Physical Sciences
(Chemistry, geology, physics)
Books
Library catalog
Access
Science - McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Online
Oxford
Reference Online: Science - online dictionaries and encyclopedias
Indexes
Use these to locate journal articles:
Magazine
Articles Online
Several magazine article databases are available through EbscoHOST. In
each case some of the articles will be available in full text (the whole article).
Others will have a summary only, with details about where to find the complete
article. You can choose one database or search several at once. You might
try:
- MasterFILE Premier
- Academic Search
Journals
Online journals in full text for Chemistry
available through PCC can be found through the category of Physical Sciences
in the A-Z list of magazines
Online journals in full text for Physics
available through PCC can be found through the category of Physical Sciences
in the A-Z list of magazines
PCC also subscribes to these journals. Check the A-Z list of magazines and journal titles for availability:
- American Scientist
- Astronomy
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
- ChemMatters
- Discover
- Earthquakes and Volcanoes
- Geological Newsletter
- Issues in Science & Technology
- Journal of Chemical Education
- Journal of College Science Teaching
- Laboratory Medicine
- NSTA Report (National Science Teachers Association)
- Oregon Geology
- Oregon Scientist
- The Physics Teacher
- Physics Today
- Popular Science
- Quantum
- Science
- Science News
- Smithsonian
- Weatherwise
Internet resources
PCC pages
Professional organizations
- American Chemical Society
- American Institute of Physics
- American Physical Society
- Geological Society of America
- Institute of Physics
Subject directories
- Google: Science|Earth Sciences| Geology
- InfoSurf: University of California - Santa Barbara Library Geology
- Yahoo: Science| Earth Sciences| Geology and Geophysics
Physics
CERN European Laboratory for Particle Physics
Fear of physics
Easy to understand (yes!) explanations for basic physics
How things work
Questions on physics? search the database of answers or submit a new one
Physics Central
People in the news, demos, and answers to questions about physics
Chemistry
Chemfinder
Find formulas and structures for millions of chemicals
Chempointers
Links to www sites, academic institutions, nonprofit and commercial organizations,
and publications in chemistry
MadSci Net
Visit the chemistry question archives, or post a question to the scientists
from Washington University (St. Louis)
Pictorial
Periodic Table
Includes black-and-white photos of samples of the elements
WebElements
Scholar edition of the first web-based periodic table, with color photos
Geology
United States Geological Survey
News and services from the USGS, plus links to volcano observatories,
the National Geophysical Data Center, and earth and environmental sciences
sites around the world
University of
Washington Geophysics Program
Includes directory of seismic information resources
University of California Museum of
Paleontology
Exhibits; Geological Time Machine
Volcano World
Current eruptions and history
