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- arXiv.org (Cornell University Library & National Science Foundation)
Online Access: On/Off CampusOpen access to over 785,000 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics.

- arXiv.org is an electronic archive and distribution server for research articles in . physics, mathematics, computer science, nonlinear sciences, quantitative biology and statistics. arXiv is maintained and operated by the Cornell University Library with guidance from the arXiv Scientific Advisory Board and the arXiv Sustainability Advisory Group, and with the help of numerous subject moderators. Registered authors may use the web interface to submit their articles to arXiv. Authors can also update their submissions, though previous versions remain available.
- Database Provider: Cornell University Library & National Science Foundation
- URL: http://arxiv.org/
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- CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Compendium of chemical properties.

- The CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, the classic compendium of chemical properties, can now be searched by keyword. Tables are interactively linked. Data selection tools allow for customization of display and export data.
- Search Tip 1: Choose the + symbol to expand chapter headings and access tables and entries.
- Search Tip 2: Results of searches are presented in a results box. In order to view the Tables, you will be required to download a Java(TM) 2 Standard Edition Runtime Environment plug-in.
- Coverage Dates: 2004-2005
- Updated: 85th Edition (2004/2005)
- Languages: English
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xcrc-uga1
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- The CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, the classic compendium of chemical properties, can now be searched by keyword. Tables are interactively linked. Data selection tools allow for customization of display and export data.
- Ei Engineering Village

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Comprehensive research from engineering journals and conferences.

- Ei Engineering Village 2 is the most comprehensive bibliographic database of engineering research literature, containing references to over 5000 engineering journals and conferences. About half the citations (from 2600 journals and conferences) include abstracts and indexing in the records. The highest percentages of journal literature are in the fields of chemical and process engineering, computers and data processing, applied physics and electronics and communication. In addition, Ei Engineering Village 2 includes civil and mechanical engineering.
- Coverage Dates: 1970-
- Updated: Weekly
- Database Provider: eng_info
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xeic-uga1
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- MathSciNet

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index and summaries of articles and books on mathematical research.

- Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications are combined to form MathSciNet. Mathematical Reviews are abstracts of articles and books pertaining to the study of mathematics. Current Mathematical Publications is a listing of forthcoming and recently released math publications.
- Coverage Dates: 1940-
- Updated: Current Mathematical Publications - daily; Mathematical Reviews - monthly
- Database Provider: amer_math_soc
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xmsn-uga1
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- SPIN Abstracts

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to low for this database to function properly.SPIN Abstracts indexes and abstracts the major American and Russian physics and astronomy journals. Includes preprint database, Advanced Spin.

- SPIN Abstracts indexes and abstracts the major American and Russian physics and astronomy journals. Its companion file, Advance Spin, indexes preprints.
- Coverage Dates: 1975-
- Updated: Ongoing
- Languages: English and Russian
- Database Provider: amer_inst_physics
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xspi-uga1
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Related / Narrower Databases
- ACM Portal

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Online ACM journals, transactions, and newsletter articles.

- The ACM Portal is a vast collection of citations and full text from ACM journal and newsletter articles, and transactions. It has two main sections: the ACM Digital Library, and the Guide to Computing Literature.
- Coverage Dates: Varies by title.
- Database Provider: ACM
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=acmp-uga1
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- Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Background essays from the Institute of Physics.

- In The Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics each article spans its subject matter at a range of levels, becoming increasingly specialized as the article progresses. Each long article includes a bibliography, as well as references to pertinent Web sites, which will guide users in moving forward and accessing key sources in the primary literature and further reading.
Search Tip: Use the My EAA or the Bookmarks tools to organize and manage a personalized folder of searches, articles, illustrations and links. Up to three concurrent users.
Database provider: Institute of Physics Publishing. Nature Publishing Group. Macmillan Publishing.
- Coverage Dates: 2001
- Updated: Quarterly
- Languages: English
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xeaa-uga1
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- In The Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics each article spans its subject matter at a range of levels, becoming increasingly specialized as the article progresses. Each long article includes a bibliography, as well as references to pertinent Web sites, which will guide users in moving forward and accessing key sources in the primary literature and further reading.
- Encyclopedia of Time (2009) (SAGE)


Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.This encyclopedia takes an interdisciplinary approach in surveying the major facts, concepts, theories, and speculation that infuse our present comprehension of time.

