Astronomy Guide
The University of Michigan libraries collect books and periodicals in the field of astronomy to support the astronomy research and instruction performed by members of the University of Michigan community.
Most of the astronomy materials collected at the University of Michigan are housed in the Shapiro Science Library, on the 3rd and 4th Floors of the Shapiro Library Building. The campus depository for NASA reports and the primary home of aerospace materials is the Art, Architecture & Engineering Library on North Campus.
For help in locating library materials, you may wish to consult the Science Library's Virtual Tour, or contact the Science Library's Reference Desk , phone 936-2327.
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Getting Started | Indexes | Astronomy Data | Preprints & Technical Reports | People | U of M Astronomy | NASA | More Help
Getting Started
- Astronomy and Astrophysics Encyclopedia
Includes two- to four-page detailed articles on topics in astronomy and astrophysics. Ed. by Paul Murdin, 2001.
Call number: QB 14 .A8731 2000
Location: Science Library Reference Shelves
Online Astronomy and Astrophysics Encyclopedia
- AstroWeb(http://www.cv.nrao.edu/fits/www/astronomy.html)
A huge, international library of links to astronomical and astrophysical information available on the web. Links are added by a committee of astronomy professionals.
- Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics (1963-present)
Scholarly review articles provide introductions to topics as well as extensive bibliographies of the literature.
Call number: QB 9 .A62
Location: Science Library 4th floor stacks
Online url: (1996-present)
- Resources for Research in Astronomy: A Sampling.
Download an overview of astronomy web resources, Power Point presentation from 10/2000.
Help with Pre-Web Astronomy Literature
- Astronomy and Astrophysics: a Bibliographical Guide
Lists sources of information in the fields of astronomy and astrophysics. Published in 1970. By D.A. Kemp.
Call number: Z 5151 .K32
Location: Science Library Reference Shelves
- Bibliography of Astronomy 1970-1979
Updates Kemp's earlier guide (see above). By Robert Seal and Sarah Martin.
Call number: Z 5151 .S381 1982
Location: Science Library Reference Shelves
- A Guide to the Literature of Astronomy
By Robert Seal.
Call number: Z 5151 .S41
Location: Science Library Reference Shelves
- Information for Authors: Astronomy Journals
Maintained by Nancy Curtis at the University of Maine, this site provides links to publishers' webpages that have instructions for authors on how papers need to be formatted and submitted. A good resource for bibliography formatting.
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Indexes
- NASA Astrophysics Data System
Abstracts of literature from 1975 to the present. Links to full-text articles and object data. One of the most heavily used literature resources in astronomy, created by astronomers for astronomers. Full-text files available for many core astronomy journals. An important resource that is free to the public.
- Web of Science (via ISI Web of Knowledge)
The web version of the Institute for Scientific Information Science Citation Index, access restricted to the University of Michigan community; files cover 1945-present.
- Current Contents Connect (via ISI Web of Knowledge)
Authenticated users can establish an alert service in which records of new articles are e-mailed on a weekly basis. Access restricted to the University of Michigan community.
- Astronomischer Jahresbericht
Provides international coverage of works on astronomy (mostly in German) from the years 1899-1968.
Call number: QB 1 .A862
Location: Science Library Index Section
- Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts
Supersedes Astronomischer Jahresbericht, covering works on astronomy (in English) from 1969 to the present. Includes many abstracts. Most of the information in AAA is included in the INSPEC database (found on Mirlyn), beginning in 1988.
Call number: QB 1 .A8584
Location: Science Library Index Section
Also available on the web (coverage from 1983) at: ARIBIB (http://www.ari.uni-heidelberg.de/aribib/).
- Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
STAR covers reports in the aerospace field, including NASA reports and other government institutions, as well as international coverage, 1963-1995. Includes abstracts.
Call number: TL 501 S42
Location: Science Library Index Section
- International Aerospace Abstracts
IAA provides abstracts of works on aerospace engineering, beginning in 1961.
