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Astronomy Research Databases

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Science Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window A definitive resource for both the applied and general sciences. Covers Physics, Engineering, Astronomy, Biology, Earth Science, Chemistry, and more.
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Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window The world's largest academic, multi-disciplinary database with full text journals, newspapers, magazines, reports, eBooks and videos. Meets the needs of scholars in virtually every discipline.
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ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences and Physical Sciences Collections This link opens in a new window Access to over 1,550 full text journals in health & life sciences, chemistry, computer science, physics, mathematics, and earth & planetary sciences. On the results page, green icons mean the full text is available (white means abstract only). Please note: Articles are available from 1995 to present only.
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Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) This link opens in a new window Free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly (peer reviewed) journals, covering all subjects and many languages.
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ArXiv.org-Physics Provides access to scholarly works-in-progress in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance and statistics.

Multidisciplinary eBook databases:

eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window Multidisciplinary eBooks representing a broad range of subjects.
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Ebook Central (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window eBooks on a range of subjects such as business, information technology, education, engineering, health, history, humanities, life & physical sciences, and social and behavioral sciences.
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Khan Academy (Astronomy) Free astronomy videos, practice exercises and assessments!
ReelNASA YouTube videos
Sixty Symbols YouTube channel about physics and astronomy

Films On Demand: Master Academic Package This link opens in a new window Full-length streaming videos in the humanities, social sciences, business, health, medicine, sciences, and mathematics fields.
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Alexander Street: Academic Video Online‎ This link opens in a new window A large multidisciplinary collection of streaming videos. Includes documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, raw footage, award-winning films, including Academy® and Emmy® winners, newly released films, and archival material previously unavailable.
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ImageQuest (Britannica) This link opens in a new window Nearly 3 million rights-cleared images from more than 50 collections including Getty Images, the National Portrait Gallery of London, and the National Geographic Society.
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Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Specialized reference eBooks for background information on all subjects, including audio, video, and image results.
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Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Specialized reference eBooks for background information on all subjects, including audio, video, and image results.
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Britannica Academic This link opens in a new window The largest, most authoritative encyclopedia in the world, this database contains articles, maps, images, videos, and yearbooks from 1993 to present. Use it instead of Wikipedia for your research!
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Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window More than 50 reference eBooks in business, communications, history, law, literature, medicine, nation & world, science, and technology.
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Selected Resources

Advances in Astronomy "Publishes original research on all areas of astronomy and astrophysics."
Astronomy and Astrophysics Review "Provides important reviews that present a reasonably complete & well-balanced survey of the world literature & allows authors to represent an appropriate cross-section of the astronomical community."
Astronomy Letters Contains scientific papers & rapid communications on the results & interpretation of new ground-based observations, space experiments & theoretical research in the fields of astronomy & astrophysics.

Bad Astronomy Blog "Phil Plait, the creator of Bad Astronomy, is an astronomer, lecturer, and author. After ten years working on Hubble Space Telescope and six more working on astronomy education, he struck out on his own as a writer. He's written two books, dozens of magazine articles, and 12 bazillion blog articles. He is a skeptic and fights the abuse of science, but his true love is praising the wonders of real science."
NASA "NASA stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA is a United States government agency that is responsible for science and technology related to air and space."
Physicsworld.com “News, views and information for the global physics community.”
U.S. Virtual Astronomical Observatory (VAO) "The Virtual Observatory (VO) embodies the concept of large scale electronic integration of astronomy data, tools, and services on a global scale in a manner that provides easy access by individuals around the world."
Astronomy Magazine Magazine for astronomy hobbyists with star charts, current astronomical events, blogs, images, and videos.
American Astronomical Society "The mission of the AAS is to enhance and share humanity's scientific understanding of the universe as a diverse and inclusive astronomical community."

How to use this guide

This guide is designed to help you with your research, introducing a range of Astronomy resources available to you. The Astronomy Research Databases box lists databases recommended in your subject area that you can search to find articles, eBooks, etc.

Background Information

Landolfi, L. (n.d.). Astronomy [Photograph].

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