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Guide for Geophysics
Geophysics: Major branch of the Earth sciences that
applies the principles and methods of physics to the study of the Earth.
Geophysics deals with a wide array of geologic phenomena, including the temperature
distribution of the Earth's interior; the source, configuration, and variations
of the geomagnetic field; and the large-scale features of the terrestrial
crust, such as rifts, continental sutures, and mid-oceanic ridges. Modern
geophysical research extends to phenomena of the outer parts of the Earth's
atmosphere and to the physical properties of other planets and their satellites.
(Adapted from Encyclopedia Britannica)
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Abstracts and Indexes to Academic or Scholarly Articles
Although many databases contain links to full-text articles, when you find
article citations in the index databases, you need to search Chinook to
see if University Libraries own that periodical title.
CU GeoRef
GeoRef is a bibliographic database that
indexes geosciences, including geology, geophysics, geochemistry,
paleontology, hydrogeology, hydrology, and minerology. The
database contains over 2.1 million references to geoscience journal articles,
books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses. The database
contains full-text links when available. Subscription restrictions
to full-text may apply. Coverage: 1789 - present.
CU Engineering
Village 2--Compendex and INSPEC
Compendex is a comprehensive bibliographic
database of engineering research literature. Contains references
and abstracts to engineering journals, conferences and technical
reports. Subject areas include: chemical and process engineering,
computers and data processing, applied physics, electronics and
communications as well as civil and mechanical engineering. Coverage:
1970 - present.
INSPEC is a bibliographic database that indexes physics, astronomy and astrophysics,
electrical engineering and electronics, computers and control engineering
and information technology. The database contains full-text links when available.
Subscription restrictions to full-text may apply. Coverage: 1968 - present.
CU Meteorological & Geoastrophysical
Abstracts (MGA)
Contains bibliographic citations with
abstracts on meteorology, climatology, atmospheric chemistry
and physics, astrophysics, hydrology, glaciology, physical oceanography
and environmental sciences. Coverage: 1974 - present.
CU NASA Astrophysics Data
System (ADS)
Provides "four bibliographic databases containing
more than 2.4 million records: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation,
Physics and Geophysics, and preprints in Astronomy." In addition
to bibliographic citations, the site provides scanned full text
access to "much of the astronomical literature." Abstract and
index coverage: 1975 - present.
CU Science Direct
Full text of over 800 journals published
by Elsevier Science. Browse by journal title or search by author,
keyword, title, publication date. The database contains full-text
links when available. Subscription restrictions to full-text
may apply.
CU SPIN Web
Bibliographic citations to over one million
citations on the physical science, including astronomy and astrophysics.
Also includes a browse feature for online journals, a directory
searchable member directories of American Institute of Physics'
Directory of Physics, Astronomy, & Geophysics Staff (DPAGS),
and Member and Affiliated Societies. The database contains
full-text links when available. Subscription restrictions to full-text
may apply. Coverage: 1975 - present.
CU Web of Science
Provides access to current and retrospective
bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references
found in 5,700 of the world’s leading scholarly science
and technical journals covering more than 164 disciplines. Coverage:
1970 - present.
Abstracts and Indexes to Magazine & Newspaper Articles
Although many databases contain links to full-text articles, when you find
article citations in the index databases, you need to search Chinook to
see if University Libraries own that periodical title.
CU Applied
Science and Technology Index
Indexes trade and industrial publications,
journals issued by professional and technical societies, and
specialized subject periodicals, as well as special issues such
as buyers' guides, directories, and conference proceedings. Coverage:
1983 - present.
CU General
Science Abstracts/Full Text
Abstracts popular and scholarly journals
in the fields of Astronomy, Atmospheric Science, Biology, Botany,
Chemistry, Conservation, Earth Science, Environment, Food, Genetics,
Health, Mathematics, Medicine, Microbiology, Nutrition, Oceanography,
Physics, Physiology, and Zoology. Coverage: May 1984 - present.
CU Expanded
Academic Index
Available to campus IP addresses. CU Remote
access information.
An interdisciplinary database that contains
citations, abstracts, and links to selected full-text articles
from general interest magazines, scholarly journals, and newspapers.
Coverage: 1980 - present.
Dictionaries
Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology
Earth Science, Math Physics, and Earth Science Reference Q123
.A33 1992
Dictionary of Geophysics, Astrophysics, and
Astronomy
Math Physics Reference QB 14 D53 2001
Facts on File Dictionary of Geology and Geophysics
Earth Science Library QE 5 L36 1987
Scientific
and Technical Acronyms, Symbols, and Abbreviations
Browse or search this online reference from Wiley Interscience.
Includes reference tables such as mathematical signs and symbols and symbols
and values for selected physical constants.
Directories
Associations Unlimited
Directory of Physics,
Astronomy & Geophysics Staff
Print edition: Math Physics Library Reference
QC 45 A1 D5
Membership directory -- American Physical Society
Math Physics Library Reference QC 16.2 A43
Scholarly
Societies-Earth Sciences
Online
Scholarly
Societies-Physics
Online.
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of Applied Physics
Math Physics Library Reference QC5 .E543 1991
Magill's Survey of Science. Earth Science Series
Earth Science Library Reference QE 28 M33 1990
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia Of Science & Technology (Access Science)
Print edition: Science Library Reference
Q 121 M3 1997
Handbooks and Manuals
Global Earth Physics : A Handbook of Physical Constants
Earth Science Library Reference QC808.8 .G56 1995
Internet Links
InfoMine Scholarly
Internet Resource Collections: Physical Sciences, Engineering, Computing
and Math
PhysicsWeb
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