Physics and Astronomy: Books and Journals

Books

• If the University doesn't have the book you need, email us to suggest a book for the library
• If the book is only available in print, email us to let us know and we will do our best to get hold of an ebook for you

Journal articles

• To connect to library resources such as databases and journals you will need to use the University’s VPN service called Globalprotect. Advice on how to set your connection up can be found on the iSolutions page How do I set up VPN on my device? 

• Unpaywall, Open Access Button and CORE Discovery are all Chrome and Firefox extensions that find legal open access copies. Open Access Helper works the same way for iOS and Safari

• Kopernio a Chrome extension that finds articles from our library subscriptions and open access versions

• Google: if you find an article that is behind a paywall, try copy & pasting the article title into a search engine. If there is a copy in a repository it will often display on the first page of search results 

• Still no luck? Try our interlibrary loan service. We will try our best to get hold of articles for you, although it may not be possible or be delayed while libraries are closed

PhD/ MPhil theses

• the library holds print copies of all University of Southampton doctoral level theses; these are listed on Library Search 
• many of these are now also available online from ePrints Soton

Undergraduate/ taught masters dissertations

• The Library does not normally hold undergraduate or taught masters dissertations

What is a call number and how do I use it?

When you enter the details of the item that you want on the catalogue it will display a call number or code that tells you where the item is shelved.

The call number will usually look something like these examples:

TK 2380.45 GAR 

306.47 GEL 

B OCEAN (Physical) Kna 

Although the codes look different, they work in much the same way: the combinations of letters and numbers gives a location based on the subject content of the item. The items are arranged on the shelves using the call numbers.

The library floor plan will show you where items with particular call numbers are stored

Looking for a book?   

Go to the library catalogue  and search by title, author, or keywords.

Is the at another site or  book out on loan? - Place a hold

Is the book not held by the library at all? - Use the Inter library loan service to borrow it from another library

Recommend a book? - Contact your Engagement Librarian if you would like to recommend a book we should buy for the library.

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   Check this out:

The 18 volume Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology features an increased emphasis on the hottest topics such as information processing, environmental science, biotechnology and biomedicine.

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Looking for articles or information on a topic?

Try searching in Library Search for information on any topic. You will find things that the library has and may not have. Contact the Interlibrary Loan service to see if you can get the resource that the library does not own.

Looking for an online journal?    

Search for the title of the journal in Library Search 

A correctly formatted reference will tell you exactly where to find the full article:

DING, Y., JACOB, E. K., ZHIXIONG, Z., FOO, S., ERJIA, Y., GEORGE, N. L. and LIJIANG, G. (2009) Perspectives on social tagging, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 60 (12), 2388-2401.

This article was written by Y Ding & colleagues, and the article's title is "Perspectives on social tagging". It was published in 2009 in the journal called "Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology". It was published in volume 60, issue 12, and the article ran from page 2388 to 2401

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   Not on campus? Use VPN:

  Accessing library resources from home

To connect to library resources such as databases and journals you will need to use the University’s VPN service called Globalprotect. Advice on how to set your connection up can be found on the iSolutions page How do I set up VPN on my device? 

  Getting Started with the Library -

       information for new students

     Ten things I wish I'd known before I started my dissertation..... -

      advice from a student blogger

We hope to provide you with all of the resources that you need for your studies  but, if you do have to explore elsewhere, here are some websites which may help you.....

British Library - explore the millions of books, journals, newspapers, conferences, maps, scores etc held in the BL.

COPAC - discover the holdings of the UK’s national libraries (including the British Library) in a single search.

SCONUL Access - borrow or use books and journals at other UK university libraries using this scheme,