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Astronomy 121: Galaxies & Cosmology
Reference Resources
There are a few print and electronic reference resources related to astronomy
and cosmology in our library. Some of the more recent are:
- Astronomy encyclopedia, general editor, Patrick Moore ; star
maps created by Wil Tirion ; foreword by Leif J. Robinson, New York
: Oxford University Press, 2002. Reference - 1st Floor. QB14
.A875 2002
- Encyclopedia of space and astronomy, Joseph A. Angelo, Jr,
New York, NY : Facts On File, 2006. Reference - 1st Floor. QB136
.A55 2006
- The Firefly encyclopedia of astronomy, edited by Paul Murdin
& Margaret Penston, Buffalo, N.Y. : Firefly Books, 2004. Reference
- 1st Floor. QB14 .F575 2004
Credo
Reference (formerly Xreferplus)  :
presents content from hundreds of reference books covering every major
subject. The content is enriched by a network of cross-reference links
that cut across topics, titles and publishers to provide accurate, contextual
results.
Searching Databases for Articles
General Multidisciplinary Databases:
Academic
Search Complete
Citations, abstracts and some full-text for nearly 4000 scholarly and
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Current
Contents
Multidisciplinary database that covers approximately 8,000 scholarly
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Research
Library
Citations and abstracts to more than 1000 scholalry and popular journals
with some full-text.
Multidisciplinary Science & Technology Databases:
Science
& Technology Collection
Contains over 800 full-text journals covering relevant aspects of the
scientific and technical community.
Scopus
Scopus is an abstracts database of 27 million records covering articles
from 14,000 peer-reviewed titles from more than 4,000 international
publishers with access to abstracts in the scientific, medical, technical,
and social science arena.
Wiley
Interscience
Full-text access to Wiley journals, includes capability to browse by
subject cateogry (look for Astronomy and Physics).
Another useful database...
WorldCat:
find books & publications owned by databases worldwide.
 You
do not need to know who owns a book or journal
before placing an Interlibrary
Loan request.
Does McCain Library have this journal?
Is it full-text?
If the database you are searching does not include your journal or article,
search the Journal/Article
Locator. 
This tool will tell you if we have your journal through any database.
The journal/article locator will also tell you if we have a publication
in our print or microfilm collections. Double-check by searching in SOPHIA
for the journal title (not the article title). If we don't own or have
access to the publication, you can request the article through Interlibrary
Loan, or, check to see if another
local library that you can visit owns it.
Other local libraries may have books in their collections on your topic.
Try searching their catalogs for relevant materials.
Creating a Bibliography
 :
RefWorks is a useful web-based tool that allows researchers to import
references from online databases. You can use these references in writing
your papers and automatically format the paper and the bibliography in
seconds. The tutorial and Quick Start Guide are both very well-done; they
are available under "About Us" link in RefWorks.
Please note: RefWorks is an excellent tool & can create bibliographies
in many formats. They do not claim 100% accuracy though; it is still your
responsibilty to ensure entries are in the proper citation format. Please
proofread!
For additional assistance, please contact the McCain Library Scottie
Research & Rescue (Reference) Desk in person, by phone (404-471-6096),
email us, or IM
us.
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