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Applied Physics: Find Sources

This page provides a jumping off point to find information in Applied Physics.

Applied Physics Journal Databases

Academic journals present new research or analysis written by scholars and reviewed by scholars about a narrow topic or specific case study, and their intended audience is other scholars and practitioners.

Applied Physics eBooks

Sometimes scholars get together to tackle a subject, breaking it apart into article-length chapters written by experts on that specific subtopic. We call those books anthologies, and they can be very helpful in choosing a rabbit hole, so to speak. And since books tend to be published for a broader audience than journals, they can be easier to approach than articles.

Applied Physics Web Resources

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Browse the Stacks

Use these numbers to help you locate books in our stacks.

520-529 Astronomy
  • 521 Celestial mechanics
  • 522 Techniques, procedures, apparatus, equipment, materials
  • 523 Specific celestial bodies and phenomena
  • 525 Earth (Astronomical geography)
  • 526 Mathematical geography
530-539 Physics
  • 530 Theories, mathematical physics, states of matter, measurement
  • 531 Classical mechanics
  • 532 Fluid mechanics
  • 533 Pneumatics (Gas mechanics)
  • 534 Sound and related vibrations
  • 535 Light and related radiation
  • 536 Heat
  • 537 Electricity and electronics
  • 538 Magnetism
  • 539 Modern physics
620-629 Engineering
  • 620 Engineering and applied operations
  • 621 Applied physics
    • 621.1 Steam engineering
    • 621.2 Hydraulic-power technology
    • 621.3 Electrical, magnetic, optical, communications, computer engineering; electronics, lighting
    • 621.4 Prime movers and heat engineering
    • 621.5 Pneumatic, vacuum, low-temperature technologies
    • 621.6 Blowers, fans, pumps
    • 621.8 Machine engineering
    • 621.9 Tools
  • 622 Mining and related operations
  • 623 Military and nautical engineering
  • 624 Civil engineering
  • 625 Engineering of railroads, roads
  • 627 Hydraulic engineering
  • 628 Sanitary engineering
  • 629 Other branches of engineering
See also
  • 519 Probabilities and applied mathematics
  • 541 Physical chemistry
  • 548 Crystallography
  • 551.5 Meteorology
  • 610.153 Medical physics