Subject Guide: Physics
PHYSICS
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Baruch Curriculum Materials
Journals
- American Chemical Society Journals
- Subscription service to 25 journals in full text of the American Chemical Society including 'Biochemistry' ,'Environmental Science & Technology', 'Journal of the American Chemical Society', 'The Journal of Organic Chemistry', and 'The Journal of Physical Chemistry A&B' and more.
- Academic IDEAL: Science Journals
- IDEAL from Academic Press provides articles in full text of nearly 200 journals in scientific, technical, and medical fields. Includes journals in the applied, biomedical and life sciences as well as titles in economics, business, law, finance, the social sciences and psychology as well as mathematics and computer science. Full-text coverage generally begins with 1999. Access to abstracts to back to
- 95/96.
- American Journal of Physics
- (American Association of Physics Teachers) Access to table of contents 1996-Present.
- API Physics News
- (American Institute of Physics) Browse through current and previous issues of the A.I.P. Bulletin.
- Journal of Chemical Physics
- (American Institute of Physics) Access to table of contents and abstracts.
- Quantum: The Magazine of Math and Science
- (National Science Teachers Association) Index to articles in volumes 1-9.
- Reviews of Modern Physics
- (American Physical Society) Abstracts only- 1997-2000.
- Scientific American
Columns, exhibits, interviews, and complete articles.
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Databases/Electronic Resources at Baruch
- Baruch Subscription Databases - Information Resources Page
- The Information Resources page of the Newman Library provides a gateway to all of the library's subscription databases and information services. These services can be accessed from any Internet-connected workstation on the Baruch campus. Faculty can get access from home via the library proxy server. See instructions on this page.
- Academic IDEAL: Science Journals
- IDEAL from Academic Press provides articles in full text of nearly 200 journals in scientific, technical, and medical fields. Includes journals in the applied, biomedical and life sciences as well as titles in economics, business, law, finance, the social sciences and psychology as well as mathematics and computer science. Full-text coverage generally begins with 1999. Abstracts back to 95/96.
- American Chemical Society Journals
- Subscription service to 25 journals in full text of the American Chemical Society including 'Biochemistry' ,'Environmental Science & Technology', Journal of the American Chemical Society', 'The Journal of Organic Chemistry', and 'The Journal of Physical Chemistry" and more.
- Applied Science and Technology Index
- Applied Science and Technology Abstracts covers every area of science, engineering and technology. Sources include trade and industrial publications, journals issued by professional and technical societies, and specialized subject periodicals. Citations begin with 1983.
- CUNY Plus - DPAC
- DPAC, the online catalog of all materials owned by CUNY libraries, is a part of the university wide information system known as CUNY+. Use DPAC to search for books, periodicals, databases, or videos. All science books owned by Baruch can be found by searching DPAC.
- General Science Abstracts
- General Science Abstracts indexes articles of at least one column in length from English language periodicals published in the United States and Great Britain beginning with 1984. Topics include Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Conservation, Earth Science, Environment, Health, Mathematics, Medicine, Nutrition, and Physics. Abstracting coverage begins with periodicals published in March 1993.
- MathSci Net
- MathSciNet, the database of the American Mathematical Society, provides access to over 55 years of Mathematical Reviews, in full text from 1980- present, and current Mathematical Publications, a subject index of bibliographic data for recent and forthcoming publications. MathSciNet also includes links to other mathematical journals, including New York Review of Mathematics and Pacific Journal of Mathematics in addition to more than 50 other titles. Mathematical Reviews is updated monthly, Current Mathematical Publications is updated daily.
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General Resources and Projects
- Century of Physics
- A timeline from the American Physical Society: "The story of physics in the 20th century unfolds like a splendid tapestry teeming with people, ideas, and things." Well organized and put together.
- Chaos
- A Think Quest project developed by a team of teachers and students, this site attempts to explain, in simple terms, the basic principles behind chaos theory and to demonstrate their use in everyday life. Includes sections on history, real life examples and a library.
- Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics
- An archive of data on 86 twentieth century women who have made original and important contributions to physics. The citations describe and document their major contributions and provide biographical information pertaining to their scientific work and lives. Site is sponsored by the UCLA Physics Department.
- DC Physics
- A well organized collection of physics sites and references maintained by a physics professor now running his own company. Includes online textbooks and tutorials, lecture notes, research papers and more.
- From Stargazers to Starships
- A book-on-the-web by David P. Stern that covers: Astronomy of the Earth's motion in space; Newtonian mechanics; The Sun; Spaceflight and spacecraft; A Math Refresher; Helpful Material --hints for users, glossary, questions and answers, timelines; and a guide for teachers (high school or undergrad), with problems, inventory of concepts, and articles about the site. Site is hosted by NASA. A Spanish translation of "Stargazers" by J. M. Mendez is also available on the site.
- Great Physicists
- Biographical data on the great, mostly male, physicists from the History of Mathematics Archive, St Andrews Univ., UK.
- History Topics Index
- From the School of Mathematics and Statistics University of St Andrews, Scotland, the site provides clear historical overviews of major topics including General Relativity, Mathematics, Cosmology and much more.
- Laws List
- The basics: Laws, rules, principles, effects, paradoxes, limits, constants, experiments, & thought experiments in physics. The site was developed by Erik Max Francis, an individual with a great passion for science-- astronomy and physics in particular and is sponsored by Alcyone Systems, which appears to be some sort of Web development company. While there is no guarantee on the accuracy or reliability of this information, it is a well organized and clearly presented set of "Laws," which the author describes as ", the list is more of a " mini dictionary of physics and astronomy terms, rather than strictly a list of laws, rules.."
- Los Alamos e-Print Archive
- Established by the American Physical Society (APS) in cooperation with Brookhaven National Laboratory, this is the first electronic mirror in the United States for the Los Alamos e-Print Archive. Allows authors of physics articles to post their papers directly on-line, becoming an essential resource for physics research. Providing new developments and directions in research, it operates with support from the U.S. National Science Foundation, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the U.S. Department of Energy.
- Mathematical Physics Preprint Archive
- An electronic archive for research papers in Mathematical Physics and related areas. This free service allows one to deposit papers in an electronic format and retrieve them in a variety of ways (e-mail, FTP, HTTP). The archives includes papers from 1991-2000 and is searchable by keyword and listed by year as well. Once a paper or topic has been identified, users can also generate an index of related papers. The site is hosted bu the University of Texas Math Department.
- Nobel Prizes in Physics
- Covers 1901-Present. Includes background and biographical details on each winner.
- NASA Astrophysics Data System
- NASA funded project whose main resource is an Abstract Service, which includes four sets of abstracts: 1) astronomy and astrophysics, containing 602,545 abstracts; 2) instrumentation, containing 586,979 abstracts; 3) physics and geophysics, containing 910,562 abstracts; and 4) Los Alamos preprint server, containing 3,295 abstracts. Each dataset can be searched by author, object name (astronomy only), title, or abstract text words.
- Physics 2000
- Described as "an interactive journey through modern physics," this project is sponsored and was created by a team at the University of Colorado. One of the goals of the project is to make physics more accessible to students and to counter its current negative image by developing an innovative Internet Website that emphasizes imagery, interactivity and hierarchical organization.
- PhysicsWeb
- A direct link to the PhysicsWeb database operated by the Institute of Physics. A sophisticated database with a wide range of search features for searching available physics resources on the Web. An excellent tool.
- PhysLINK
- Described as an online education and reference center for physics and astronomy, the site was created and is currently edited by physicist Anton Skorucak. It came online in 1996 and by 2000 was the recipient of over 30 awards. Presents sections on reference, jobs, forums, history, fun, newsletters, forums and much more with a searchable interface. The Quick Reference section is especially useful.
