Library question for physics students.

dave3

Hi everyone
I'm starting a astronomy course next month by distance learning and am hoping to get access to ucd library as an external reader. Can anyone tell me how extensive the libraries collection of books and magazines are in the areas of astronomy and astrophysics.

dave.

Killer Pigeon

If you're starting physics with Astronomy and Space Science this year than be reminded that only 1/12th of the course in first year is astronomy related. The main physics text book you'll be using is "Fundamentals of Physics" by Halliday, Resnick and Walker or "University Physics" and will probably cover 2-3 of your physics modules in first year. The "Astronomy and Space Science" module you will be taking will not require a text book really, the lecturer will provide all the notes you need on blackboard.

dave3

Thanks for the reply killer pigeon but I'm not doing the astronomy course in ucd. I'm just looking to gain access to the ucd library which I can doo for a fee. Only thing is I need an idea of how many astronomy books etc are available in the library so I can try figure out if its worth while.

Dave.

Killer Pigeon

dave3 wrote: »

Thanks for the reply killer pigeon but I'm not doing the astronomy course in ucd. I'm just looking to gain access to the ucd library which I can doo for a fee. Only thing is I need an idea of how many astronomy books etc are available in the library so I can try figure out if its worth while.

Dave.

To be fair, there isn't a massive amount of astromony or astrophysics related material in the James Joyce library. I mean you'll probably get just as much material online.

There a physics library in the physics building with lots of books. Ask the physics secretary if you can have access to it.

bnt

I just took a look: there are about three racks of books under Astronomy, mostly old, but with a few new ones mixed in.

As for paper journals, there's not much: Astronomy Letters, Astronomy & Space magazine, ESA Bulletin, Pub. Ast. Soc. Japan. They do have the Journal of Astronomy & Astrophysics: if you're looking for papers with titles like "Mass function and bias of dark matter halos for non-Gaussian initial conditions", this is the one. It's huge.

But there are far more electronic resources, so if you can get access to those, all the better. For example, we have access to the CERN Document Server.

dave3

Hi everyone
Thanks for all the replies thats the info I was looking for. i'll check with the school of physics.
dave.

ghostchant

You might be able to get access to the school of physics library, but it's doubtful that you'd be able to take out any of the books there, as it's not a lending library. But sure give the school a call and see what they say