The Owen library contains many resources for students and faculty interested in Astronomy. If you have any questions not answered on the WSU Libraries website or would like to request a book or journal on any subject related to Astronomy, please contact Eileen Brady. For questions about the Astronomy program, please see the Program in Astronomy. In addition to this webpage, the library has created a subject guide to Astronomy.

Indexes, Abstracts and other databases.

• ADS - NASA Astrophysics Data System: Index to journals and data catalogs
• ARIBIB: Index to the astronomical literature corresponding to the print bibliographies Astronomy & Astrophysics Abstracts and Astronomischer Jahresbericht 1899 to the present. 

Some major sources of electronic journals for Astronomy are: 

Astronomical Societies 

• American Astronomical Society
• ADS - NASA Astrophysics Data System: Index to journals and data catalogs

Reference Books:  The Owen reference section is on the 1st floor to the left of the entrance. 

• The Astronomical Almanac of the year QB U7 2001
• The Astronomy  and Astrophysics Encyclopedia: QB 14.A873 1992
• Astrophysical Formulae : compendium for the physicist and astrophysicist QB 461.L36
• Dictionary of Minor Planet Names: QB 651.S35 1992
• Encyclopedia of the Solar System QB 501 E53 1999
• Oxford Dictionary of Astronomy QB 14.D52 1997

The Planetary Scientist's Companion: QB 601.L84 1998

• Astronomy Thesaurus
• AstroWeb: Astronomy/Astrophysics on the Internet 
• Book Reviews in Astronomy
• Centre de Données astronomique de Strasbourg:  a collection dedicated to the worldwide distribution of astronomical data & related information. 
• Skyview Virtual Observatory: an interface for getting images of the sky in multiple wavelength bands 
• NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: JPL is the lead U.S. center for robotic  exploration of the solar system 
• Planetary Science Research Discoveries: information on discoveries made in  planetary and space science through NASA funded research