- Physics Of...
- Created by high school students from Kent, Washington, this site features student developed pages on the physics of everything from baseball to Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Clever tool for understanding (and enjoying!) physics.
- Physics FAQ Frequently Asked Questions)
- The Usenet Physics FAQ intended to provide good answers to questions which have been discussed often in sci.physics and related usenet newsgroups. The articles in this FAQ are based on those discussions and on information from good reference resources. However, that does not mean that they are always perfect and complete. Indexed by major subject area. Site is hosted by the Math Department at University of CA. An interesting and surprisingly useful site.
- TipTop: The Internet Pilot to Physics
- TIPTOP defines itself as "a global news and information service for physicists." Sponsored by PhysicsWeb run by the Institute of Physics, it provides a good general index to online physics resources for students, teachers, and practitioners. The "Physics Around the World" (PAW) resource database is presented as a point of departure for finding useful physics resources of high quality on the Net. The site also includes a virtual laboratory, a list of world resources, a physics calendar of important dates and a Forum that has job and conference information and a forum for students.
- Temperature World
- Temperature news, resources and links. A Barnes & Nobel Associate, this award winning general information site is a one stop shop for temperature news. Includes information on the earth and environment, health, science, materials, standards, and sensors and controls.
- What is Chaos?
- A five part online course for everyone developed by Dr. Matthew A. Trump, Univ. of Texas at Austin. Presents the basics of chaotic motion and what it means in classical and quantum physics. Presented by its creator as "a useful and entertaining way to learn about one of the most exciting topics in physical science."
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Tools for Learning
- Astro-Physical Calculator
- An online calculator that works if your browser can process JavaScript from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Astronomy Dept.
- Dr. Kromm's Patented Math and Physics Tutorial
- A basic tutorial, or help sheet, on mathematics and the physical sciences. Produced by Steve Jackson Games-- a publisher of games, books, and other entertainment and information material, both on paper and online.
- Fizzics Fizzle
- An interactive guide to physics developed by a team of teachers and students as part of the Think Quest program. Includes sections developed for beginners (junior high, middle students), intermediate (high school), advanced (intro college courses), Cool Topics (intriguing concepts), and Reference (handy tools for doing physics).
- Learn Physics Today
- An online physics tutorial developed by a team of teachers and students as part of the Think Quest program. Includes lessons on basic algebra and important math techniques needed for physics (along with a few online calculators!); Mechanics; Lights and Waves; and Electricity. Well organized and very clear presentation. Useful for students having trouble grasping the basics and a good study tool as well.
- Light and Matter
- A series of introductory physics textbooks that can be downloaded or viewed on the Web. These books are meant for a one year college physics course at either the algebra based or the calculus based level. "Books" include: Newtonian Physics; Conservation Laws; Vibrations and Waves; Electricity and Magnetism; Optics; The Modern Revolution in Physics; and a Glossary of Physics Terms. Produced by Light and Matter-- an enterprise run by Ben Crowell, a professor of physics and astronomy at Fullerton College, a community college in southern California with a PhD in physics from Yale. He is the author of these texts, designed for his courses at Fullerton.
- Motion Mountain Textbook
- Forget your textbook? Here is a general physics textbook which intends to present the basics of motion in a way that is simple, up to date, and as clear as possible. Written by physicist, Christoph Schiller, from the Universität Stuttgart who received his PhD in Physics at the Unersité Libre de Bruxelles.
- Physics Tutorial Website
- Hosted and maintained by the physics depart at Washington State University, this site was designed as a project for Physics 201 and includes tutorials on how to create Free Body Diagrams and write Newton's Second Law equations for those diagrams, how to solve for centripetal acceleration and breaking tension, and how to solve a projectile motion problem.
