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Physics: In the Library

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Search multiple databases and the library catalog.

Type in keywords, titles, or authors to find what the library has to offer on your topic.

Lookup a journal article by DOI or PMID

 

 

If you have a DOI or a PubMed ID (PMID), enter it here to begin your request. This will point you to immediate full-text access through our subscriptions or Open Access (if available).

Call Numbers

If you want to browse the collection, these are some call numbers where you can find books about Physics.

  • QC1 - 999 -- Physics
  • QC1 - 75 -- General
  • QC81 - 114 -- Weights and Measures
  • QC120 - 168.85 -- Descriptive and experimental mechanics
  • QC170 - 197 -- Atomic physics
  • QC221 - 246 -- Acoustics. Sound
  • QC251 - 338.5 -- Heat
  • QC350 - 467 -- Optics. Light
  • QC474 - 496.9 -- Radiation Physics
  • QC501 - 766 -- Electricity and Magnetism
  • QC770 - 798 -- Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity 
  • QC801 - 809 -- Geophysics
  • QC811 - 849 -- Geomagnetism
  • QC851 - 999 -- Meteorology. Climatology

Subject Headings

This is a list of suggested terms to use in a search for Physics resources in the Library Catalog:

  • Physics
  • Sound
  • Acoustics
  • Heat
  • Thermodynamics
  • Optics
  • Light
  • Atomic Energy
  • Electricity
  • Magnetism
  • Geophysics
  • Geomagnetism
  • Relativity
  • Time

Journals & Magazines

The following titles are available in print on the 3rd floor in the Periodicals Room:

Physics Teacher -- Sept 1973 - March 2009

Physics Today -- 2000 - March 2016

Popular Science -- 2009 - Present

DVD

The following titles are available on the main (2nd) floor in the Audio/Visual Room:

Selected Books

These books are in the circulating collection.  You may check them out for three weeks at a time.  When you click on the book, it will take you to the catalog, where you can check whether the book is currently available, or when it is due back, as well as where it is located.

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