- The Encyclopedia of Time covers views and interpretations of time from the point of view of ancient Greeks to modern science, scientists, philosophers, theologians, creative artists. Perspectives on time range from sub-atomic particles to cosmic evolution, evolutionary biology, relativity physics, geologic time, cosmic time, earth history and discusses the changes in how people think/have thought about time.
Key themes include surveying historical thought about time, including those ideas that emerged in ancient Greece, early Christianity, the Italian Renaissance, the Age of Enlightenment, and other periods; covering the original and lasting insights of evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin, physicist Albert Einstein, philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, and theologian Pierre Teilhard de Chardin; and discussing the significance of time in the writings of Isaac Asimov, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Fyodor M. Dostoevsky, Francesco Petrarch, H. G. Wells, and numerous other authors. It contains the contributions of naturalists and religionists, including astronomers, cosmologists, physicists, chemists, geologists, paleontologists, anthropologists, psychologists, philosophers, and theologians; includes artists’ portrayals of the fluidity of time, including painter Salvador Dali’s The Persistence of Memory and The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, and writers Gustave Flaubert’s The Temptation of Saint Anthony and Henryk Sienkiewicz’s Quo Vadis; and provides an interdisciplinary approach, with discussions of Aztec, Buddhist, Christian, Egyptian, Ethiopian, Hindu, Islamic, Navajo, and many other cultures’ conceptions of time.
Access note: On and off campus. Unlimited simultaneous users allowed.
Database provider: SAGE. - Database Provider: sage
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=ene1-uga1
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- The Encyclopedia of Time covers views and interpretations of time from the point of view of ancient Greeks to modern science, scientists, philosophers, theologians, creative artists. Perspectives on time range from sub-atomic particles to cosmic evolution, evolutionary biology, relativity physics, geologic time, cosmic time, earth history and discusses the changes in how people think/have thought about time.
- Science and Technology Collection

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Full-text articles on a wide range of scientific and technical topics.

- Science & Technology Collection contains over 800 full-text journals covering topics relevant to the scientific and technical community. Topics include aeronautics, astrophysics, biology, chemistry, computer technology, geology, aviation, physics, archaeology, marine sciences and materials science. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 1,700 publications. This collection contains many scholarly journals including Advances in Physics, American Scientist, Archaeoastronomy, Astronomy & Geophysics, Civil Engineering, Engineering Management Journal, International Journal of Computational Engineering Science, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Journal of Architectural Engineering, Journal of Applied Microbiology, Journal of Mathematical Logic, Journal of Theoretical & Computational Chemistry, Molecular Physics, Plant Biotechnology Journal, Quarterly Review of Biology, Space Communications, Spatial Vision, and many more.
- Coverage Dates: Dates vary
- Title List
- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbsi
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- Shock & Vibration Digest (EBSCO)


Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.Covers current and emerging vibration technologies for researchers and engineers.

- Shock & Vibration Digest™ includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to shock and vibration, including noise, vibration technologies, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. This database also includes information on Earthquake and seismic studies. The index contains more than 92,000 records. EBSCO has digitized the full archive of this index, bringing coverage back to 1969.
- Coverage Dates: 1969-
- Updated: Regularly
- Title List
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=shoc-uga1
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Broader Databases
- Academic Search Complete

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Articles from some peer-reviewed journals as well as monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and other sources.

- Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database is updated daily and features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full-text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for nearly 1,000 journals.
- Coverage Dates: Dates vary. Some content goes as far back as 1865.
- Updated: Daily
- Title List
- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbac
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- Annual Reviews

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium-high for this database to function properly.Critical reviews of scholarly research in the biomedical, physical, and social sciences.

