Astronomy: Books & E-Books
Finding Books & E-Books
There are several ways to find books and e-books at the UI Libraries. Here are some useful tools. For assistance, please ask a librarian.
- InfoHawk+Use InfoHawk+ to search for books and e-books in the UI Libraries' collection.
- E-Book CollectionsE-book records are periodically added to the InfoHawk+ catalog, but you can find them as soon as they are released by searching these collections.
- WorldCatSearch for books and other materials in libraries around the world.
- Interlibrary LoanIf the Library doesn't have the book you're looking for, request it via Interlibrary Loan and we'll get it for you from another library.
Science E-Book Collections
E-Book titles are periodically added to the library catalog, but you can find them as soon as they are released by searching these collections. For a full list, visit E-Book Collections.
- Cambridge E-Book CollectionOffers access to eBooks from our world-renowned publishing programme, covering subjects from all disciplines across science, technology and medicine, as well as humanities and social sciences.
- EBSCOhost eBook Collection This link opens in a new windowTo use the Full Download/Checkout functionality for an eBook, a user must sign into a personal folder.
- Elsevier ScienceDirect E-Books This link opens in a new windowElsevier purchase includes over 450 books published beginning in 2008.
- IOP ebooksIOP ebooks™ is a book programme that brings together innovative digital publishing with leading voices from across physics to create the essential collection of physics books for a digital world. Subscribed to: 2014.
- Springer E-Book Collection This link opens in a new windowSpringer Nature Link offers an integrated full-text database for thousands of e-books, protocols, eReferences, and book series published by Springer since 2005.
- Wiley E-Books This link opens in a new windowWiley/Blackwell purchase includes over 2000 books for years 2007-2009
New Astronomy Books
Online Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Handbooks
- CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics This link opens in a new window
- Dictionary of Astronomy (Oxford)The revised second edition of this established dictionary contains over 4,300 up-to-date entries covering all aspects of astronomy.
- A Dictionary of Space ExplorationWritten by a team of experts, this dictionary covers the fascinating world of space exploration and every aspect of the technology involved.
- Encyclopedia of Space Science and Technology This link opens in a new windowThis state-of-the-art reference outlines what astronomers know about the sun, planets, galaxy, and universe as well as the effect of the space environment on human and other biological systems.
- Encyclopedia of the Solar SystemProvides a framework for understanding the origin and evolution of the solar system, historical discoveries, and details about planetary bodies and how they interact.
- The Oxford Companion to CosmologyThe Oxford Companion to Cosmology is a comprehensive, yet highly accessible, encyclopedic overview of this enduringly popular subject.
- Treatise on GeophysicsRevised and updated, in-depth study of all aspects of geophysics. Includes volume on Physics of Terrestrial Planets and Moons.
James A. Van Allen Papers
The papers of Dr. James A. Van Allen, 1914-, comprise a diverse and rich record of one of the leading scientists in the early exploration and study of the upper atmosphere, the near-Earth space environment, and the solar system using rocket propelled vehicles. The papers span fifty years and provide ample documentation of his central participation in this signal scientific achievement of the 20th century. In addition to detailing Van Allen's productive research career, these records illuminate broader themes in the evolution of science after World War II.
Classification & Constellation Books
- Stars and Their Spectra byCall Number: Sciences Library QB871 .K33 1989ISBN: 0521304946Publication Date: 1989-05-11
- Charts of the Constellations: From the North Pole to between 30 & 40 degrees of South Declination byCall Number: Sciences Library Locked Case FOLIO QB65 .C6 1891Publication Date: 1891
Star Atlases & Charts
- Norton's Star Atlas and Reference HandbookCall Number: Sciences Library Reference FOLIO QB64 .N67 2004ISBN: 0131451642
- De Revolvtionibvs Orbium Cœlestium, Libri VI byCall Number: Special Collections x-Collection FOLIO QB41 .C76 1543a
- The World in 1660 : Plate 13 from the Harmonia Macrocosmica sue Atlas Universalis Novus byCall Number: Map Classified MAPXCases G3200 1661 .C4 1982 Fac.
- Atlas of Sky Overlay Maps: for the Palomar Sky Survey byCall Number: Sciences Library Reference FOLIO QB65 .D55
- Palomar Observatory--European Southern Observatory Photographic Atlas of the Northern Sky . . .Call Number: Map Collection Storage (ask Map Staff) QB68 .P34 1990
Other Notable Books
- A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes byCall Number: QB981 .H377 1988ISBN: 055305340X