Dana Hall School Library

Physical Science :: The Atom and the Physicists

  • Introduction
  • Finding your way
  • Citing the sources
  • Introduction

    The concept that matter consists of small particles dates from the time of the Greek philosophers.Therefore, the idea of the atom has developed throughout the centuries. Below are several physicists who have contributed to the development of our understanding of the atom. Looking at the lives and works of physicists who have advanced the study of the atom is one way to approach the subject.

  • Niels Bohr
  • James Chadwick
  • John Dalton
  • Democritus
  • Albert Einstein
  • Robert Andrew Millikan
  • Max Planck
  • Ernest Rutherford
  • J.J. Thompson

  • Finding your way

    Dana Hall CATALOG

    REFERENCE

    DATABASES

    SELECTED WEB DIRECTORIES



    REFERENCE : : General encyclopedias : print and online

  • Collier's
  • REF 031 COL
  • Encyclopedia Americana
  • REF 031 ENC
  • Encyclopedia Britannica
  • REF 031 NEW Britannica Online
  • Oxford Reference Online
  • World Book
  • REF 031 WOR World Book Online

    REFERENCE : : Specialized encyclopedias : print

  • Album of science: the physical sciences in the 20th century
  • REF 509 GIN
  • Asimov's biographical encyclopedia of science and technology
  • REF 503 ASI
  • Asimov's New guide to science
  • REF 500.1 ASI
  • Biographical encyclopedia of scientists
  • REF 509.2 BIO
  • Concise color encyclopedia of science
  • REF 600 KER
  • Gale encyclopedia of science
  • REF 503 GAL
  • How it works
  • REF 603 HOW
  • Macmillan Encyclopedia of Chemistry
  • REF 530 MAC
  • Macmillan Encyclopedia of Physics
  • REF 530.03 MAC
  • McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of physics
  • REF 530 MCG
  • The timetable of science
  • REF 509 HEL
  • UXL encyclopedia of science
  • REF 503 UXL
  • The way things work
  • REF 600 MAC
  • World of invention
  • REF 608 WOR

    DATABASES

    There are several types of databases at Dana Hall School:
  • General - e.g. online access to Britannica Online or Oxford Reference Online
  • Databases - e.g.Annals of American History
  • Databases with journal, newspaper, and magazine articles - e.g. EBSCOhost, InfoTrac, OCLC First Search


  • EBSCOhost
    EBSCOhost provides us with access to the Academic Abstracts FullTEXT Ultra database, which includes full text for 480 general, social sciences, humanities and general science journals and indexing for an additional 470. [Off campus access with password]

  • InfoTrac
    A collection of 11 databases, one of which includes full text magazines, newspaper articles, and reference books, and others such as a health database and Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC).[Off campus access with library card]

  • OCLC First Search
    A collection of databases, many with full text journal articles. Especially useful the database Clase Periodica. Also includes government publications and almanacs. [Off campus access with library card]

    WEB DIRECTORIES

    American Institute of Physics: Center for History of Physics
    http://www.aip.org/history
    The American Insitute of Physics hosts the Center for History of Physics, whose "mission is to preserve and make known the history of modern physics and allied fields including astronomy, geophysics, optics, and the like."

    Internet Scout Project
    http://scout.cs.wisc.edu
    Located at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, the Internet Scout Project offers web-based information and web tools for researching sciences, social sciences, and humanities.

    Physics Web
    http://physicsweb.org/resources/home
    The Physics Web is an excellent resource for advanced students and researchers. Go to the Reference section.

    Internet Public Library
    http://www.ipl.org
    The Internet Public Library is an excellent beginning point for any research. For this project go to Physicsto search your topic.

    More Specific Websites

    Nobel E-Museum
    http://www.nobel.se/
    "Nobel e-Museum offers information on all 758 Prize Winners to date, the Nobel Organization, Alfred Nobel, and Nobel events, as well as educational material and games. Nobel e-Museum consists of more than 9,000 static documents, several databases and a number of multimedia productions with Nobel Prize connection." "Nobel e-Museum is funded by the Knowledge Foundation, the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation, the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, as well as by corporate sponsors."

    Citing the sources

    Keeping track of the sources of your information is very important. Check the General Research Help webpage at Dana Hall School.