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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS SUBJECT PORTAL
The Resources for this portal have been selected by Pavlinka Kovatcheva, subject librarian at APK Campus, Level 1,
Tel: 011 559-2621, e-mail: pkovatcheva@uj.ac.za
2009 International Year of Astronomy (IYA)
Portal to the UNIVERSE! High-tech website embracing Web 2.0 technologies.
Aims to become a one-stop-shop for Astronomy news. Read MORE!
IYA Live Telescope Library (videos of Southern Hemisphere Sky. A must see)
New Portals
Open Access Portal
Sciences Publishers Portal (search for new book and journal publications)
Visit the UJ Sciences Librarian TRIAL Databases Portal
Search Engines & Web Resources portal
Library Databases per Subject
UJ Physics Department outing @ the Observatory, 18th September 2009
I joined my academics in the exploretion of the sky. We had such a good time watching Jupiter and the moons, Ring Nebula, Open cluster in Scorpio.
Click to view these pictures on Flickr!
NEW!!!!
The conference "Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2010 - communicating in IYA2009 legacy era" will take place in Cape Town, South Africa, from 15 to 19 March, 2010. Read MORE!
Click HERE to visit the Conference website!
NEW! LookUP to find Astronomical Objects!
Look up the position and details of astronomical objects by name. LookUP is a simple interface to a variety of astronomical name services that should cover most astronomical objects but not spacecraft (their apparent position depends on the location of the observer). Access to LookUP
NEW! (13 October 2009)
Gigagalaxy Zoom project
The third image of ESO’s GigaGalaxy Zoom project has just been released online, completing this eye-opening dive into our galactic home in outstanding fashion. Read more...
Latest Articles on Delicious, selected by your Subject Librarian: Astronomy & Physics
ASTRONOMY RSS NEWS 
What is RSS feed? Read MORE...
View the You Tube videos (off Campus only)
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SUPPORT TO ASTRONOMY USERS
Do you know how to CREATE A PIN for access to the Library resources?
Forgot your Password (PIN)? Contact the LENDING DESK staff for assistance.
LIBRARY SUPPORT TO UNDERGRADUATES
Visit the Library Support to Undergraduates & New Students Portals for more information.
Library Membership
- To access the UJ Library use your student card @ the entrance
Searching & Borrowing Materials from UJ Library
Learners Support Services
Librarian Advice & Training
Assignments & Projects Instructions
Social Networking
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LIBRARY SUPPORT TO ACADEMICS & RESEARCHERS
Go to these relevant portals to find more information on: Library Support to Teaching & Library Support to Research
Library Membership
Searching & Borrowing Materials from UJ Library
Borrowing Materials from Other Libraries
Teaching Support
Librarian Advice & Training
Research Support
Theses & Dissertations (T & D)(incl. Institutional Repositories)
Current Awareness Tools
Manage your References
Citing & Referencing
Impact Journals
South African Accredited Journals
Internationally Accredited Journals
Social Networking
Your Subject Librarian will help you with any queries or requests for "topic search", library problem solving, etc.
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THE STARS GADGET
To view the constelations & planets currently above your head, click on the city name. A table will appear, type the name of the city you are or near, Pretoria for example. Click OK and then click on Done.
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LIBRARY RESOURCES & SERVICES
Quick links to the MAIN library resources and services:
About UJ Library
UJ Library Campus Libraries
Library Regulations Study Cubicles
Library Submission Forms Library Staff (APK & DFC Campuses)
Library Hours Library Hours: 24h Study Area
How to create Library PIN for access to Library Resources
Create PIN in the Library.pdf
Library Services
Ask-A-Librarian Information Librarians Virtual Learning Environment
Lending Services Inter Campus Loan Service Inter Library Loan Service
Copyright Bindery
Library Collections
Information Resources
Sciences Subject Collections
Sciences Librarian Portal Applied Mathematics & Mathematics
Astronomy & Astrophysics Biochemistry
Biology Botany & Plant Biotechnology
Chemistry Energy
Environmental Management Geography
Geology Human Anatomy & Physiology
Information Technology Microbiology
Physics Statistics
Zoology
Additional Subject Collections
Accounting Economics Education Law Politics
Printing & Photocopying (APK Library)
Support to photocopiers and printers resides with Xerox. Ask for assistance: Level 5, Elevators foyer, Tel: 011 559 2184.
Photocopiers are available on: Level 1, 2 5 7 6. Printing stations are available on: Level 2 & 5.
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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS JOURNALS & DATABASES
The databases below are the most relevant resources where you can start your search for Journal Articles, Conference Proceedings, Reviews, Electronic books, Standards, Patents, etc.
REMOTE ACCESS is available to all the databases. Just log-in with your SURNAME, STUDENT / STAFF NUMBER, PIN. Learn how to create PIN.
Remember!
- By searching the databases, you search for a JOURNALS ARTICLES.
- When searching CASE: A-to-Z Journals, you search for JOURNALS TITLES
- For in-depth research on a topic start with these Bibliographic Databases: APS Prola, Institute of Physics, Science Citation Index, Engineering Village2, etc.