- Annual Reviews, a nonprofit organization, provides critical, authoritative reviews of scholarly advances in various fields of science.Annual Reviews can be searched in its entirety or within each of the following suites: Biomedical Science, Physical Sciences and Social Sciences.
The Biomedical Science Suite is further subdivided as Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure, Cell and Developmental Biology, Ecology and Systematics, Entomology, Genetics, Genomics and Human Genetics, Immunology, Medicine, Microbiology, Neuroscience, Nutrition, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Physiology, Phytopathology, Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology, Psychology, and Public Health.
The Physical Science Suite is further subdivided as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Energy and the Environment, Fluid Mechanics, Materials Science, Nuclear and Particle Science, and Physical Chemistry.
The Social Science Suite is further subdivided as Anthropology, Energy and Environment, Political Science, Psychology, Public Health, and Sociology.
- Coverage Dates: 1984- present; Tables of Contents only: 1984-1995; Full Text: 1996- present
- Updated: ongoing
- Languages: English
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xann-uga1
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- Annual Reviews, a nonprofit organization, provides critical, authoritative reviews of scholarly advances in various fields of science.Annual Reviews can be searched in its entirety or within each of the following suites: Biomedical Science, Physical Sciences and Social Sciences.
- ScienceDirect

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Articles from scholarly journals on all the sciences, including the social sciences.

- ScienceDirect provides full text access to scholarly journals published by Elsevier and its subsidiaries.
- Coverage Dates: 1995 - present (Academic Press journals: 1996 - present)
- Updated: Ongoing
- Title List
- Database Provider: Elsevier
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xsdi-uga1
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- Web of Science (at Web of Knowledge)

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.Provides access to the combined Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index.

- Web of Science provides access to the Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index covering over 8,000 journal. These three databases can be searched separately, in any combination, or all at once. These databases are unique in that the user can search to find which articles have cited a certain author or article. This technique of doing research, called pearl growing, allows researchers to find articles that are related to an earlier work. Often this technique turns up articles which are not found through traditional subject and keyword searches.
- Coverage Dates: 1945- (Science Citation Index); 1956- (Social Science Citation Index); 1975- (Arts and Humanities Citation Index)
- Updated: Weekly
- Languages: English and non-English
- Database Provider: isi
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xwos-uga1
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Books
- College Physics for Students of Biology and Chemistry
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- This is a hypertextbook written for first-year undergraduate physics students.
- URL: http://www.rwc.uc.edu/koehler/biophys/text.html
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- eBooks on EBSCOhost (formerly NetLibrary)

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.eBooks, general topics, non-fiction, reference, consumer.

eBooks at EBSCOhost, formerly known as NetLibrary, provides access to electronic books (eBooks), including reference books, scholarly monographs, publications of many university presses, and consumer books that have been converted into digital format. It is possible to perform full-text searches of a single eBook, search thousands of volumes simultaneously, browse topic categories, or read eBooks directly online. There is currently no checkout period for eBooks (at EBSCOhost).
Users can create a My EBSCOhost account in order to use personalization tools, including creating a Favorites list, but a personal account is not required for accessing eBooks through the GALILEO interface.
GALILEO institutions purchased together the following collections:
- Shared Collection 1
- Shared Collection 2
- Shared Collection 9
- Database Provider: EBSCO Information and Learning
- Database Tutorial: Downloading eBooks on EBSCOhost
- Coverage Dates: Currently available
- Database Provider: EBSCO
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zmnl
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- GIL Library Catalog
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Search the UGA Libraries catalog for books, journals, CD-ROMs, and other media. Use title, author or subject searches, or perform a keyword search.
- URL: http://gil.uga.edu
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- National Academies Press
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Selected titles online. Use the Discovery Engine for words in title or text. Asterisk (*) will truncate.
- URL: http://www.nap.edu/index.html
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- Physics 2000
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Developed by Martin V. Goldman at the University of Colorado, Physics 2000 aims to make physics more accessible to students and people of all ages and to counter its current negative image.
- URL: http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/index.pl
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- WorldCat

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Huge catalog of books and other materials held by libraries worldwide.

