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• Physical Sciences on File
  Reference Q 180 .A1 R54 1999
  Reference work on the physical sciences that is both a guide to physics and a source of images for photocopying.

• Magill's Survey of Science. Physical Science Series. 7 vols. Reference Q 158.5 .M34 1992
  Explanatory essays on many topics in the physical sciences.

• Macmillan Encyclopedia of Physics 4 vols.
  Reference QC 5 .M15 1995
  Gives clear explanations of the basic concepts, history, philosophy, fundamental theories and laws of physics, as well as biographical entries on physicists.

• The Mechanical Universe. Non-Calculus version.
  General and Circulation Desk QC 125.2 .M4
  Set of videos organized by "Quads" presenting 28 programs, 10 to 20 minutes long. Topics covered range from Newton's Laws to electricity to waves to relativity.

• The Mechanical Universe-and Beyond. I and II.
  Part I: General QC 21.2 .M4
  Part II: General and Circulation Desk QC 21.2 .M4
  Each part is comprised of 26 thirty-minute videos with in-depth presentations of physics topics.

• Ideal (1993 - present) Available on-campus only.
  An index to science journals, including many on physics. Includes abstracts and full digitized images of all articles.

• InfoTrac Expanded Academic Index (1980-present).
  An index to over 2500 journals and magazines covering a variety of topic areas including psychology. Abstracts and sometimes the full-text of articles.

• Academic Search Premier (Ebscohost) (1990-present)
  Abstracts from nearly 3000 journals and full text for 1250 journals including general reference and science.

• Other general magazine indexes that cover physics topics include: Article First, Periodical Abstracts, and Wilson Select Plus.

• Yahoo's Index of Physics Sites
  Search for information by subject categories or a keyword search to locate a broad range of information sources on the Internet.
  http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Physics/

• Physics: An Annotated List of Key Resources on the Internet
  College and Research Libraries News (March 2000) guide to the best physics sites on the Net.
  http://www.ala.org/acrl/resmar00.html

• Learn Physics Today
  Basic, non-calculus online tutorial on mechanics, light, sound, waves, and electricity.
  http://library.thinkquest.org/10796/

• DC Physics Help for Students
  Useful collection of links to computer animations of physics concepts, lecture notes, online tutorials and more.
  http://www.dctech.com/physics/student_help.html