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Newly Added Books

Book cover of "Physics 100 ideas in 100 words : a whistle-stop tour of key concepts"

Book cover of "Uncharted: how scientists navigate their own health, research, and experiences of bias"

Book cover of "Space shuttle stories: firsthand astronaut accounts from all 135 missions"

Book cover of "Her space, her time: how trailblazing women scientists decoded the hidden universe"

Book cover of "Quantum supremacy : how the quantum computer revolution will change everything"

Book cover of "A relatively painless guide to special relativity"

Book cover of "The exceptions : Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the fight for women in science"

Book cover of "Women in science now : stories and strategies for achieving equity"

Book cover of "Star settlers : the billionaires, geniuses, and crazed visionaries out to conquer the universe"

Book cover of "Age-dating stars : from the sun to distant Galaxies"

Science Magazines Available Online

Astronomy Databases

Science Database
Applied and general science articles covering topics such as global warming, alternative energy sources, robotic engineering, genetically modified food, and more.
Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Database
The Earth, Atmospheric Aquatic Science Database contains full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications.
ProQuest Central
This database serves as the central resource for researchers at all levels. Covering more than 160 subjects areas, ProQuest Central is the largest aggregated database of periodical content. This award-winning online reference resource features a highly-respected, diversified mix of content including scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, books, newspapers, reports and videos.
Credo Reference
A premier virtual reference collection including encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, images, audio files, and videos in a wide expanse of subject areas.
JSTOR Essential
JSTOR is a digital library for the intellectually curious. JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. The collections in JSTOR include peer-reviewed scholarly journals, respected literary journals, academic monographs, research reports, and primary sources from libraries’ special collections and archives.

Astronomy Librarian

Kathryn Troyer

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North Campus, Building N106
1333 Jake Alexander Blvd., S.
Salisbury, N.C. 28146

704-216-3946

Subjects: AST-Astronomy, BIO-Biology, BTC-Biotechnology, CHM-Chemistry, FIP-Fire Protection, MAT-Math

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