Planetary Sciences
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Background Information
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BOOKS
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E-BOOKS
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Google Book Search >Planetary Sciences
Search the full text of books to find ones that interest you and learn where to borrow or buy them. Try a search on Google Book Search or on Google.com. Clicking on a book result, you'll be able to see everything from a few short excerpts to the entire book, depending on a few different factors.
National Academies Press - Space and Aeronautics
The National Academies Press (NAP) publishes more than 200 books a year on a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and health, capturing the most authoritative views on important issues in science and health policy. More than 3,000 books are available free online.
NetLibrary > Planetary Sciences
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Springer Online (Kluwer) > Astronomy
Includes current and some back issues of Springer/Verlag & Birkhauser publications in the fields of biology/biomedicine, chemistry, geosciences, computer sciences, mathematics, medicine, physics, engineering, ecology, and economics. Kluwer is now owned by Springer and access to former Kluwer journals is available from the Springer Web site.
Wiley Interscience > Planetary Sciences
Wiley Interscience provides access to electronic editions of approximately 150 journals published by John Wiley and Sons.
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Concise as well as scholarly articles on a wide range of subjects.
The Astronomy and Astrophysics Encyclopedia
QB14 .A873 1992 Science Ref
A summary of current knowledge of astronomy and astrophysics.
Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics 
The largest single reference source in astronomy and astrophysics containing more than 2,750 entries.
Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics QB14 .E54 2001 Science Ref
4 volume print edition (2001)
Encyclopedia of the Solar System
QB501 .E522 2000 Science Ref / Info Commons Ref
Encyclopedia of Space Science and Technology
QB497 .E53 2003 Science Ref
Encyclopedia of Planetary Sciences
QB600.2 .E53 1997 Science Ref
Offers comprehensive coverage of all major areas of earth sciences and the world's leading reference resources for the earth sciences community.
History of Astronomy: an Encyclopedia
QB15 .H624 1997 Science Ref
Information from the beginning of the scientific revolution to present, historical overviews, time and time keeping instruments, calendars, telescopes and extensive references.
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Universe
QB44.2 .I45 2001 Science Ref
Popular coverage of astronomy and cosmology.
McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology : An International Reference Work in Twenty Volumes Including an Index
Q 121 .M3 2002 Science Ref / Info Commons Ref
DICTIONARIES
Cambridge Dictionary of Astronomy
QB14 .M55 2001 Science Ref
One volume dictionary of astronomy.
Dictionary of Astronomy
QB14 .I53 2001 Science Ref
3400 essential terms and their definitions covering every discipline of astronomy. Plus synonyms, acronyms, and abbreviations.
A guide to astronomy terminology, useful for finding the most precise search terms for a topic.
HANDBOOKS
Allen's Astrophysical Quantities
QB461 .A7685 2000 Science Library
Comprehensive coverage of Astrophysics Tables.
Astrophysical Formulae: A Compendium for the Physicist and Astrophysicist
QB461 .L36 1999 Science Library
Burnham's Celestial Handbook : An Observer's Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System
QB64 .B85 1978 Science Ref
A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets
QB64 .P37 2000 Science Ref
Astronomy observers' manual of stars, planets, asteroids, comets, meteors.
Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics
QB136 .Z65 1990 Science Library
Several chapters have links to related WWW resources.
Moons and Planets
QB601 .H34 1993 Science Ref
A contemporary view of the solar system, celestial mechanics, and the formation of stars, planets, satellites, meteorites, asteroids, comets and planetary surfaces.
SOFTWARE @ INFORMATION COMMONS (IC)
Information Commons > Software > Class Software > Math, Science, Engineering
MATLAB
Astronomy related sofware
- Astrometry of Asteroids
- Dying Stars and the Birth of the Elements
- Flow of Energy Out of the Sun
- Hubble Redshift Distance Relation
- Large-Scale Structure of the Universe
- Photoelectric Photometry of the Pleiades
- Radio Astronomy of Pulsars
- Revolution of the Moons of Jupiter
- Rotation Rate of Mercury
- Quest for Object X
- Solar Energy
- Starry Night Enthusiast
- Stellar Spectra Classification
- Transits of Venus and Mercury
- Voyager SkyGazer College Edition
(Available at Main Library IC, Science-Engineering Library IC, & Fine Arts Library IC.)
DISSERTATIONS & THESES
Dissertations and Theses - Full Text (ProQuest)
Index of North American PhD dissertations back to 1865, with PDF full text since about 1997.
Dissertations (University of Arizona electronic repository, 2005- )