- If you look for full-text articles to complete your assignment or project, then search any of these databases: JSTOR, ScienceDirect, SpringerLink, Wiley Interscience, Academic Search Premier, Academic OneFile.
- For assistance and guidance contact your subject librarian (contact details at the TOP)
FULL-TEXT JOURNALS SEARCH
Search the following resources, when you need to find specific JOURNAL title:
See below the links to selected full-text Astronomy & Astrophysics Journals
JOURNALS ABBREVIATIONS
In many references the Journal title is ABBREVIATED. The links below will help you find the FULL-TEXT journal title.
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TOP DATABASES
Bibliographic Databases
- Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences
- Compendex
- Inspec (incl. Physics abstracts)
- Referex (e-books)
Astronomy & Physics databases
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APS Prola (Physical Reviews Online, Archive, vol. 1 - 2005). APS Prola provides FULL-TEXT only until 2005. For full-text access after 2006 to these 3 titles, click on the links below:
- Physical Review B: Condensed Matter & Materials Physics (Current Subscription, 2006 +)
- Physical Review Letters (Current Subscription, 2006+)
- Reviews of Modern Physics (Current subscription, 2006+)
Latest Articles on Delicious, selected by your Subject Librarian: Astronomy & Physics
Full-text Databases (incl. abstracts only)
P.S. If you are still unsure, which database to use, go to the Databases Information sheet.
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SCIENCES SEARCH ENGINES & SEARCHABLE WEB RESOURCES
Don't miss these useful resources for research. For more useful resources go to Search Engines & Web Resources portal NEW!
Use Google Scholar to search for academic articles across multiple publishers: Springer, Elsevier, American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, JSTOR, Blackwell-Wiley, SAGE and many more. Scholar HELP!
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ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY
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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS FULL-TEXT JOURNALS
Below are selected Astronomy & Astrophysics Journals. For more journals, search the following resources:
*Full text delay due to publisher restrictions ("embargo")
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- Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy (SpringerLink, vol. 1, 1969+)
- Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics (ScienceDirect, 1995+)
- Communications in Asteroseismology (Open Access, 2001+)
- Contributions of the Astronomical Observatory Skalnate Pleso (Slovak Academy of Science)(Open Access, 1955+)
- Earth, Moon, and Planets (SpringerLink, vol.1, 1969+)
- Experimental Astronomy (SpringerLink, vol.1, 1989+)
- Frontiers: UK Particle Physics, Astronomy and Space Science (Open Access, 1997-2007)
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- Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica (Open Access, 2000+)
- Science in China. Series A, Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy (SpringerLink, Open Access, 1997+)
- Sky and Telescope (Academic Search Premier, 1994+)
- Sky Watch (MasterFile Premier, 2005+)
- Solar Physics (SpringerLink, vol.1, 1967+)
- Solar System Research (Russia)(SpringerLink, vol. 34, 2000+)
- Space Science Reviews (SpringerLink, vol.1, 1962+)
Conference Series
Reports
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FULL-TEXT SCIENCES JOURNALS
* Full text delay due to publisher restrictions ("embargo")
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HOW TO GET PUBLISHED. AUTHOR INSTRUCTIONS.
Direct links to Publishers guidelines for Authors. For additional information visit "How to get Published" Portal.
Institute of Physics (IoP)
Publishing your work with IOP is now quicker and easier than ever before. The new and improved online Author Services offers all you need via one single log-in process for efficiency, security and peace of mind...
You can quickly and conveniently upload your article files for new or revised articles, either from your hard drive
Search for your articles that are being processed for publication or have been published in the last 30 days.
Referees can find all the information they need here
From this page you may log in as an Editor, select referees, view referee reports and take publication decisions.
Search Institute of Physics for articles and author's publications
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UNIVERSITY & SCIENCES LINKS
If you want to go directly to your Student Portal, Department, Faculty of Science or University web pages, click on any of the links below.
- PSI: Particle-Solids Interactions Research Group
- UJ Cluster: High Performance Computing
- Links to HPC, Cluster, Grid and more
- Science at Synchrotron's in South Africa
ASTRONOMY PROFESSIONAL LINKS, NEWS, etc.
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THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER
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COMPUTING GRID
Computing Grid links:
- Meraka
- CHPC (Center for High Performance Computing)
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USEFUL ASTRONOMY LINKS
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GOOGLE EARTH (INCL. MARS, MOON, OCEAN & SKY)
The world's geographic information at your fingertips.
A whole new planet to explore. Read MORE!
Visit the deepest part of the ocean, the Mariana Trench.
Explore the Constellations, The Solar System, Hubble showcase, etc. Read MORE!
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ASTRONOMY PODCASTS
PODCASTING is a way of making audio broadcasts of all kinds available on the Internet. Listeners can either hear the show via the Web site or subscribe to the podcast to download it to a portable MP3 player.
Astronomy Podcasts Directory
SkyWatch & HubbleWatch Podcasts (Subscribe to RSS feed)
Universe Today Podcasts
Portal to the Universe Podcasts
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ASTRONOMY VIDEOS
You Tube videos (not on Campus) 
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