Space sciences - Subject Guide

Books: Solar system

Call number - Position of the books on the shelves

QB500 - QB980 - astronomy

QB521 - sun
QB581 - moon
QB641 - mars

Armitage, P.J., 2020. Astrophysics of planet formation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Aschwanden, M.J., 2019. New millenium solar physics. Springer

Doressoundiram, A., 2010. At the edge of the solar system: icy new worlds unveiled. New York: Springer

English, N., 2017. Space telescopes: capturing the rays of the electromagnetic spectrum. New York: Springer

Haberle, R.M., 2017. The atmosphere and climate of Mars. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Lorenz, R., 2019. Exploring planetary climate: a history of scientific discoveries on Earth, Mars, Venus, and Titan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Moldwin, M., 2008. Introduction to space weather. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Pio Rossi, A. and van Gasselt, S., 2018. Planetary geology. New York: Springer

Books: Cosmology and outer solar system

Call number - Position of the books on the shelves
QB980 - QB991 - cosmology

Branch, D. and Wheeler, J.C., 2017. Supernova explosions. New York: Springer

Carroll, B.W. and Ostlie, D.A., 2017. An introduction to modern astrophysics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Hawking, S., 2010. The grand design. Bantam Books

Goldsmith, D., 2018. Exoplanets: hidden worlds and the quest for extraterrestrial life. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press.

Ostriker, J.P. and Mitton, S., 2013. Heart of darkness: unraveling the mysteries of the invisible universe. Princeton University Press

Rhee, G., 2013. Cosmic dawn: the search for the first stars and galaxies. New York: Springer.

Thomas, N., 2020. An introduction to comets: post Rosetta perspectives. Cham: Springer

Thorne, K.S., 1994. Black holes and time warps: Einstein's outrageous legacy. W.W. Norton & Company

Books: Astrobiology

Call number - Position of the books on the shelves

QH325 - Origin and beginnings of life

QH326 - Exobiology

Coustenis, Athena, 2021. Ocean worlds: habitability in the outer solar system and beyond. New York: Springer

Dick, S.J., 2018. Astrobiology, discovery and societal impact. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Dick, S. and Strick, J.E., 2004. The living universe: NASA and the development of astrobiology. Rutgers University Press

Kolb, V.M., 2020. Astrobiology for a general reader: a questions and answers approach. Cambridge

Mix, L.J., 2009. Life in space: astrobiology for everyone. Cambridge: Harvard University Press

Plaxco, K.W., 2011. Astrobiology: a brief introduction. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press

Books: Climate change

Call number - Position of the books on the shelves

QC981.8.C5 - climatic changes

Archer, D., 2009. The long thaw: how humans are changing the next 100,000 years of Earth's climate. Princeton University Press.

Barry, R.G., 2019. Polar environments and global change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Gornitz, V.; 2019. Vanishing ice: glaciers, ice sheets, and rising seas. Columbia University Press.

Guzman, A.T., 2013. Overheated: the human cost of climate change. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Seinfeld, J.H., 2016. Atmospheric chemistry and physics: from air pollution to climate change. Hoboken: John Wiley

Journal Articles

Journal articles can be an excellent source for researching narrower, more specialized topics. Articles published in scholarly and specialized journals include extensive footnotes with citations to primary and secondary sources that are relevant to the topic.

Journal indexes and databases are a good tool for conducting journal article research. They include bibliographic information about an article, such as the title, the name of the author, and the name of the journal, as well as one or more subject descriptors.

Multidisciplinary databases

Base: Bielefield academic search engine
BASE is one of the world's most voluminous search engines especially for academic web resources. BASE provides more than 240 million documents from more than 8,000 content providers. You can access the full texts of about 60% of the indexed documents for free
EBSCO Discovery Service
This database is an online research tool that "pulls together" many external space-related and multidisciplinary sources so that they can be explorer using a single search box.
ScienceDirect
Publications and journals of Elsevier. Covers science, earth sciences, materials sciences, mathematics, physics and astronomy
SpringerLink
Web of Science
Web of Science is a citation index that provides a comprehensive citation search. It gives access to multiple databases that reference cross-disciplinary research, which allows for in-depth exploration of specialized sub-fields within an academic or scientific discipline. (On-campus access)
Wiley Online Library
Articles, journals and books published by Wiley across a variety of disciplines
WorldCat
WorldCat connects you to the collections of more than 10,000 libraries worldwide. You can search for books, reports, article citations, and resources from the internet.

Specialized databases

AIAA ARC
Publications of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
IAC Meeting papers
IAF repository of publications
AIP Publishing
Publications and journals of the American Institute of Physics
CERN Document Server
GeoRef
Provides citations to the geoscience literature of the world
IEEEXplore
Digital library for journals, conference proceedings of the IEEE.
IOP Sciences
Publications and journals of the Institute of Physics in physics, chemistry, environment, mathematics
NASA Astrophysics Data System (NASA ADS)
Online database of astronomy and physics papers.
NASA NTRS
Public database of NASA's current and historical technical literature
GeoSciencesWorld
Collections of earth sciences journals
USGS publications