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A Companion to Astronomy and Astrophysics: Chronology
and Glossary
with Data Tables.
Springer, 2006.
SEL/Boelter Hall Reference: QB
14 L36 2006
A Dictionary of Astronomy.
Oxford University Press, 2003.
Oxford
Reference Online
Encyclopedia Britannica.
http://search.eb.com/
Online general encyclopedia. Some articles include links to additional
information on the web.
Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Nature Publishing Group,
2001. 4 volumes
College Library Reference: QB 14
E534 2001
SEL/Boelter
Hall Reference: QB 14 E54 2001
Encyclopedia of Cosmology: Historical, Philosophical,
and Scientific Foundations of
Modern Cosmology.
Garland Pub, 1993.
YRL Stacks: QB 980.5 .E53 1993
Encyclopedia of Earth.
http://www.eoearth.org
A wiki encyclopedia with
articles written by scholars and approved experts.
Encyclopedia of Earth System Science.
Academic Press, c1992.
College Library Reference: QE 5 E514 1992
Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes.
Facts on File, 1994.
College Library Reference:
QE 521 R58
1994
2001 edition: SEL/Geology Reference:
QE 521 R58 2001
Encyclopedia of Evolution.
Oxford University Press, 2002. 2 volumes
College & YRL Library Reference: QH 360.2 E54 2002
Encyclopedia of Geology.
Elsevier, Academic Press, 2005. 5 volumes
SEL/Geology Reference: QE 5 E516 2005
Encyclopedia of Paleontology.
Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1999.
College Library Reference: QE 703 E523 1999
Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science.
Elsevier, 2007. 4 volumes
SEL/Boelter Hall Reference: QE
741 E53 2007
Facts on File Dictionary of Astronomy.
Facts on File, 2006.
SEL/Boelter Hall Reference: QB
14 F3 2006
History of Astronomy: an Encyclopedia.
McGraw-Hill, 1993.
SEL/Boelter Hall Reference: QB
14 M3725 1993
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Astronomy.
McGraw-Hill, 1993.
SEL/Boelter Hall Reference QB14 .M3725 1993
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology.
McGraw-Hill, 2002. 20 volumes
College, YRL, SEL/Geology Reference: Q 121 M17 2002
Biomed Reference: Q 121 M178 2002
2007 ed: SEL/Boelter Hall Reference: Q 121 M17 2007
Oxford Companion to the Earth
Oxford University Press, 2000
College Library & SEL/Geology
Reference: QE 5 O94 2000
2003 ed: Oxford
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