Call number: TL 501 .I617
Location: Buhr
- Aerospace and High Technology Database
Web access to STAR 1986-1993 and to IAA 1986-present
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Positional Astronomy Data: catalogues and sky atlases
Catalogs
- Finding Star Catalogs in the Science Library
A Shapiro Science Library guide to finding star catalogs in the library and on the web.
- VizieR Catalogue Service
VizieR provides access to the most complete library of published astronomical catalogues and data tables available on-line.
- Astronomer's Bazaar
The Strasbourg astronomical Data Center (CDS) collection of astronomical data catalogues of observations of star, galaxy, and other galactic and extragalactic objects. This site includes a link to the VizierR service.
- The Guide Star Catalog
Constructed to support the operational need of the Hubble Space Telescope for off-axis guide stars, contains 18,819,291 objects in the seventh to sixteenth magnitude range, of which more than 15 million are classified as stars.
Call number: CD-ROM P1
Location: Science Library Permanent Reserves
- Astronomical Catalogues 1951-1975
By Mike Collins, a guide to astronomy catalogues published between 1951 and 1975 organized by object type or location, e.g. solar system, nebulae, etc.
Call number: Z 5151 .C73
Location: Science Library Reference Shelves
Atlases
- Palomar Observatory Sky Survey I, the SERC Southern Sky and the SERC Equatorial J surveyare available from any of the following mirror sites:
- Palomar Observatory-European Southern Observatory Photographic Atlas of the Northern Sky II
The second edition of the Palomar Observatory Sky Atlas (see above); began to come out in 1992 .
Call number: QB 65 .P18
Location: Science Library (ask at reference desk for assistance)
- The Digitized Sky Survey
102 CD-ROMS with photographic data from: the UK Schmidt Telescope, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, UK Science and Engineering Research Council, Anglo - Australian Observatory, compressed by a factor of 10.
Call number: CD-ROM Sc2
Location: Science Library Permanent Reserves
- The Real Sky Palomar Observatory Sky Survey
9 CD-ROMS of the Palomar Northern Sky Survey, compressed by a factor of 100.
Call number: CD-ROM Sc21
Location: Science Library Permanent Reserves
- The Real Sky Digitized Southern Sky Survey
11 CD-ROMS of the UK Schmidt Telescope, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, UK Science and Engineering Research Council, Anglo - Australian Observatory compressed by a factor of 100.
Call number: CD-ROM Sc21
Location: Science Library Permanent Reserves (also available at http://stdatu.stsci.edu/dss/)
- Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas
Digitized and indexed images from the important 1971 publication by David E. Bowker, the Lunar Orbiter photographic atlas of the Moon prepared by the Langley Research Center and published by the Scientific and Technical Information Office, National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA SP ; 206. The hard copy of the atlas is held in the Science Library at QB 595 .B78 in the oversize stacks.
- Norton's 2000.0 Star Atlas and Reference Handbook
Maps showing stars, nebulae and clusters, with descriptive text and reference information; a good atlas for amateurs. By Arthur Norton.
Call number: QB 65 .N88 1989
Location: Index is in Science Library, 4th floor stacks, Atlas is in Science Library Atlas Cases 4th floor
Other Data Sources
- Astronomical Almanac
Contains tabular data for astronomy, space sciences, geodesy, surveying, navigation and other applications. Indicates locations of celestial bodies on given dates.
Call number: QB 8 .A5
Location: Science Library Reference Shelves (most current volumes)
- Field Guide to the Stars and Planets
Includes monthly sky maps, charts and tables. By Jay Pasachoff.
Call number: QB 64 .M55 2000
Location: Science Library Reference Shelves
- Cambridge University Press Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2nd ed.
An online version of an important reference for space astronomy and astrophysics, by Martin Zombeck, 1990.
- Solar Spectrum Atlases from the National Solar Observatory
FTP files prepared from FTS archives. Follow the instructions in the README html file.
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Preprints, Circulars, and Technical Reports
Preprints
Circulars
Technical Reports
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People
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University of Michigan Astronomy Links
Telescopes for UM Research:
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NASA and other U. S. Government Astronomy Sites
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Need More Help?
For additional assistance with astronomy research or reference questions, contact: Jacob Glenn, Science Librarian, or send a message to Ask-Us.
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