- The WorldCat database is the world's most comprehensive bibliography with bibliographic records representing information spanning 4,000 years of knowledge. It is the OCLC Online Union Catalog of information contributed by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) member libraries worldwide.
The OCLC NetFirst database has been integrated into WorldCat. NetFirst bibliographic citations describe Internet-accessible resources, including World Wide Web pages, interest groups, library catalogs, FTP sites, Internet services, electronic journals, and newsletters. NetFirst is no longer available as a separate database.
WorldCat listings include netLibrary ebook records.
- Coverage Dates: Approx. 1000 A.D. to the present
- Updated: Daily
- Database Provider: firstsearch
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zowc
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- The WorldCat database is the world's most comprehensive bibliography with bibliographic records representing information spanning 4,000 years of knowledge. It is the OCLC Online Union Catalog of information contributed by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) member libraries worldwide.
Calculators
- Martindale's Reference Desk: Physics, Astrophysics & Astronomy Calculators
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Links to a wide array of online calculators for physics and astrophysics.
- URL: http://www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators3A.html
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- Sun or Moon Rise/Set Table
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- This page provides a way for you to obtain a table of the times of sunrise/sunset, moonrise/moonset, or the beginning and end of twilight, for 1700 through 2100.
- URL: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneYear.html
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- Tidal Current Predictions
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- This system will allow you to calculate tidal predictions for more than 3000 tide stations predicted by CO-OPS. The publication of full daily predictions is necessarily limited to a comparatively small number of stations. These stations are refered to as "reference stations". The remaining stations are refered to as "subordinate stations". Tide predictions at the subordinate stations can be obtained by applying specific differences to the time and height of tides at a specified reference station.
- URL: http://www.co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/tide_pred.html
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Conference Papers/Proceedings
- COS Conference Papers Index (ProQuest)

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.For scientific and technical proceedings.

- Coverage includes scientific and technical proceedings in animal and plant science, biochemistry, biology, chemistry, computer science, environmental science, experimental medicine, geology, marine science, mathematics, and pharmacology.
- See also: zccp:Backup Site (Ohio)
- Coverage Dates: 1989 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: Cambridge
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=coec-uga1
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- PapersFirst (conference papers)

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index of papers presented at conferences.

- The PapersFirst database provides access to individual papers presented at conferences worldwide, PapersFirst is a major new research aid, covering every congress, symposium, exposition, workshop, and meeting added to The British Library Document Supply Centre's vast proceedings collection since October 1993. Users may order the full text of papers cited in PapersFirst from The British Library using the FirstSearch online ordering service.
- Coverage Dates: 1993 to present
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: firstsearch
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zopi
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- ProceedingsFirst (conference proceedings)

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index of conference proceedings.

- The ProceedingsFirst database provides tables of contents of papers presented at conferences worldwide. Each ProceedingsFirst record contains a list of the papers presented at each conference. Like its companion, PapersFirst, ProceedingsFirst provides access to The British Library Document Supply Centre's vast collection of conference proceedings.
- Coverage Dates: 1993 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: firstsearch
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zop1
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Dictionaries/Encyclopedias
- AstroGlossary (StarDate)
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Covers some of the most common terms used in pysics and astronomy. Includes cross web links for some of the words used in the definitions. StarDate is the public education and outreach arm of the University of Texas McDonald Observatory.
- URL: http://stardate.org/resources/astroglossary/
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- Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- An archive of data on 86 twentieth-century women who have made original and important contributions to physics. The citations describe and document their major contributions and provide biographical information.
- URL: http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~cwp/
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- Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- This searchable dictionary is the electronic look-up version of the Reference Dictionary of the Nomenclature of Celestial Objects Outside the Solar System (1994). It is updated on a regular basis and contains about 11025 different acronyms.
- URL: http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/Dic
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- Dictionary of Physics (Oxford)
Call Number: Sci Ref QC5 .D53 2009
- Location: Science Library Reference Collection

