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Physics and Nuclear Engineering

A research guide for cadets taking P&NE courses or majoring in Physics and Nuclear Engineering.

Resources for Nuclear Engineering

Databases

  • APS Journals - Browse a full-text database of all scholarly journals and publications from the American Physical Society, a leading publisher in the field of physics.
  • JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) Video Journal and Science Education - A video library dedicated to teaching the practice and theory of scientific experiments through engaging and easy-to-understand visual demonstrations. JoVE Education includes lab manuals, methods and an encyclopedia of experiments.
  • Defense Technical Information Center - Citations to unclassified documents in DTIC's Technical Reports Collection, many with full text. …
  • Knovel - Contains online monographs and reference books in many areas of science and engineering. It can be used early in the research process to become aware of general safety information for particular activities, processes, and substances, as well as later in research to learn more specifics about substances. Included are interactive tools that normalize information across content sources and bring content to life by making tables, charts, equations, plotters and graphs interactive.
  • Science Collection - Updated daily, this collection includes 1.6 million articles and 200 journals. Explore the latest scientific developments in particle physics, advanced mathematics, nanotechnology, geology, and hundreds of other areas.
  • IEEE Xplore - Provides full-text access to IEEE transactions, journals, magazines, conference proceedings, and standards.
  • CRCnetBase - Search the science, technology, engineering and medicine eBook platform from CRC Press. Mobile app is also available.

 

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Overview

Welcome to the general Nuclear Engineering page! To the right, there's a list of (and links to) standard Nuclear Engineering reference books available through the USMA Library. Below you'll find links to Nuclear Engineering databases where you can find journal articles on Nuclear Engineering topics and a brief guide to browsing books on various Nuclear Engineering topics on our shelves. You are also able to search Scout or the Library Catalog; all our books, ebooks, and journals can be found that way.

What You Will Find Here

This page presents general resources for research on Nuclear Engineering topics. Use the information on this page to get started with your research, or follow the links below to more specific resources for your Nuclear Engineering courses.

Nuclear Engineering Databases at the USMA Library

Looking for journal articles on Nuclear Engineering topics? The USMA Library offers a variety of Nuclear Engineering databases that provide access to journal articles to help with your research. Find them here!

Nuclear Engineering Books in the USMA Library

Are you curious about the Nuclear Engineering books we have here in the USMA Library? You can always use Scout or the Library Catalog to search for a book on a specific topic, but if you enjoy browsing the shelves, go up to the west side of the 5th floor and find the call numbers that start with "QC." Here's a general listing of subject areas:

QC1-999    Physics

 

  • QC1-75                General
  • QC81-114            Weights and measures
  • QC120-168.85    Descriptive and experimental mechanics
  • QC170-197          Atomic physics.
  • QC221-246          Acoustics.  Sound
  • QC251-338.5       Heat
  • QC350-467          Optics.  Light
  • QC474-496.9       Radiation physics (General)
  • QC501-766          Electricity and magnetism
  • QC770-798          Nuclear and particle physics.  Atomic energy.  Radioactivity
  • QC801-809          Geophysics.  Cosmic physics
  • QC811-849          Geomagnetism
  • QC851-999          Meteorology.  Climatology Including the earth's atmosphere

 

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Nuclear Engineering Reference Books

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