Use the encyclopedias below to gather general information.
AccessScience @ McGraw-Hill
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Full-text access to 7100+ articles, 115,000 dictionary terms, and hundreds of Research Updates in all areas of science and technology updated daily. Excellent for broad topic searches such as Statistical Mechanics. Numerous equations and linked articles. Check out the "For further study" link and dictionary entries.
Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Provides full text for over 2,700 frequently updated articles in astronomy and astrophysics.
Part of Eric Weisstein's World of Science, in addition to basic information on physics topics, this contains biographies of scientists, including physicists and astronomers.
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