- Encyclopedia of Earth and Physical Sciences
Call Number: SciRef QE35 .E513 1998
- Location: Science Library Reference Collection

- Facts on File Dictionary of Astronomy
Call Number: QB14 .F3 2006
- Location: Science Library Reference Collection

- Physics Encyclopedia
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- The Online Physics Encyclopaedia is an exhaustive compilation of physics Internet resources.
- URL: http://igorivanov.tripod.com/physics/
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Directories
- Astronomy & Astrophysics Graduate Schools
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Gradschools.com is a service of Educational Directories Unlimited, Inc. It is a system, highlighted by a World Wide Web site dedicated to post-baccalaureate educational programs. The site is arranged in a directory format with listings categorized by curriculum, then where necessary, subdivided by geography. Users select their desired curriculum and receive pages of information over their computer through browser software such as Netscape's Navigator, Microsoft's Internet Explorer or America On-line's web browser. Pages contain listings of program providers, both free listings and paid links.
- URL: http://www.gradschools.com/search-programs/term-astronomy
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- Physics Graduate Schools
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Gradschools.com is a service of Educational Directories Unlimited, Inc. It is a system, highlighted by a World Wide Web site dedicated to post-baccalaureate educational programs. The site is arranged in a directory format with listings categorized by curriculum, then where necessary, subdivided by geography. Users select their desired curriculum and receive pages of information over their computer through browser software such as Netscape's Navigator, Microsoft's Internet Explorer or America On-line's web browser. Pages contain listings of program providers, both free listings and paid links.
- URL: http://www.gradschools.com/search-programs/term-physics
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Government Publications
- Climatological Data (NCDC/NOAA)

Online Access: On Campus OnlyFrom the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

- Climatological Data is provided by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Climatic Data Center.
Subscribed publications include:
- Annual Edited Local Climatological Data, PDF
- Climatological Data, One State
- Edited Local Climatological Data
- Hourly Precipitation Data
- Storm Data
Database provider: The National Climatic Data Center of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
- Coverage Dates: Dates vary
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: National Climatic Data Center
- Online Access: Available only in the Main and Science Libraries, and the Student Learning Center. Please ask for assistance at the Reference Desk.
- Location: Science Library Only
- Available only in the Main and Science Libraries. Please ask for assistance at the Reference Desk.
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xncd-uga1
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- Climatological Data is provided by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Climatic Data Center.
Guides/Handbooks
- Astronomy Software Servers
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- A large collection of software for astronomy from showing distortions influencing a telescope's performance to computing heliocentric, geocentric and topocentric information for celestial objects.
- URL: http://www.cv.nrao.edu/fits/www/yp_software.html
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- Cambridge Handbook of Physics Formulas
Call Number: SciRef QC61 .W67 2000
- Location: Science Library Reference Collection

- Cambridge Planetary Handbook
Call Number: SciRef QB601 .B36 2000
- A compilation of physical and astronomical data and events concerning our sun, moon, and planets.
- Location: Science Library Reference Collection

- Climatological Data (NCDC/NOAA)

Online Access: On Campus OnlyFrom the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

- Climatological Data is provided by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Climatic Data Center.
Subscribed publications include:
- Annual Edited Local Climatological Data, PDF
- Climatological Data, One State
- Edited Local Climatological Data
- Hourly Precipitation Data
- Storm Data
Database provider: The National Climatic Data Center of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
- Coverage Dates: Dates vary
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: National Climatic Data Center
- Online Access: Available only in the Main and Science Libraries, and the Student Learning Center. Please ask for assistance at the Reference Desk.
- Location: Science Library Only
- Available only in the Main and Science Libraries. Please ask for assistance at the Reference Desk.
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xncd-uga1
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- Climatological Data is provided by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Climatic Data Center.
- Data Book of Astronomy
Call Number: SciRef QB64 .M623 2000
- A quick and comprehensive reference to facts beginning with our solar system.
- Location: Science Library Reference Collection

