The Solar System includes the sun and the heavenly bodies that surround it. Therefore, this pathfinder will provide direction towards information about the sun, planets, their moons, stars, asteroids, galaxies, etc. This pathfinder is not meant to direct you towards all materials available in the library on this topic, instead, please use it as a starting point. It provides you with the resources available here (reference books, the Web, etc.)

 

 

Encyclopedias:      

World Book Encyclopedia Ref AE5 W56 or Online @ World Book (from Home)

 

The New Book of Popular Science Ref Q162 N55

Gale Encyclopedia of Science Ref Q121 G35

Philip's Astronomy Encyclopedia Ref QB14 P45

Encyclopedia of the Solar System Ref QB501 E53

The Cambridge Planetary Handbook Ref QB601 B36

 

Books in the Library Catalog:  http://catalog.oslri.net/

General Subject Headings include:

PLANETS

ASTRONOMY

SOLAR SYSTEM

Also try names of planets, astronomers, missions, etc.

 

You may search for magazine articles at the library or through the library website from your home computer. Use your WPL library card number to access the following databases from home:

Discovering Collection   

World Book (from Home)                            

 

 

NASA’s Solar System Exploration http://solarsystem.nasa.gov             

Windows to the Universe http://www.windows.ucar.edu

Constellation and Their Stars http://www.nineplanets.org/nineplanets.html

Solar System Live http://www.fourmilab.ch/solar/solar.html

Yahoo! Science-Astronomy-Solar System

 

 

May 2007