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Physics 392: Library Resources to Assist in Preparing a Resource Letter
The Assignment
- Link to the assignment: Preparation of a Resource Letter
- DO THIS FIRST: Get your topic approved via email by either Dr. Butner or Yasmeen Shorish.
Useful links
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Past American Journal of Physics Resource Letter examples:
http://ajp.dickinson.edu/Readers/resLetters.html
(*Remember you can't use any that have been published in the past 5 years!) - Library resources specifically targetted to this assignment are shown below!
Locating Background Information on your topic to get started:
Search over 500 reference titles using Credo.
Index with full text of Annual Reviews in biological and medical sciences, physical sciences...
Finding Scholarly Books and Videos:
JMU Library Catalog (LEO) is the online catalog of materials in James Madison University Libraries.
Order a book or journal article from another library. Note: This process takes 7-10 business days.
Finding Scholarly Journals:
Use Periodical Locator to find all Physics and Astronomy journals available at JMU.
Finding Scholarly Articles:
Excellent source for citation searching or finding original articles in physics. Check out the list of journals they index here.
Finding Conference Proceedings, Government Reports, and Scholarly Websites:
An index of worldwide conference proceedings...
Search several Materials Research indexes simultaneously
This is a science-specific search engine for the Internet
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This page last reviewed by Yasmeen Shorish on 1/23/12
This page last reviewed by Yasmeen Shorish on 1/23/12
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