COVID-19 Updates
Due to COVID-19, library services have been altered to facilitate social distancing. Right now, many library locations have opened for limited hours. Members of the Yale community have a choice between contactless and mediated checkouts, and many study spaces are available. Librarian consultation services, workshops, and instruction remain remote until further notice.
For up-to-date information, please visit the Library's statement on COVID-19.
This guide contains important information about connecting to a variety of library resources. In addition to the content on the guide, let me stress:
- QuickSearch Books+ has faceted searching. If you are only looking for online content, after searching, please select "Online" under format. The Library has made significant updates to QuickSearch to facilitate users who need online-only materials.
- Library staff are still here to support you in your teaching, learning, and research. Please contact me using the information on my profile (below). You may email or schedule a Zoom appointment.
- The Yale University Library is transitioning from VPN-mediated access to a tool called "EZProxy" to help you access materials more seamlessly. Please visit this site for questions about the new authentication system, but for the majority of our online resources, you will now be sent to an authentication screen and you will not need to use VPN.
We have a purchase request form if you need something that is not currently available.
An Introduction
Image credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) / Public domain
Welcome
This guide is a custom introduction to library resources for PHYS 040 (ASTR 040), Expanding Ideas of Time and Space: An Introduction to Relativity, Cosmology and the Universe
In this guide, you will find:
- Information on how to locate and cite sources for your papers.
- Detailed guidance on how to access Scientific American and other key resources.
- My email and other contact information — just in case you need more guidance.
In a Hurry? Top Resources!
-
arXivOpen access to 1,497,979 preprints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance, Statistics, Electrical Engineering and Systems Science, and Economics. Here is a direct link to astro-ph; here is a direct link to gr-qc. Not all arXiv papers have been peer reviewed; many authors will update their papers once they have been accepted to a journal.
-
Astrophysics Data SystemThe ADS is for anyone working in cosomology, astrophysics, and related disciplines — and it mirrors content from the arXiv. It is used to locate articles, gray literature, and other content. When you search, the tools and filters allow you to drill down to what you want — be it a set of papers related to a specific data archive or on a specific topic (see the concept cloud under the EXPLORE drop-down menu). Documentation on advanced search is available on the ADS help page.
-
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries: Credo ReferenceCREDO provides access to hundreds of encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other resources using one unified search box. If you need basic information on a topic, it is an excellent academic resource that you can cite. There is also a mind map search.
-
Historical: History of Science, Technology & MedicineThis database integrates four bibliographies: the Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science, the Current Bibliography in the History of Technology, the Bibliografia Italiana di Storia della Scienza and the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. It covers topics across the history of science, technology, and medicine from prehistory to the present, with a strong collection of interdisciplinary research. Types of work in this database include journal articles, conference proceedings, books, dissertations, serials, maps, and additional materials.
-
Scientific AmericanPlease see the tab on Scientific American or click the above link to read more about our access.
Science Research Support Librarian
Please email me or use the Schedule Appointment button. Appointments will happen using Zoom or other videoconferencing software. Zoom has a phone option for those who need to call in.
———
Marx Science and Social Science Library (formerly called CSSSI)
Office C41
219 Prospect Street
Concourse Level
Kline Biology Tower