- Gazeteer of Planetary Nomenclature
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- The Gazeteer of Planetary Nomenclature contains detailed information about all names of topographic and albedo features on planets and satellites (and some planetary ring and ring-gap systems). All names are approved by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
- URL: http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/
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- Guidelines for Meteorite Nomenclature
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Designed to provide a rational system of nomenclature to be adopted by the discoverers of new meteorites, which will avoid confusion and ambiguity in published reports on existing meteorites. They should also be acceptable for common-place usage in the field or laboratory and will assist the prompt announcement of new meteorites.
- URL: http://www.meteoriticalsociety.org/bulletin/nc-guidelines.htm
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- Journal Citation Reports (at Web of Knowledge)

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to low for this database to function properly.Ranks journals by how often they have been cited. Clear cache & cookies to view most recent reports.

- Journal Citation Reports ranks peer reviewed journals by how often they have been cited. The database has two components: the Science Edition, covering 5,700 journals; and the Social Sciences Edition, covering 1,700 journals. Over 200 disciplines are included.
To help users best compare journals and discover which are the most significant to them, JCR Web provides these data fields:
- Impact factor: Provides a way to evaluate or compare a journal's relative importance to others in the same field.
- Immediacy index: Measures how quickly the average article in a journal is cited, or how often articles published in a journal are cited within the same year.
- Article counts: The number of articles published in a journal in a particular year.
- Cited half-life: Benchmarks the age of cited articles.
- Source data: Provides information on which journals published reviews versus original research articles and how many references each of these published.
- Coverage Dates: Varies by data element
- Updated: Annual
- Languages: English
- Clear cache & cookies to view most recent reports. 3 simultaneous users allowed.
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xjcr-uga1
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- Journal Citation Reports ranks peer reviewed journals by how often they have been cited. The database has two components: the Science Edition, covering 5,700 journals; and the Social Sciences Edition, covering 1,700 journals. Over 200 disciplines are included.
- Mathematics Formulary (Johan Wevers)
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- A short but pithy reference by, Johan Wevers, for physicists and engineers who need formulas at their fingertips. See also the companion Physics Formulary.
- URL: http://www.xs4all.nl/~johanw/#math
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- Physical Review Focus
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Physical Review Focus is a free service of the American Physical Society (APS). Focus stories explain selected physics research published in the APS journals Physical Review and Physical Review Letters (PRL). The Focus home page also provides links to Physics News Update stories from the American Institute of Physics when they cover papers from APS journals.
- URL: http://focus.aps.org/
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- Physics Formulary (Johan Wevers)
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- A short but pithy reference by, Johan Wevers, for physicists who need formulas at their fingertips. See also the companion Mathematics Formulary.
- URL: http://www.xs4all.nl/~johanw/#formularium
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- Planetary Scientist's Companion
Call Number: SciRef QB601 .L84 1998
- A collection of calculations, formulae, and chemical and physical data about our solar system.
- Location: Science Library Reference Collection

- Plasma Formulary (Naval Research Laboratory)
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- The NRL Plasma Formulary has been the mini-Bible of plasma physicists for the past 20 years. It is an eclectic compilation of mathematical and scientific formulas, and contains physical parameters pertinent to a variety of plasma regimes, ranging from laboratory devices to astrophysical objects.
- URL: http://wwwppd.nrl.navy.mil/nrlformulary/NRL_FORMULARY_04.pdf
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- Southeast Regional Climate Center (SERCC)

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.Southeast regional weather data.

- Southeast Regional Climate Center provides regional data and products for all of the SERCC's service area: the states of Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands.
Climate data recorded at varying intervals are made available. Data from a number of these stations are collected on a daily basis. Over a thousand stations throughout the Southeast U.S. are included in the historical data base. Data and information originate from the National Weather Service Weather Wire, the Climate Analysis Center, the National Climatic Data Center, and state weather networks in the Southeast.Access: On campus, all research centers and remote. Unlimited number of users.
Database providers: Southeast Regional Climate Center (SERCC), National Climatic Data Center, the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
- Coverage Dates: 1890 to the present
- Languages: English
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xcir-uga1
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- Tables of Physical and Chemical Constants (Kaye & Laby)
Call Number: SciRef QC61 .K3 1995
- Provides detailed coverage of a wide range of physical and chemical data, grouped in the following categories: Units and fundeamental constants; General physics; Chemistry; Atomic and nuclear physics; and Miscellaneous engineering data.
- Location: Science Library Reference Collection

