AAO LIBRARY RESOURCES
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
ASTRONOMICAL DATA ARCHIVES
PREPRINT SERVICES
ASTRONOMY RESOURCES
ASTRONOMY LIBRARIES
ASTRONOMY SOCIETIES
OBSERVATORIES AND TELESCOPES
UNIVERSITY ASTRONOMY DEPARTMENTS
E-BOOKS
GENERAL REFERENCE
OTHER LINKS
INFORMATION FOR LIBRARIANS

AAO LIBRARY RESOURCES

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

ADS - Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service
ARIBIB - Astronomisches Rechen-Institut Bibliographical database for astronomical references
Astronomical newsletters - Newsletters of interest to the astronomical community
AstroWeb - Links to astronomical resources. List maintained by members of the AstroWeb Consortium
IAU Symposia/Colloquia listing - List of IAU Symposia and Colloquia
ULAS - Union List of Astronomy Serials
Leiden University collection of special search engines - A large number of search engines, mostly subject- or discipline-specific
The Star*s Pages - The Star*s Family of Astronomy and Related Resources
International astronomy  meetings - List compiled by Liz Bryson of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
Scirus - search engine for scientific information
Information for authors - Astronomy journals
Sky and Telescope name index - vol.1 to vol. 108 (2004)
Edward E Barnard's Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way

ASTRONOMICAL DATA ARCHIVES

AAO databases - AAO databases and catalogues
ADS - Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service
Astronomical Data Center - Discontinued, but site has links to other services
Centre de Donnees Astronomiques de Strasbourg
NED - NASA/IPAC Intergalactic database
SIMBAD Astronomical Database
 

PREPRINT SERVICES

ASTRO-PH E-print archive
STEP sheets - citations only
CERN preprint server
U.S. Department of Energy Preprint Network - Physics
Armagh Observatory preprints
University of Manchester Department of Physics - Astrophysics abstracts & papers
St Andrews Astronomy Group preprint server

ASTRONOMY RESOURCES

Astrosearch - Search for astronomy related persons, institutes or addresses
AstroWeb - Links to astronomical resources. List maintained by members of the AstroWeb Consortium
PAM - Physics, Astronomy, Maths resources
Digital Librarian - Astronomy & Aerospace - Links to a variety of astronomical sites

ASTRONOMY LIBRARIES (and others)

ASTRONOMY SOCIETIES

ASA - Astronomical Society of Australia
ASNSW - Astronomical Society of NSW
WASAAG - Western Sydney Amateur Astronomy Group
ASP - Astronomical Society of the Pacific
RAS - Royal Astronomical Society
RASNZ - Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand
AAS - American Astronomical Society
IAU - International Astronomical Union
NCA - National Committee for Astronomy
International Dark Sky Association
SPIE -The International Society for Optical Engineering
BAA - British Astronomical Association
Astronomical Societies - List of links to astronomical societies

OBSERVATORIES AND TELESCOPES

Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatory (MSSSO)
Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF)
Royal Observatory Edinburgh (ROE)
European Southern Observatory (ESO)
United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT)
SUBARU Telescope
GEMINI Observatory
National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO)
Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO)
Canada France Hawaii Telescope (CFHT)
Australian Virtual Observatory
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA)
Skywatch Observatory  (Coonabarabran)
Annual reports of observatories

ASTRONOMY DEPARTMENTS

UNSW - University of NSW Department of Astrophysics & Optics
JACARA - Joint Australian Centre for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica
UCL - University College London Department of Physics & Astronomy
Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge
JACH - Joint Astronomy Center Hilo, Hawaii
DAO - Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics
Science and Technology Facilities Council  CCLRC and PPARC combined
ATC - UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Edinburgh

E-BOOKS

ASP Conference series - Volume 309 onwards
Handbook of space astronomy and astrophysics  2nd edition
Numerical recipes (Fortran 77, 90 and C)
Annals of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College by Harvard University (partial serial archives)
Annals of the Astrophysical Observatory of the Smithsonian Institution by Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (partial serial archives)
Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems Proceedings Volumes I - X, XII & XIII available on-line
Style manual for authors, editors and printers (5th edition)
Kaye & Laby - Tables of physical and chemical constants

GENERAL REFERENCE

Bartleby.com:  A large range of reference, poetry, fiction and non-fiction
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
The King's English by H.W. Fowler
Roget's Thesaurus
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Australian slang dictionary
Australian words
Cambridge international dictionaries
Encyclopaedia Britannica
FedInfo A short cut to government information
Australian Government Gateway to Australian Government information
Australian Bureau of Statistics  CPI, census data etc.
Acronyms, symbols and abbreviations (Scientific and technical)
The Australian Consumer Handbook Contacts for consumer complaint handling services in Australia

OTHER LINKS

INFORMATION FOR LIBRARIANS

Library description
Collection Development Policy
Astronomy thesaurus or use the web version which is located at Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories (MSSSO)
USMARC Format of Astronomy Thesaurus primary terms
IAU Commission 5 information

Sandra Ricketts   lib at aaoepp dot aao dot gov dot au
2 May 2007