Physics
| This is a guide to finding selected Physics resources. For in-depth assistance, please contact the subject specialist, or Ask a Librarian. |  | Subject Specialist: Carol DeBiak email: debiak@iit.edu phone: 312.567.3372 |
Search for Books | On the Shelf - Call Numbers | Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Handbooks, etc. | Textbooks
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On the Shelf - Call Numbers
Call numbers serve as a guide to browsing pertinent areas of the library's collection. When you have a call number for a book of interest, be sure to check the shelves nearby for related books. The call numbers listed below are a sampling of the major areas where books on physics can be found. Remember that there will be appropriate books found in other areas as well.
QCs
Main circulating collection, reference (prefaced by REF, e.g. REF.QH...), new book shelf, & reserves
(NOTE: many other types of science are also represented nearby.)
530s
Dewey Decimal Collection (note: the library's Dewey Decimal collection contains older books published prior to 1985)
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Handbooks, etc.
These types of books are located in the Reference Collection (on the upper level of the library). Reference books cannot be checked out and must stay in the library. To search for reference books, use the IIT Library Catalog. The following is a list of some useful titles:
BASIC DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology
REF.Q123.A331992
Encyclopedia of Analytical Science (10 Vols.)
REF.QD71.5.E531995
Information Sources in Physics. 3rd ed.
REF.QC21.2.I5351994
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms
REF.Q123.M341994
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology (20 Vols.)
REF.Q121.M31997
Twentieth Century Physics
REF.QC7.T841995
Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia
REF.Q121.V31995
SPECIAL DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS
A to Z of Physicists
REF.QC15.L452003
A to Z of Scientists in Space and Astronomy
REF.QB35.T632005
A to Z of Thermodynamics
REF.QC310.3.P47131998
The Astronomy and Astrophysics Encyclopedia
REF.QB14.A8731992
Cambridge Encyclopedia of Space
REF.TL788.V482003
Dictionary of Physics (4 Vols.)
REF.QC5.D538x2004
Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Physics (9 Vols. + 5. Vols, 1966 Supplement)
REF.QC5.E52
Encyclopedia of Cosmology
REF.980.5.E531993
Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change (3 Vols.)
REF.QC981.8.G56E472008
Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology (15 Vols.)
REF.Q123.E4971987
Encyclopedia of Spectroscopy
REF.QC450.3.P471995
Encyclopedia of Spectroscopy and Spectrometry (3 Vols.)
REF.QC450.3.E532000
Encyclopedia of Time
REF.QB209.E521994
Instrumentation Reference Book
REF.QC53.I5741995
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Physics
REF.QC5.M151996
Building Blocks of Matter: Supplement to the Macmillan Encyclopedia of Physics
REF.QC793.2.B852003
HANDBOOKS AND DATA BOOKS
CRC Handbook of Thermophysical and Thermochemical Data
REF.QC173.397.L531994
Handbook of Modern Ion Beam Materials Analysis
REF.QC702.7.B65H361995
Handbook of Optics. 2nd ed.
REF.QC369.H351995
Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology
REF.QC61.Z3
Organic Electronic Spectral Data
REF.QC437.O65
Registry of Mass Spectral Data
REF.QC454.M3S74
Textbooks
The library does not provide circulating copies of textbooks. However, some current and past textbooks have been placed on Reserve. Reserve books can be checked out for two hours at a time but cannot be removed from the library. This ensures they are available to as many students as possible during the semester they are assigned. To search for textbooks on reserve, use the IIT Library Catalog.