Maps/Atlases
- Atlas of the Universe
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- This web page is designed to give everyone an idea of what our universe actually looks like. There are nine main maps on this web page, each one approximately ten times the scale of the previous one. The first map shows the nearest stars and then the other maps slowly expand out until we have reached the scale of the entire visible universe.
- URL: http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/
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Organizations/Associations
- American Association of Physics Teachers
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- The American Association of Physics Teachers was initially formed to support the advancement of the physics education profession and the quality and effectiveness of physics education in the U.S. and throughout the World.
- URL: http://www.aapt.org/
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- American Astronomical Society
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- The American Astronomical Society (AAS) is the major organization of professional astronomers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The basic objective of the AAS is to promote the advancement of astronomy and closely related branches of science.
- URL: http://www.aas.org/
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- American Institute of Physics
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- The American Institute of Physics (AIP) is a not-for-profit membership corporation chartered for the purpose of promoting the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics and its application to human welfare.
- URL: http://www.aip.org/
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- American Physical Society
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- The American Physical Society states that the objective of the Society shall be the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics.
- URL: http://www.aps.org/
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- Canadian Association of Physics
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- The CanadianAssociation of Physics exists to provide a forum for physicists to meet and discuss physics, to provide a united voice for physicists on the national scene and to speak out on science policy and funding issues, to raise public awareness to the significance of physics for the well-being of our country, and to encourage young Canadians, both men and women, to study physics.
- URL: http://www.cap.ca/
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- Institute of Physics
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- The Institute of Physics is an international learned society and professional body for the advancement and dissemination of physics, pure and applied, and promotion of physics education.
- URL: http://www.iop.org/
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- International Astronomical Union
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- The International Astronomical Union (IAU) promotes and safeguards the science of astronomy in all its aspects through international cooperation. Its individual members are professional astronomers active in professional research and education in astronomy. The IAU maintains friendly relations also with organizations that include amateur astronomers in their membership.
- URL: http://www.iau.org/
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- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Since its inception in 1958, NASA has accomplished many great scientific and technological feats in air and space. NASA is a leading force in scientific research and in stimulating public interest in aerospace exploration, as well as science and technology in general.
- URL: http://www.nasa.gov/
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology: Physical Measurement Laboratory
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- The Physical Measurement Laboratory is one of the major operating units of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Its mission is to support United States industry by providing measurement services and research for electronic, optical, and radiation technologies.
The Laboratory programs span the full range from tests of fundamental postulates of physics through generic technology to the more immediate needs of industry and commerce. Its constituency is broadly distributed throughout academia, government, and industry.
- URL: http://www.nist.gov/pml/index.cfm
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- The Physical Measurement Laboratory is one of the major operating units of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Its mission is to support United States industry by providing measurement services and research for electronic, optical, and radiation technologies.
Statistics
- Climatological Data (NCDC/NOAA)

Online Access: On Campus OnlyFrom the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

- Climatological Data is provided by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Climatic Data Center.
Subscribed publications include:
- Annual Edited Local Climatological Data, PDF
- Climatological Data, One State
- Edited Local Climatological Data
- Hourly Precipitation Data
- Storm Data
Database provider: The National Climatic Data Center of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
- Coverage Dates: Dates vary
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: National Climatic Data Center
- Online Access: Available only in the Main and Science Libraries, and the Student Learning Center. Please ask for assistance at the Reference Desk.
- Location: Science Library Only
- Available only in the Main and Science Libraries. Please ask for assistance at the Reference Desk.
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xncd-uga1
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- Climatological Data is provided by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Climatic Data Center.
- ProQuest Statistical Insight ((formerly LexisNexis Statistical Insight))

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Statistics published by the U.S. government and other agencies.

