Catalogues of library holdings, one
for books etc., one for serials and observatory publications.
Selected Astronomy Book and Software Reviews
A browsable or searchable bibliography of print reviews and brief notices
of books and selected software in astronomy and astrophysics. Updated quarterly.
Searching the Astro Literature
A cluster of pages. The top page gives a brief description of each of the major online tools
with its relative strengths and weaknesses. Each of the tools has a more detailed page
of notes and tips.
Astronomy Electronic Journals at UofT
UofT has over 20,000 electronic resources on its website. Discipline based
sublists are helpful navigation tools. We provide a
list of astro-related journals
and a page with
more info about electronic journals.
Journal impact factors
Some notes/cautions on using journal impact factors.
Astronomy Preprint Sources
A discussion of the drawbacks of relying on preprints, as well as links
to the major sources of preprints and some discussion papers.
Electronic Books at UofT
Lists specialized astronomy, astrophysics and physics books and gives
brief explanation of electronic books at UofT and how to find them.
Books on 'other topics'
Sample listing of books on writing, presentating talks, ergonomics, and many other non-astro
topics, as well as books that deal with the discipline as a whole.
UofT Astronomy and Astrophysics Library List of Web Sites
Every website has to have a list of links to other websites- that is part of
the beauty of the web! This one links to most of the key astronomical
organizations and specialized searching tools along with a few other science
lists and general interest sites and gateways.
'UofT' asteroids
A list of asteroids named after or discovered by UofT people, with links to
more information.
Helen Sawyer Hogg 1905-1993
A cluster of pages with 'reprints' of published obituaries,
articles and photos as well as some inhouse information. Included are links to
some general women-in-science and women-in-astronomy websites.
Women in Astronomy
Includes a bibliography of print materials by L. Trudel; casual updates to that
bibliography;
a list of focussed websites; and a list of personal favourites by Vera Rubin.
Search Engines
Introduction to search engines which describes the various types and
has links with recommendations.
U of Toronto Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Theses
Not just a list of theses produced in the department since 1989, but
also, when available, abstracts garnered from the authors in recent years.
Library Guides
Two guides are mounted, one with general information about the Library,
and one with much more detail about library policies and services (for internal
access only).
NSSDC ADC's Selected Astronomical Catalogs on CD-ROM
The NSSDC Astronomical Data Centre has produced several CD-ROMs of astronomical
catalogues. Unfortunately the tables of contents of these compilations
are not in alphabetical order but rather in a classified order.
I have rearranged these lists making them easier to search by librarians and
other non-astronomers. (I also provide information on how to obtain the CD-ROMs.)
The following are basically just lists of links to other specific types of sites.
