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Nancy Butkovich
Title: Head Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library



Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library
201 Davey Lab
814-865-3716

Articles and Databases

Index to Physical, Chemical and Other Property Data - Arranged by property. Indexes print and online sources (Arizona State University.

Material Properties Locator Database - Produced at the University of Buffalo.

Thermodex: An Index of Selected Thermodynamic Data Handbooks - Search by title or compound. Provides list of print and online sources that contain data (University of Texas-Austin).

Websites

NIST Chemistry WebBook (NIST Standard Reference Database No. 69-June 2005 release) - HLC available as search option for Formula, Name, and CAS Registry Number searches under General Searches.

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
- Online version of the current edition.

Tables Relocated or Removed from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 71st-79th Editions - Includes online version of Science Citation Index. Indexes contents of over 3200 journals; also indexes references cited in the articles. (1986-present)

Landolt-Börnstein Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology
(also available in print) - Critically evaluated data.

Selected Print Resources

General

Beneson, W.; Harris, J.W.; Stocker, H.; Lutz, H. eds. 2002. Handbook of Physics. AIP-Springer Verlag: NY.
QC61.H33 2002

Grigoriev, I.S.; Meilikhov, E.Z. 1997. Handbook of Physical Quantities. CRC: Boca Raton, FL.
QC61.H36 1997

James, A.; Lord, M. 1992. VNR Index of Chemical and Physical Data. Van Nostrand Reinhold: NY.
QC61.J36 1992

Kay, G.W.C.; Lady, T.H. 1995. Tables of Physical and Chemical Constants, 16th ed. Longman: Harlow, Essex, UK.
QC61.K3 1995

Poole, Jr., C.P. 2007. The Physics Handbook: Fundamentals and Key Equations. Wiley: NY.
QC61.P65 2007

Woan, G. 2000. Cambridge Handbook of Physics Formulas. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK.
QC61.W67 2000

Heat Transfer

Rehsenow, W.M.; Hartnett, J.P.; Cho, Y.I 1998. Handbook of Heat Transfer, 3rd ed. McGraw-Hill: NY.
QC320.4.H36 1998

Optics

Bass, M.; van Stryland, E.W.; Williams, D.R.; Wolfe, W.L., eds. 1995. Handbook of Optics. McGraw-Hill: New York for Optical Society of America.
QC369.H35 1995

Palik, E.D., ed. 1998. Handbook of Optical Constants of Solids. Academic: San Diego, CA.
QC176.8.O6H36 1998

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