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Choosing research topics? Stumped by unfamiliar jargon?
Use dictionaries & encyclopedias
for background information.

1. General Science

Magill's Survey of Science. Physical Science Series
Call Number: Ref Q 158.5 .M34 1992 v. 1-6
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed.
Call Number: Ref Q 123 .M15 2003
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 10th ed.
Call Number: Ref Q 121 .M3 2007 v. 1-20

2. Physics

Dictionary of Physics
Publication Date: 2013
Online Resource
Encyclopedia of Applied Physics
Call Number: Ref QC 5 .E543 1991 v. 1-23
Encyclopedia of Physics, 3rd ed.
Call Number: Ref QC 5 .E545 2005 v. 1-2
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, 5th ed.
Publication Date: 1999-present
Online Resource
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Physics
Call Number: Ref QC 5 .M15 1996 v. 1-4
The Penguin Dictionary of Physics, 3rd ed.
Call Number: QC5 .P46 2000

Oxford Scholarship Online
This is a collection of reference books across disciplines all published by Oxford University Press. Search for your topic to learn more about it.

3. More Information

Search the URSUS Catalog for UMaine items
(encyclop* OR dictionar*) AND more specific topic
to find items like

Dekker Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 3rd ed.
Call Number: Ref QC 176.8 .N35 D43 2014 v. 1-7
Encyclopedia of Biophysics
Publication Date: 2013
Encyclopedia of Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry
Call Number: Ref QD 451 .E539 2001 v. 1-3
Encyclopedia of Surface and Colloid Science
Call Number: Ref QD 506 .E63 2016 v. 1-10

Example: URSUS Catalog search for Fogler Library encyclopedias or dictionaries about biophysics