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PHYSICS: A GUIDE TO INFORMATION RESOURCES

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Useful LC SUBJECT HEADINGS for this topic:

Acceleration
Acoustics
Atomic theory
Color
Diffraction
Doppler effect
Dynamics
Electricity
Electromagnetism
Energy
Entropy
Fluids
Force and energy
Gravity
Heat
Kinetic Theory
Law of thermodynamics
Light

Light speed
Magnetism
Mass (physics)
Motion
Nuclear physics
Optics
Pressure
Quantum Theory
Radioactivity
Refraction
Relativity
Sound
Sound speed
Surface energy
Thermodynamics
Time
Ultrasonics
Vibration

Useful Useful LC CALL NUMBERS on this subject:

	QC 1-75		General Physics
	QC 81-114		Weights and Measures
	QC 170-197		Atomic Physics; Quantum Theory
	QC 221-246		Acoustics; Sound
	QC 251-338.5		Heat; Thermodynamics
	QC 350-467		Optics; Light; Spectroscopy
	QC 474-496.9		Radiation Physics
	QC 501-766		Electricity and Magnetism
	QC 770-798		Nuclear and Particle Physics; Radioactivity

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REFERENCE RESOURCES

E-book		Oxford Reference, Physical Sciences and Mathematics
R QC5 .C56 2005		A Dictionary af Physics
R QC5 .D55		Dictionary af Physics and Mathematics Abbreviations, Signs, and Symbols.
R QC5 .F34 1988		The Facts on File Dictionary of Physics
R QC23.2 .K652 2008		Physics for Scientists and Engineers Quick Reference Guide : A Strategic Approach
R QC61 .H37 2002		Handbook of Physics
R QC82 .J4 1972		A Dictionary of Scientific Units: Including Dimensionless Numbers and Scales
R QD65 .H3 2007-08		Handbook of Physics and Chemistry

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PERIODICAL INDEXES/DATABASES

Academic Search Complete: Provides full text for more than 3,430 scholarly publications covering a wide variety of academic areas of study
Science Citation Index Expanded: A multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the sciences
Scopus: A database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources for science research

Periodicals available in the KC library

Physics Today
Popular Science
Science
Scientific American

Physics periodicals available through the Electronic Journal Center (EJC)
The Electronic Journal Center provides full-text access to a core collection of scholarly journals in physics. Click the link for the collection you want to access.

INTERNET RESOURCES ON THIS TOPIC
Below are some related sites on the World Wide Web:

Online Physics Tutorial: http://library.thinkquest.org/10796/index.html
Provides online tutorials on many topics in physics
The Physics Classroom: http://www.physicsclassroom.com/
Offers tutorials and a variety ofother resources for the study of physics.
Physics to Go: http://www.compadre.org/informal/
An online monthly mini-magazine as well as online activities and web resources on physics.
PhysOrg.com: http://www.physorg.com/
A leading web-based science and technology news service.
Physicsworld.com: http://www.physicsworld.com/
From the UK Institute of Physics, this site provides access to a variety of physics resources for the general public with interest in physics topics.
PhysicsToday.org: http://www.physicstoday.org/
A resource on physics for the general public from the American Physical Society.