Wayne G. Basler Library: Astronomy: Library Online

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Science (Gale OneFile) - formerly General Science Collection
Partial Full-Text. 1980 - present.

Description: Includes millions of articles from over 1,600 magazines, journals and reference materials on all aspects of the sciences. Topics include: agriculture, aerospace engineering, architecture, computer-aided design and engineering, electronics, microbiology, physics, plants and animals, psychology, zoology and more. The content in this database is also part of General OneFile.
General Science Full Text
Partial Full-Text. 1984 - present.

Description: Use this database to find articles on many science subjects such as: astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, environment, food & nutrition, genetics, health & medicine, mathematics, microbiology, oceanography, physics, physiology, zoology, etc. Many articles are full-text. The content in this database is also part of OmniFile Full Text Mega.
ScienceDirect
Partial Full-Text. 1960s - present.

Description: Articles from over 2,500 journals and 11,000 books on a variety of topics, including: physical sciences and engineering (chemistry, earth and space sciences, engineering, mathematics and computers, physics and astronomy), life sciences (agriculture, biochemistry, biology, immunology and microbiology, neuroscience), health sciences (nursing, medicine, pharmacology, dentistry, health professions, veterinary medicine), and social sciences and humanities (arts and humanities, business, economics, psychology, social sciences).

General Databases

Academic OneFile (Gale) Partial Full-Text. 1980 - Present Description: Comprehensive database with millions of articles from journals and other reference sources. Includes articles on a variety of subjects such as: business and small business, communications and mass media, computers, criminal justice, diversity, education, environmental studies, health and medicine, landscaping and horticulture, military and terrorism, pop culture, psychology, religion and philosophy, and science. Includes the full-text coverage of The New York Times from 1985 to present.
OmniFile Full Text Mega Partial Full-Text. 1982 - present. Description: A one-stop multidisciplinary database covering many subjects such as: education, sciences, humanities, social sciences, etc. Contains everything (all the indexing, abstracting, and full-text) in the other Wilson databases: Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Art Index & Retrospective, Biological & Agricultural Index Plus, Business Full Text, Education Full Text, General Science, Humanities Full Text, Legal Periodicals Full Text, Library Literature & Information Science Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text.
Opposing Viewpoints Full-Text. Coverage: Current. Description: Search for information on a variety of social issues by using the thousands of viewpoint articles and topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles from national and international sources, primary source documents, court cases, biographies and profiles, statistics, images, videos, podcasts, audio files, and links to evaluated websites.
SIRS Issues Researcher Full-Text. Coverage: Current. Description: Provides access to full-text articles and internet resources on a variety of subjects such as economics, health, history, business, science, literature, the arts, philosophy, film, etc. An excellent source for government information and U.S. Supreme Court decisions. Includes a Pro vs Con section that discusses multiple views of major issues.
JSTOR - Arts & Sciences Collection Coverage: Various Description: Access almost 1.75 million articles from over 390 scholarly journals in subject areas such as: history; political science; sociology; mathematics and statistics; African, African American, Asian, Classical, and Middle Eastern studies; philosophy; ecology and evolutionary biology; geography; archaeology; economics; population studies; and the history of science and technology.

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A Question and Answer Guide to Astronomy by Pierre-Yves Bely; Carol Christian; Jean-René Roy
Publication Date: 2010
Adventures in Cosmology by David L. Goodstein
Publication Date: 2011
The Solar System by David G. Fisher (Editor); Richard R. Erickson (Editor)
Publication Date: 2009
The Andromeda Galaxy and the Rise of Modern Astronomy by David Schultz
Publication Date: 2012
Galileo and 400 Years of Telescopic Astronomy by Peter Grego; David Mannion
Publication Date: 2010
Further Adventures of the Celestial Sleuth: Using Astronomy to Solve More Mysteries in Art, History, and Literature by Donald W. Olson
Publication Date: 2018
Hubble in Space : NASA Images of Planets, Stars, Galaxies, Nebulae, Black Holes, Dark Matter, & More by Amherst Media Staff (Contribution by)
Publication Date: 2018
Observing the Solar System: The Modern Astronomer's Guide by Gerald North
Publication Date: 2012
Black Hole: How an Idea Abandoned by Newtonians, Hated by Einstein, and Gambled On by Hawking Became Loved by Marcia Bartusiak
Publication Date: 2015
The Traveler's Guide to Space: For One-Way Settlers and Round-Trip Tourists by Neil F. Comins
Publication Date: 2017
Near-Earth Objects: Identifying and Mitigating Potential Threats From Space by Leon Sinclair
Publication Date: 2016
Exploding Stars and Invisible Planets : The Science of What's Out There by Fred Watson
Publication Date: 2019