Physics Information Resources: Background Information

• Dictionaries and terminology
• Encyclopedias
• Biographical information

Dictionaries and terminology

• Dictionary of astronomy, 2d.ed.
• Dictionary of geophysics, astrophysics and astronomy.
• Dictionary of material science and high energy physics
  • Also in print QC 772 D57 2001
• Dictionary of physics, 5th ed
• Dictionary of pure and applied physics
  • Also in print QC 5 D56 2001
• Encyclopedic dictionary of condensed matter physics. QC 176 A3 E5913 2004 (2 vols)

Encyclopedias

• Dekker Encyclopedia of nanoscience and nanotechnology
  • Also in print T 174.7 D455 2004  (5 vols)
• Encyclopedia of acoustics.QC 221.5 E53 1997 (4 vols)
• Encyclopedia of analytical science, 2d.ed. QD 71.5 E53 2005 (10 vols)
• Encyclopedia of applied physics. QC 5 E543 2004 (23 vols)
• Encyclopedia of catalysis. QD 505 E53 2003 (6 vols)
• Encyclopedia of chemical physics and physical chemistry. QD 451 E539 2001 (3 vols)
• Encyclopedia of condensed matter physics. QC 176 A3 E58 2005  (6 vols)
• Encyclopedia of energy
  • Also in print TJ 163.2 E394 2004 (6 vols)
• Encyclopedia of magnetic resonance: EMR
  • Also in print as Encyclopedia of nuclear magnetic resonance. QC 762 E53 1996 (8 vols.)
• Encyclopedia of mathematical physics. QC 20 E63 2006 (5 vols)
• Encyclopedia of modern optics.QC 351.2 E53 2005 (5 vols)
• Encyclopedia of nanoscience and nanotechnology. T 174.7 E53 2004 (10 vols)
• Encyclopedia of physical science and technology, 3d.ed. Q 123 E497 2002 (17 vols)
• Encyclopedia of polymer science and technology, 3d.ed.  TP 1110 E53 2003 (12 vols)  
• Optics encyclopedia : basic foundations and practical applications. QC 351.2 O64 2004 (5 vols)
• Particle Data Group - The Review of Particle Physics
  • A biennial comprehensive review summarizing much of the known data about the field of particle physics produced by the international Particle Data Group (PDG).

Biographical information

• American National Biography
• Biographical Memoirs (from the National Academy of Sciences)
• Complete dictionary of scientific biography
  • Online access to the Dictionary of scientific biography [1970-1980] and the New dictionary of scientific biography (2008).
• Einstein Archives Online
• International encyclopedia of women scientists. Q 141 O27 2002
• International women in science : a biographical dictionary to 1950. Q 141 H2167 2001
• Prominent scientists : an index to collective biographies. Q 141 P398 [1980]
• Women in chemistry and physics : a biobibliographic sourcebook. QD 21 W62 1993
• World who's who in science: a biographical dictionary of notable scientists from antiquity to the present. Q 141 W7 [1968]