Physics - Reference Material

General dictionaries and encyclopaedias

Concise Dictionary of Scientific Biography
New York : Scribner, 1981
Physics Ref 509.22 17

Dictionary of Scientific Biography
editors-in-chief, Charles Coulston Gillis, Frederick L. Holmes
New York : Scribner, 1970-1990
Fisher Ref 500.8 2
Mathematics Ref 500.8 2

McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
editor-in-chief, Sybil P. Parker
2nd ed. New York : McGraw-Hill : 1989
Physics Ref 503 57

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Physics
editor-in-chief, Sybil P. Parker
2nd ed. New York : McGraw-Hill, 1993
Fisher Ref 530.03 16

McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
8th ed. New York : McGraw-Hill, c1997
Badham Ref 503 23 H

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Specialist dictionaries and encyclopaedias

Astronomical Almanac
Washington : U.S. G.P.O.
Physics Ref 528.2 2 (Current year only)
Physics 528.2 2 (earlier years)

Astrophysical Data
Kenneth R. Lang
New York : Springer-Verlag, c1992
Physics Ref 523.01 127

Astrophysical Formulae
Kenneth R. Lang
Corr. 3rd Print. Berlin : Springer-Verlag, 1986
Physics Ref 523.01 46 A

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
editor-in-chief, David R. Lide
79th ed. Boca Raton : CRC Press, 1998-1999
Physics Ref 541.9 2
(Also available online via http://www.hbcpnetbase.com/)

CRC Handbook of Laser Science and Technology
ed. Marvin Weber
Boca Raton : CRC Press, c1982-1995
Physics Ref 621.366 66

CRC Handbook of Materials Science
ed. Charles T. Lynch
Cleveland : CRC Press, c1974-1980
Physics Ref 620.112 27

Encyclopedia of Cosmology
edited by Norriss S. Hetherington
New York : Garland Pub., 1993
Fisher Ref 523.103 1

Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Mathematics for Engineers and Applied Scientists
edited by I. N. Sneddon
1st ed. Oxford : Pergamon Press, 1976
Physics Ref 510.3 6

Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
editor-in-chief, Paul Murdin.
Bristol : Institute of Physics Publishing ; London : Nature Publishing Group, 2001.
Physics Ref 520.3 23 (Also available online via www.ency-astro.com)

Handbook of Optical Constants of Solids I and II
ed. Edward D. Palik
Orlando : Academic Press, 1985-1992
Physics Ref 530.412 5, 6

Handbook of Optics
editor-in-chief Michael Bass
2nd ed. New York : McGraw-Hill, c1995
Physics Ref 535 72 A

Handbook of Physical Quantities
ed. Igor S. Grigoriev
Boca Raton : CRC Press, c1997
Physics Ref 530.0212 6

Practical Handbook of Spectroscopy
ed. J. W. Robinson
Boca Raton : CRC Press, c1991
Physics Ref 543.0858 32

Tables of Integrals, Series and Products
I.S. Gradshteyn and I.M. Ryzhik
5th ed. Boston : Academic Press, 1994
Physics Ref 510.83 56 A

Tables of Physical and Chemical Constants
G. W. C. Kaye
16th ed. Essex : Longman Scientific and Technical c.1995
Physics Ref 530.8 2 H

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Indexes and Abstracts

Physics Abstracts
London : Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1941-
Fisher Ref 505 275
(Also available online via INSPEC on Library's Databases page)

Science Citation Index
Philadelphia : Institute for Scientific Information, 1961-
Fisher Ref 500 95
(Also available online via Web of Science from the Library's Databases page)

Current Contents
Philadelphia : Institute for Scientific Information, 1979-1997
Fisher Ref 505 261
(Also available online via Current Contents from the Library's Databases page)

Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts
Berlin : Springer-Verlag, 1969-
Physics Ref 520.016 3 (Also available online via INSPEC from the Library's Databases page)

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Style Manuals

AIP Style Manual
4th ed. New York : American Institute of Physics, 1990
Physics Ref 808.066053 2
(Also available online via http://www.aip.org/pubservs/style.html)

Scientists Must Write. A Guide to Better Writing for Scientists, Engineers and Students
Robert Barrass
London : Chapman & Hall, 1993
Physics 808.0665021 2

Writing and Speaking in the Technology Professions
ed. David F. Beer
New York : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1992
Physics 808.0666 21

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