Physics - Selected Resources

Handbooks & Guides

• CRC handbook of chemistry and physics
  SCIENCE LIB Reference QD65 .H3
  Immense compendium of chemical and physical data
• Handbook of optics
  SCIENCE LIB Reference QC369 .H35 1995

Biographies

• Dictionary of scientific biography
  SCIENCE LIB Reference Q141 .D5 1981
  Eighteen-volume encyclopedia containing detailed biographical essays on scientists and mathematicians. Articles are signed and generally include extensive bibliographies.
• The biographical dictionary of women in science
  SCIENCE LIB Reference Q141 .B5285 2000
  Two-volume biographical dictionary. Articles are brief, but often include lists of sources.

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia of spectroscopy and spectrometry
  SCIENCE LIB Reference QC450.3 .E53 2000
• McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science & technology
  SCIENCE LIB Reference Q121 .M3 2007
  Illustrated encyclopedia of all the sciences.

Atlases

• Firefly atlas of the universe
  SCIENCE LIB Reference QB44.2 .M66 2003 c.2