Encyclopedias and dictionaries
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Credo Reference This link opens in a new windowAn online, cross-searchable collection of encyclopedias, guides and dictionaries, including physics & astronomy-related background sources such as "50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know" and the "Encyclopedia of Space and Astronomy."
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Physics & Astrophysics Background Sources in LibrarySearchClick to see a selection of recently-published encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks & other sources of background information relating to physics & astrophysics.
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EBooks (Gale) This link opens in a new windowCross-searchable collection of online reference books from Gale, including the Complete Dictonary of Scientific Biography, Encyclopedia of Energy, and New Dictionary of the History of Ideas.
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Biographical Encyclopedia of ScientistsProvides biographical information on 2400 scientists who have made important achievements in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, earth sciences, engineering, technology, anthropology, psychology, philosophy, medicine, and mathematics.
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Nobel Prizes in PhysicsBrowse Nobel Laureates and their contributions to Physics, from Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, in 1901, up to the present day.
Physics Background Information Sources
