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| Astronomy
Reference Collection |
The astronomy reference
collection is located on the second floor of the Integrated
Sciences and Engineering Library at the QB call number location. Use
the astronomy reference collection to supplement your online research.
For reference help, visit or call the Reference Desk (413-545-6741), or
use the Ask a Librarian
email service.
| Reference
Collection Highlights |
The astronomy reference
collection provides quick facts and summarizes complex astronomy topics.
The collection includes space atlases, dictionaries, and encyclopedias
from major science publishers like Springer
and Cambridge University
Press. The following titles are organized by type of reference book.
For reference resources on the internet, select Astronomy
Internet Links.
Almanacs, Handbooks
and Manuals
- Allen's astrophysical
quantities. Science UM/Science Ref QB461.A7685 2000.
- Astronomical Almanac
for the year 2005 (U.S. Naval Observatory). UM/Science Ref QB8.U2 2005.
- Astrophysical
formulae. UM/Science Ref QB461.L36 1999.
- The Cambridge
planetary handbook. UM/Science Ref QB601.B36 2000.
- Cometography:
a catalog of comets. UM/Science Ref QB722.K75 1999.
- Observer's Handbook
(Royal Astronomical Society of Canada). UM/Science Ref QB9.R7 2004.
- The observer's
year: 366 nights of the universe. UM/Science Ref QB63.M652 1998.
- The planetary
scientist's companion. UM/Science Ref QB601.L84 1998.
Atlases
- Atlas of the universe.
UM/Science Ref QB44.M5425 1998.
- Cambridge atlas
of astronomy. UM/Science Ref QB65.G6813 1994.
- Cambridge star
atlas. UM/Science Ref QB65.T537 2001.
- Carnegie atlas
of galaxies. UM/Science Ref QB857.S25 1994 Folio.
- The
NASA Atlas of the Solar System. UM/Science Ref G1000.G7 1997
Folio.
- The Times atlas
of the moon. UM/Science Ref QB595.U49 Folio.
Dictionaries
- Dictionary
of Astronomy (electronic book from the Oxford
Reference Online database).
- Dictionary of
astronomy (from Oxford University Press). UM/Science Ref QB14.D52 2003.
- Dictionary of
geophysics, astrophysics, and astronomy. UM/Science Ref QB14.D53 2001.
- Dictionary of
minor planet names. UM/Science Ref QB651.S35 2003.
- The
Dictionary of Space Technology (electronic book from the NetLibrary
database).
- Illustrated dictionary
of practical astronomy. UM/Science Ref QB14.K46 2002.
- The Routledge
critical dictionary of the new cosmology. UM/Science Ref QB980.5 .R68
1999.
Encyclopedias
- Cambridge Encyclopedia
of Amateur Astronomy. UM/Science Ref QB64.B36 2003.
- Cambridge Encyclopedia
of Space. UM/Science Ref TL788.E7713 1990.
- Cambridge Encyclopedia
of the Sun. UM/Science Ref QB521.L24 2001.
- Cambridge illustrated
history of astronomy. UM/Science Ref QB15.C36 1999.
- Encyclopedia of
Astronomy and Astrophysics. UM/Science Ref QB14.E534 2001.
- Encyclopedia of
Cosmology. UM/Science Ref QB980.5.E53 1993.
- Encyclopedia of
Planetary Science. UM/Science Ref QB600.2.E53 1997.
- Encyclopedia of
Space Exploration. UM/Science Ref QB500.262.A54 2000.
- Encyclopedia of
the Solar System. UM/Science Ref QB501.E53 1999.
- Encyclopedia of
US Spacecraft. UM/Science Ref TL788.Y46.
- Illustrated Encyclopedia
of the Universe. UM/Science Ref QB44.2.I45 2001.
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