Books & Audio-Visual
- AlleyCat
- Use AlleyCat, the CCAC online catalog, to find materials at any of the CCAC libraries
Reference & Overview Sources
| Full Text? | Database Name | Vendor | Help |
|---|---|---|---|
| yes | AccessScience | McGraw Hill | info |
| yes | Credo Reference / Xreferplus - Science | Credo | info |
| yes | Science On-Line | FactsOnFile | info |
Magazine & Journal Articles
| Full Text? | Database Name | Vendor | Help |
|---|---|---|---|
| yes | Academic Search Premier | EBSCOhost | info |
| yes | MasterFILE Premier | EBSCOhost | info |
Web Sites
- Astronomy.com
- Web site of Astronomy magazine (magazine available at Allegheny and North campus libraries), provides access to select articles from the current and back issues. Check out Welcome to Astronomy.
- An Atlas of the Universe
- Presents the visible universe in a series of main maps with explanations, starting with the nearest stars and moving out to the farthest visible reaches. Most maps have additional links to other maps, data and catalogs, and/or images. Includes a glossary and a list of related links.
- Cambridge Relativity
- Introductory material on Cosmology, Black Holes, Cosmic Strings et al, Inflation, and Quantum Gravity, sponsored by Cambridge University. Includes a link to Stephen Hawking's Web page.
- Cosmic Evolution: From Big Bang to Humankind
- Presents the evolution of the cosmos through eight epochs (including the Future), using an interdisciplinary approach with text and media.
- Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy, and Spaceflight
- Winner of Scientific American magazine's 2004 Science & Technology Web Award, this hyerlinked encyclopedia is browsable alphabetically or searchable by keyword.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- In addition to information on NASA as an agency, this site provides a wealth of information on geoscience, astronomy and aeronautics. For up-to-date agency, mission and research highlights, click on News. For images, video and interactive features, click on Multimedia.
- Sky & Telescope
- From Sky & Telescope magazine, this site provides daily and weekly information for observing celestial objects. Introductory articles are available under How To, and Web links chosen by the editors are under Resources.
- Views of the Solar System
- Award-winning multimedia Web site containing spectacular images and information and data on the solar system, including comets, meteorites, asteroids and more, in addition to the Sun, planets and moons. Also covers space exploration, rocketry, early astronauts, space missions and spacecraft, under History in the left-hand column of links.
Topical Search Engines
- AstronomyLINKS
- Contains over 1300 astronomy and space-related links arranged under 37 topics from Ask the Exprert to X-Ray Astronomy. Topics are further subdivided into subcategories. Entries include short descriptions.
- AstronomyCenter.org
- "AstronomyCenter.org is a collection of digital resources for college-level introductory astronomy faculty and students. Astronomy Center is brought to you by the American Astronomical Society, the American Association of Physics Teachers, and the NSF-NSDL." (site)
- AstroWeb
- Directory of over 3000 astronomy resources arranged under nine categories. See especially Research Areas/Astronomy/Space Physics and Educational Resources for specific topics. Also includes an alphabetical index and keyword searchability.