Astronomy & Astrophysics

Databases | E-Journals | Web Guides | Research Guides | Organizations | Observatories | BU Departments

Databases

Astroweb
Maintained by a consortium of seven institutions, this database attempts to provide the most comprehensive lists of astronomy and astrophysical resources on the internet.

The NASA Astrophysics Data System
This Abstract Service covers astronomy and astrophysics, instrumentation, physics and geophysics and article preprints.

Web of Science 1983+ BU-px
This database includes an electronic version of Science Citation Index, and allows you to search for cited references in journal articles.

Science.gov
Gateway to selected science information and research and development results by U.S. Government agencies.

Energy Citations Database 1948+
Contains publicly available bibliographic records from 1948 through the present for energy and energy-related scientific and technical information from the Department of Energy (DOE).

SIMBAD
The SIMBAD astronomical database provides basic data, cross-indentificatons and bibliographic references for celestrial objects outside the solar system.

NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED)
The NED database contains positions, basic data and names for extragalactic objects, as well as bibliographic references to published papers, and notes from catalogs and other publications.

ArXiv.org e-Print archive
A fully automated multidisciplinary electronic archive and distribution server for research papers.

Scitation - American Institute of Physics'
Searchable Online Journal Publishing Service
Scitation covers more than 80 scientific journals published by the American Institute of Physics and its Member Societies .

Electronic Journals

Science & Engineering E-journals BU
(searchable by title or subject)

Astronomy and Astrophysics Web Guides

Astronomy Net
High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center
National Space Science Data Center
Worldwide Professional Astronomy Organizations
WWW Virtual Library - Astronomy & Astrophysics

Research Guides

Physics
Science & Engineering Research Guides

Organizations and Institutes

American Astronomical Society
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
International Astronomical Union (IAU)
NASA Office of Space Science
Planetary Science Institute
Space Telescope Science Institute

Observatories

National Optical Astronomy Observatories
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
National Undergraduate Research Observatory (NURO)

Departments at BU

Boston University Astronomy Department
Center for Space Physics
Institute for Astrophysical Research
Boston University Physics Department