Astronomy-related Libraries

Anglo-Australian Observatory Library ( AAO Library )

Astro Imaging Home Page ( Astro-Photographs and Astronomy Research Links. )

Astro Imaging provides astro-photographs, virtual research library, and weather information for astronomers.

Astronomy Librarians and Libraries Addresses

Following is an alphabetical list of astronomy librarians and a few astrolibrary-related addresses

Baja Astronomical Observatory Library

Bibliotheque de l'Observatoire de Paris

Bibliotheque, Observatoire de Geneve

Caltech Astrophysics Library

Catania Astrophysical Observatory ( OAC )

Daily solar images (chromosphere and photosphere)

Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences Marlar Library

The following resources are similar (same sort-key, different text):

Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences Marlar Library

Center for Astrophysics Library

CFHT (Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope) Library

Columbia University Physics/Astronomy Library

Crawford Astronomy Collection ( ROE )

The Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, possesses one of the most comprehensive collections of astronomical literature in existence. The library system, which serves the professional community, comprises the Crawford Library, Main Library and Archives. The Main Library holds twentieth century material covering all fields of astronomy. Supporting subjects are represented by a select stock of works on physics, electronics and computing. All post-1973 publications are available through the Library's on line catalogue. The Observatory Archives comprise the notebooks, correspondence and other papers of the former Astronomical Institution of Edinburgh, Astronomers Royal for Scotland, and the 26th Earl of Crawford. The collection which includes early instruments, equipment and photographic material, has been sorted and indexed. The Crawford Library contains some 15,000 books, pamphlets and manuscripts dating from the thirteenth century to the end of the nineteenth century. The collection was brought together by the 26th Earl of Crawford from his family library, the library of Charles Babbage and purchases of rare books from booksales throughout Europe. The Library contains first editions of all major works in the history of astronomy and related fields. It is recognised as a rich resource for scholars, historians of science and bibliographers and is visited by researchers from all over the world.

ESO Libraries

ESO Preprints Database ( Bibliographic catalogue )

The catalogue of preprints available from the ESO Library includes entries from institutes world-wide.

Fermilab Library

HST WF/PC-1 images

WAIS index to images obtained with the WF/PC-1 camera on board the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope (HST), retrievable via full-text search of the associated observing proposals

John G. Wolbach Library ( Harvard/CFA )

The online catalog contains information about approximately 95 percent of the holdings of the CfA Library (i.e. the merged collections of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Harvard College Observatory Libraries)

Library of The Astronomical Observatory of Trieste ( OAT )

Library of the Astronomy Department of the Bologna University

Library of the Instutute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Preprints, photographies, ...

Limber Observatory

Limber Observatory is a private observatory and residence in the Texas Hill Country near San Antonio, specializing in optical polarimetry of early emission line stars.

Lowell Observatory Library

Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories Library

NASA Langley Research Center Technical Library

NCSA Astronomy Digital Image Library ( NCSA ADIL )

The purpose of the NCSA Astronomy Digital Image Library is to collect fully processed astronomical images in FITS format format and make them available to the research community and the general public via the World Wide Web. The collection will contain images from research observatories all over the world and taken at all wavebands.

NRAO-Charlottesvile Library ( RAPcat, PageCharge Policies )

Out of This World star atlas exhibition

An exhibition of rare star maps and atlases from the History of Science Collection of the Linda Hall Library

Princeton University - Astrophysics Library

Royal Astronomical Society ( RAS )

The Royal Astronomical Society was founded in the year 1820 and received the grant of a Royal Charter in 1831. The Society's aims are "the encouragement and promotion of astronomy and geophysics." The main functions are to publish the results of astronomical and geophysical research, to maintain as complete a library as possible in these subjects and to hold meetings, in London and elsewhere, at which astronomical and geophysical matters can be discussed.

Royal Observatory, Edinburgh ( ROE )

This site offers information about the extensive activities of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, a PPARC establishment responsible for building common-user IR and sub-mm instrumentation and managing telescope sites and data archive resources, as well as the UK Schmidt Telescope and the SuperCOSMOS measuring machine. The ROE site also has links to, or acts as the home page for:

• Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh;
• latest research e-prints;
• the Crawford library;
• the ROE Visitor Centre;
• the UKIRT data archive;
• Public Understanding of Science;
• ROE Photolabs;
• Teacher Research Inititive

and much more information besides.

Signal Processing Information Base ( SPIB )

a project sponsored by the Signal Processing Society and the National Science Foundation. SPIB contains information repositories of data, papers, software, newsgroups, bibliographies, links to other repositories, and addresses, all of which are relevant to signal processing research and development. For general information, send e-mail to spib@spib.rice.edu containing the message: send help

Space Telescope Science Institute Library Service

STEPsheet, IAU circulars

Space Telescope Science Institute ( STScI )

STScI is responsible for the scientific operations of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). STScI is operated by Associated Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) under contract to NASA.

ST-ECF directory of WAIS databases

WAIS index to a 'white pages' directory of astronomy & astrophysics related WAIS source files maintained at the Space Telescope - European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF). The files of type text used in the index were: /home/ns3f/ecf/ftp/pub/wais/*.src To get a list of all available sources, search for 'source'.

ST-ECF software library

WAIS index to all files in the software library of the Space Telescope - European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF), which supports European astronomers in using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope (HST).

The Latest Astronomy News Index ( Astronews )

This is a site with the Latest Astronomy news on it, as it happens. This site is updated regularly by the moderator and users of the site.

The Net Advance of Physics ( NetAdvPhys )

Online encyclopaedia of physics/astrophysics; includes most review papers in the Los Alamos preprint base catalogued by subject. Will someday hopefully be a complete subject-index to online physics and astrophysics literature.

The Royal Astronomical Society Library

Twin Press Astronomy Publishers

Twin Press publishes information for students of astronomy and for the professional astronomer at as low a cost as possible.

U.S. NAVAL OBSERVATORY LIBRARY ( USNO )

Includes: Publications of the USNO USNO Online Catalog (username: urania) Recently cataloged books USNO Journal Holdings Recent Papers by USNO Staff Members

Union List of Astronomy Serials.

University of Aarhus, Institute of Physics & Astronomy Library

University of Cambridge, Institute of Astronomy Library

University of Chicago, Astronomy and Astrophysics Library

University of Hawaii, Institute for Astronomy Library

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Physics/Astronomy Library

University of Pennsylvania, Math/Physics/Astronomy Library

University of Rochester, hysics, Optics, and Astronomy Library

University of Virginia - Astronomy Department

University of Washington Physics-Astronomy Library

Warner and Swasey Observatory - Library

Woodman Astronomical Library

Yerkes Library

The astronomy collection housed in Yerkes Library is designed to support the research and educational activities of Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago, with emphasis on practical and observational astronomy, charts and catalogs of astronomical objects, and the design and construction of astronomical instruments and lenses. The collection also supports the activities of the Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica (CARA), whose headquarters are located at the Observatory.

Yerkes Observatory ( University of Chicago )

Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay Wisconsin hosts the 40" refractor, a 41" reflector, a 24" Boller & Chivens reflector, a 10" educational telescope, and support facilities. The 41" telescope is used for research including adaptive optics studies.