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Astrophysics Research Guide

A guide to library resources and services for Princeton's Astrophysical Sciences department

Physical Books

The Astronomy and Astrophysics books are shelved on the B-floor of Lewis Science Library by their Library of Congress (QB or QC) call numbers. It is also possible to place a hold request through the catalog to pick up items from the STEM Circulation Desk in the Engineering Library in Fine Hall.

Books and other materials in ReCAP are located offsite; use the request option in the catalog to have it delivered to campus or in some cases scanned and delivered electronically.

If Princeton does not own a copy or if all Princeton copies are unavailable, login to Borrow Direct, Interlibrary Loan or Article Express to place a request at another library.

Please reach out if you have any questions about locating or accessing resources.

eBook Collections

AIP Conference Proceedings  (1970+)   

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics  (1963+)

Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) Conference Series (1988+)

Searchable database of 2,500 specially commissioned, peer-reviewed and continually updated articles.

Handbook of basic atomic spectroscopic data  

Knovel Engineering and Scientific Online References
Collection of the latest leading technical and engineering reference books.

MATHnetBASE
Online library of Chapman & Hall/CRC books and reference works in mathematics and statistics.

NIST Handbook of Mathematical Functions  

PhysicsNetBase
Unified e-library from CRC Press offers e-books on topics ranging from astrophysics to quantum physics, materials science, to optoelectronics.

Proceedings of IAU Symposia, Transactions A and B, and Highlights of Astronomy
 
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses: Full Text  (1861+; full text 1997+)  

Safari Tech Books Online
Collection of information technology and programming books, mostly published by O'Reilly, which allow searching for code examples and specific technical information

Springer eBooks - Physics and Astronomy Collection  (2005+)

Physics & Astrophysics Librarian

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Elissa Sperling
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Lewis Science Library 210