsa.edu/
Information about Physics programs at UTSA. Includes contact information, course information and faculty webpages. Links to useful Physics and Astronomy websites.

Yahoo Physics Subject Page
Free Website: dir.yahoo.com/Science/Physics/
This is an excellent portal for physics resources on the web.