- Physics Tutorials
- Another set of tutorials-- produced by the University of Guelph in Canada. Includes a variety of topics, simulations, exercises, and a set of sample exams that could be quite useful as a study tool. Even though it was designed for a program of study at a Canadian university, the information is relevant and useful for Baruch students.
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Reference Tools:
Handbooks, Encyclopedias, Directories, Dictionaries
- Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology
- Contains over 130,000 terms defined in 130 fields of science. This free online scientific dictionary published by the Academic Press claims to be the largest English technical dictionary ever placed on the Web. Terms can be retrieved by keyword search or browsed alphabetically under specific categories.
- Fundamental Physical Constants
- From the Institute of Chemistry in Berlin.
- NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty
- Sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, this reference source is on of the technical activities of the Fundamental Constants Data Center of the NIST Physics Laboratory. This site addresses three topics: fundamental physical constants, the International System of Units (SI), which is the modern metric system, and expressing the uncertainty of measurement results. Both essential information and background information are given for each topic
- Physics Reference Desk
- A collection of reference tools put together by DC Physics, a company started and operated by a physics teachers. Site presents a collection of standard reference tools needed for physics including the CERN Data Analysis Brief Book; Guide for Using the International System of Units (SI); Periodic Table (Los Alamos); Table of Nuclides; Unit Conversion Calculator; WebElements that displays a periodic table from which you can click on any element to obtain a huge amount of data. E.g. atomic mass, nuclear, thermodynamic, crystallographic etc.; and X-ray Properties Periodic Table.
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From the Newman Library/Baruch Collection
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CRC handbook of chemistry and physics
Boca Raton FL : CRC Press, 1999/2000
Baruch Reference 2nd QD 65 .H3
Chapple, Michael.
London ; Chicago : Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999.
Baruch Reference 2nd Floor QC 5 .C43
The Facts on File dictionary of physics, 3rd, ed.
John Daintith and John Clark, eds.
New York : Facts On File, c1999.
Baruch Reference 2nd Floor QC 5 .F34 1999
McGraw-Hill dictionary of physics, 2nd ed.
New York : McGraw-Hill, c1997.
Baruch Reference 2nd Floor QC 5 .M424
Formulas, facts, and constants for physics and chemistry
Fischbeck, Helmut J.
Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, 1982
Baruch Reference 2nd Floor QC61 .F58
Encyclopedia of physics
Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., Advanced Book Program, c1981.
Baruch Reference 2nd Floor QC5
McGraw-Hill dictionary of physics and mathematics
New York : McGraw-Hill, c1978.
Baruch Reference 2nd Floor QC5 .
Macmillan encyclopedia of physics
New York : Simon & Schuster Macmillan ; London : Simon &
Schuster and Prentice Hall International, c1996.
Baruch Reference 2nd Floor QC 5 .M15 1996
Encyclopedia of physics
Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., Advanced Book Program, c1981
Baruch Reference 2nd Floor QC5 .E545
Symmetry and separation of variables
Miller, Willard.
Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., Advanced Book Program, 1977.
Baruch Stacks QC 174.17 .S9 M54
Handbook of physics
Condon, Edward Uhler, 2nd ed
New York, McGraw-Hill, 1967
Baruch Reference 2nd Floor QC21 .C7 1967
Physics in the 20th century
Suplee, Curt.
New York : Harry N. Abrams in association with the American
Physical Society and the American Institute of Physics, 1999
Baruch Stacks QC 24.5 .S86 1999
Quantum generations : a history of physics in the twentieth century
Kragh, Helge
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c1999.
Baruch Stacks QC 7 .K7 1999
How things work : the physics of everyday life
Bloomfield, Louis
New York : J. Wiley, c1997.
Baruch Stacks QC 21.2 .B59 1997
Professional Associations
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American Center for Physics
American Physical Society
American Association of Physics Teachers
Institute of Physics
NIST (National Institute of Standards) Physics Laboratory
Professional Associations-- Physics
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