AAO LIBRARY RESOURCES

Search the library catalogue
List of books on loan from the AAO Local access only (look here if you can't find a book in the library itself)
Journals held in the AAO library
On-line journals (links may only work for AAO users)
Preprints received recently
AAO electronic preprints
AAO newsletters
AAO databases
Telescope library - Information specifically on the AAT library
Observatory publications (under construction)

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

ADS - Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service
ARIBIB - Astronomisches Rechen-Institut Bibliographical database for astronomical references
Astronomical newsletters - Newsletters of interest to the astronomical community
AstroWeb - Links to astronomical resources. List maintained by members of the AstroWeb Consortium
IAU Colloquia listing - List of IAU Colloquia from no. 101 onwards
ULAS - Union List of Astronomy Serials
URANIA - Universal Research Archive of Networked Information in Astronomy
Leiden University collection of special search engines - A large number of search engines, mostly subject- or discipline-specific
The Star*s Pages - The Star*s Family of Astronomy and Related Resources
International astronomy  meetings - List compiled by Liz Bryson of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
Scirus - search engine for scientific information

ASTRONOMICAL DATA ARCHIVES

AAO databases - AAO databases and catalogues
Sky View - The Internet's virtual telescope
URANIA - Universal Research Archive of Networked Information in Astronomy
ADS - Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service
Astronomical Data Center - collections of data that have been published by professional astronomers
Centre de Donnees Astronomiques de Strasbourg
NED - NASA/IPAC Intergalactic database
SIMBAD Astronomical Database
 

PREPRINT SERVICES

ASTRO-PH E-print archive
MSSSO preprints - Preprint pages from MSSSO
STEP sheets - citations only
CERN preprint server
RAP sheets (NRAO)
U.S. Department of Energy Preprint Network - Physics
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - abstracts

ASTRONOMY RESOURCES

Astrosearch - Search for astronomy related persons, institutes or addresses
AstroWeb - Links to astronomical resources. List maintained by members of the AstroWeb Consortium
Australian Institute of Physics: Science journals (access may not be available to all journals listed)
PAM - Physics, Astronomy, Maths resources
Digital Librarian - Astronomy & Aerospace - Links to a variety of astronomical sites

ASTRONOMY LIBRARIES (and others)

ANU Astronomy branch library
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) library
CSIRO online catalogue
European Southern Observatory (ESO) library
Gemini/JAC online library
Goddard Space Flight Centre (GSFC) library
Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics
Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge
Library of Congress
National Library of Australia
National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) library
Princeton Astrophysics library
ROE Library
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) library
US Naval Observatory library

ASTRONOMY SOCIETIES

ASA - Astronomical Society of Australia
ASNSW - Astronomical Society of NSW
WASAAG - Western Sydney Amateur Astronomy Group
ASP - Astronomical Society of the Pacific
RAS - Royal Astronomical Society
RASNZ - Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand
AAS - American Astronomical Society
IAU - International Astronomical Union
NCA - National Committee for Astronomy
International Dark Sky Association
SPIE -The International Society for Optical Engineering
 

OBSERVATORIES AND TELESCOPES

Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatory (MSSSO)
Australia Telescope National Facitity (ATNF)
Royal Observatory Edinburgh (ROE)
European Southern Observatory (ESO)
United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT)
SUBARU Telescope
The GEMINI Observatory
National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO)
Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO)
Canada France Hawaii Telescope (CFHT)
Skywatch Observatory
Annual reports of observatories

UNIVERSITY ASTRONOMY DEPARTMENTS

UNSW - University of NSW Department of Astrophysics & Optics
JACARA - Joint Australian Centre for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica
UCL - University College London Department of Physics & Astronomy
Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge
JACH - Joint Astronomy Center Hilo, Hawaii
DAO - Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics
 

E-BOOKS

Handbook of space astronomy and astrophysics
Numerical recipes (Fortran and C, 2nd editions)
Annals of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College by Harvard University (partial serial archives)
Annals of the Astrophysical Observatory of the Smithsonian Institution by Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (partial serial archives)
Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems Proceedings Volumes I - IX available on-line

GENERAL REFERENCE

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
The King's English by H.W. Fowler
Roget's Thesaurus
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Aussie slang dictionary
Australian words
Cambridge international dictionaries
Encyclopaedia Britannica
FedInfo A short cut to government information
Commonwealth Government Information and Services Alphabetical list of web sites
Australian Bureau of Statistics  CPI, census data etc.
 

OTHER LINKS

INFORMATION FOR LIBRARIANS

Library description
Collection Development Policy
Astronomy thesaurus or use the web version which is located at Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories (MSSSO)
USMARC Format of Astronomy Thesaurus primary terms
IAU Commission 5 information


Sandra Ricketts lib@aaoepp.aao.gov.au
2 April 2002