Physics

Finding Books: through BearCat - the SUNY Potsdam online catalog

Search by author, title or subject. Advanced Keyword searching allows combination of terms, and limting by document type and other factors. Browse Searching lets you scan lists; especially useful for searching by call number.

Other computerized library catalogs are also available for searching. Check the "Finding Books" page on the library web site.

Finding articles in scientific journals

Several indexes are of potential interest for locating physics research:

• Indexes and Abstracts for Physics. - lists and describes the search tools available for searching the journal literature of physics.
  
  
• Obtaining journal articles: Some of the tools listed at the link above include the full-text of articles. If you have a journal article citation or want to check on the availability of a particular periodical, go to the "Finding Articles" page and use the appropriate link on the right-hand side of that page. This will indicate our paper or online holdings, or link to interlibrary loan if you have the full citation for an article.

Reference books:

Dictionaries and encyclopedias of physics will be found on the Reference shelves in Ref.QC. For example:

• Handbook of physics. (Springer) Ref. QC 61 .H37 2001
• Macmillan encyclopedia of physics. 4 v. Ref. QC5 .M15 1996
• Encyclopedic Dictionary of Physics. 9 vols + 4 supplements Ref.QC 5.E52
• American Institute of Physics Handbook. 3rd. ed. Ref.QC 61.A5 1972
• A Concise Dictionary of Physics. Ref. QC 5.C56 1990
• Dictionary of geophysics, astrophysics, and astronomy. Ref. QB 14 .D53 2001

Also note books in other areas of reference, such as

• McGraw-Hill Electronics Dictionary. Ref.TK 7804.M354 1994
• McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. Ref.Q 121.M3
• McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology. Ref.Q 121.M312

Internet Resources

• See the library's Subject Page for Physics for additional print and online resources.

Ask for help at the Reference Desk.