CGGS Library: Science: Physics

Books

Here are some of the books and eBooks in the Library collection on Physics topics. Find more by searching the catalogue (link below).

Library catalogue (Oliver)
Use the Library catalogue to search for books and other resources. Find out more on the Read page.

Print books

The story of science : power, proof and passion by Michael Mosley and John Lynch.
Call Number: 500 MOS
ISBN: 9781845335472
Publication Date: 2010
Accompanying a landmark BBC television series, Science Story traces the breakthroughs in every area of science from classical times to today.Throughout, the award-winning authors show us the big historical picture too. Great science happens when brilliant minds collide with new discoveries and tools at specific points in time.

eBooks

Physical sciences, revised edition by by Kyle Kirkland
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781438131214
Publication Date: 2020
Investigates the research and discoveries of scientists who explored the frontiers of physics and uncovered phenomena that often contradicted prevailing wisdom.
UXL encyclopedia of science. by Amy Hackney Blackwell, editor ; Elizabeth Manar, project editor
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781414430867
Publication Date: 2015

Science Magazines

Scientific American
Nature
Science
New Scientist
Use the search bar to find articles on specific topics.
You need to sign in using the password information on the library Canvas page to gain access to full articles.

We have an account for searching the online articles on New Scientist. The login and password details can be found on our Canvas page.

We have an account for searching the online articles on Cosmos. The login and password details can be found on our Canvas page.

Physics

Search these sites for images you can use freely.

Audiovisual material

See below for a link to the Physics folder of our Clickview Library. Remember that you can also search ClickView Online using your own keywords.

ClickView Folder: Physics
Click here to browse the Physics folder of our ClickView Library, where you will find many useful videos. You will need to log in using your school ID and password.

How to use ClickView

Databases

These links take you to databases we subscribe to. Some may need a login and password. These can be found on our Canvas page. Use keywords from your assignment description, then further refine by date, content-type (eg. academic journals or magazines etc).

Gale Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
Search over 17,000 publications from scholarly journals and other authoritative sources covering biology, chemistry, criminal justice, economics, environmental sciences, history, marketing, political sciences, and psychology. Access articles from Nature, the Economist, the New York Times, and thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN as well as videos from BBC.
Science Online This link opens in a new window
Information on a broad range of scientific disciplines. Resources can be browsed by topic or information type that include interactive experiments, diagrams, tables and data, videos and animations and timelines. Alternately, key word searching can be used for targeted information.
Gale in Context: High School This link opens in a new window
Information resources for assignments, projects, and presentations across all subject areas. An excellent resource to start your search for information for Years 7-12.
Infobase eBooks This link opens in a new window
A collection of non-fiction e-books that cover all topic areas. These resources range from encyclopaedias to subject and topic specific information. Access these books directly on your devise by exploring via topic area or using the search bar with key words.
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
A broad collection of non-fiction titles, supporting all subject areas. These non-fiction titles have varied reading levels and are useful for students from Years 7 to 12.
Modern World History This link opens in a new window
Explore world history from the mid-15th century to the present. Thousands of subject entries including biographies, images, videos and slideshows, maps and graphs, primary sources, and timelines. These resources provide information on people, places, events, and ideas that have defined modern world history.
Directory of Open Access Journals This link opens in a new window
DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.

New Scientist
Use the search bar to find articles on specific topics.
You need to sign in using the password information on the library Canvas page to gain access to full articles.

External databases

There is good information to be found in some of the many databases available to you via the National Library and the ACT Library Service.

National Library eResources
Use your National Library membership number to logon or ask CGGS Library staff for help.
Use the single search option to search all of the databases or select a single database, such as JSTOR.
Trove (National Library)
Provided by the National Library, Trove is an excellent source of information for the Australian perspective. It has many types of information including an archive of photos and Australian newspapers that you can access online.
Libraries ACT Research sources
The ACT Library Service provides a wide range of online databases. Use your ACT Library membership to search via their website.
arXiv - from Cornell University Library
arXiv is a pre-print repository that provides open access to over 1 million e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics.
Use the Search or Advanced Search fields to get started.
Inspire
CERN, DESY, Fermilab and SLAC have built the next-generation High Energy Physics (HEP) information system, INSPIRE. It combines the successful SPIRES database content, curated at DESY, Fermilab and SLAC, with the Invenio digital library technology developed at CERN. INSPIRE is run by a collaboration of CERN, DESY, Fermilab, IHEP, and SLAC, and interacts closely with HEP publishers, arXiv.org, NASA-ADS, PDG, HEPDATA and other information resources.
You can search for EXPERIMENTS via a tab on the home page.
SCOAP3 – Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics
Here you can freely search, browse and of course download all Open Access articles sponsored by the international SCOAP3 initiative.
American Institute of Physics
You can search using your keywords to find articles and background information.
Physics Central
The American Physical Society represents some 48,000 physicists, and most of our work centers on scientific meetings and publications-the primary ways that physicists communicate with each other. With PhysicsCentral, we communicate the excitement and importance of physics to everyone. We invite you to visit our site every week to find out how physics is part of your world. We'll answer your questions on how things work and keep you informed with daily updates on physics in the news. We'll describe the latest research and the people who are doing it and, if you want more, where to go on the web. So stick with us. It's a big, interesting world out there, and we look forward to showing you around.