- ProQuest Statistical Insight consists of,
Search Tables Base Edition:
selected statistical tables drawn mainly from sources published by the U.S. government since about 1998.Search Abstracts:
American Statistics Index (ASI) abstracts (1970-) and full text (ca 2004-) of Federal government sources
Statistical Reference Index (SRI) abstracts (1980-) of state and private sources
Index to International Statistics (IIS) abstracts (1983-) of international and intergovernmental sourcesCoverage ranges across many topics including income, production, retail and wholesale trade, interest rates, economic indicators, demographics, energy, environmental protection, agriculture and fisheries, crime, medicine, and education.
- Coverage Dates: 1970s-
- Updated: Biannually
- Database Provider: proquest
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xstu-uga1
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- ProQuest Statistical Insight consists of,
- U.S. Census Bureau
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- The business category provides Economic Census information on national and international trade.
- URL: http://www.census.gov/
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Web Subject Guides
- ASTRONET
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- ASTRONET offers information on astronomical phenomena and closely follows the news on astronomy, space research, space flight, meteorology and earth sciences.
- URL: http://www.xs4all.nl/~carlkop/astroeng.html
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- Astronomy & Astrophysics
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- This is a unique structured collection of astronomy and astrophysics related links: star maps, solar system, nebulae and galaxies, gamma ray burster and supernovae, Big Bang and Big Crunch.
- URL: http://igorivanov.tripod.com/astro/
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- astronomylinks.com
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- The mission of astronomylinks.com is to provide an index of the best astronomy and space related websites found around the world on the Internet.
- URL: http://astronomylinks.com/
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- AstroWeb: Astronomy on the Internet
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- AstroWeb is a collection of pointers to astronomically relevant Internet resources. It is maintained by six institutions comprising the AstroWeb Consortium.
- URL: http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/astroWeb/astroweb.html
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- dmoz Open Directory Project: Astronomy
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- A wide array of astronomy resources. Many of the links include stellar photography.
- URL: http://dmoz.org/Science/Astronomy/
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- Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy is written and maintained by the author as a public service for scientific knowledge and education. Although it is often difficult to find explanations for technical subjects that are both clear and accessible, this web site bridges the gap by placing an interlinked framework of exposition and illustrative examples at the fingertips of every internet user.
- URL: http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/
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- Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Eric Weisstein's World of Physics is written and maintained by the author as a public service for scientific knowledge and education. Although it is often difficult to find explanations for technical subjects that are both clear and accessible, this web site bridges the gap by placing an interlinked framework of exposition and illustrative examples at the fingertips of every internet user.
- URL: http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/
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- Martindale Virtual Physics Center
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Contains a vast compilation of physics, and astrophysics-related resources, including links to calculators, course materials, dictionaries, glossaries, and physics in relation to other disciplines, e.g. music, sports, etc.
- URL: http://www.martindalecenter.com/GradPhysics.html
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- PhysicsWorld.com (IOP)
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- PhysicsWeb is a free service provided by the Institute of Physics. It features regular news, jobs, resources, enhanced highlights of Physics World magazine, events, free alerts, a buyer's guide, products & press, and advertising opportunities for businesses.
- URL: http://physicsworld.com
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- PhysNet - the Worldwide Network of Physics Departments and Documents
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- The aim of PhysNet is to provide a longtime stable and distributed information service for physics with the collaboration of many national and international societies and physics organisations.
- URL: http://physnet.uni-oldenburg.de/PhysNet/physnet.html
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- Resources (@ Sky & Telescope)
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Sky & Telescope's Resources page is a guide to astronomy-related events, clubs and organizations, software, and test reports.
- URL: http://skyandtelescope.com/resources/
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- UCSB Science Line: Physics
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- USCB Scientists answer questions submitted to them by students. A basic and introductory resource. All questions and answers are archived.
- URL: http://www.scienceline.ucsb.edu/search/DB/search.php?task=category&form_category=physics
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