EPL Library: SURI 2023 Library Resources

EPL Summer Undergraduate Research Internship 2023

Library Resources

1. Starting Points: Reference Works and Handbooks

• Elsevier Reference Collection in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences
• Handbook of Exoplanets
• NIST Chemistry Web Book
• Treatise on Geochemistry
• Treatise on Geophysics

2. Starting Points: Online Textbooks

• Exoplanetary Atmospheres (Heng)
• Geochronology and Thermochronology (Reiners)
• Geomicrobiology (Ehrlich)
• High-Pressure Molecular Spectroscopy (Butler)
• High-Pressure Physics (Loveday)
• Introduction to High-Pressure Science and Technology (Recio)
• Physical Chemistry of Materials (Roque-Malherbe)
• Spectroscopic Methods in Mineralogy and Materials Sciences (Henderson)

3. Starting Points: Literature Reviews

• Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics
• Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
• Annual Review of Materials Research
• Annual Review of Physical Chemistry
• Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

4. Finding Journal Articles

• Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

5. Finding Preprints and Postprints

• arXiv
• EarthArXiv
• ESSOAr (Earth and Space Science Open Archive)

6. Programming and Data Analysis

• ProQuest Ebook Central (books on Python, R, C++, and more)

7. Choose the right reference management software:

• Citation Management Comparison Table, University of Toronto Libraries guide

8. Writing and Presenting Your Research

• Better Posters (Faulkes)
• How to Write a Good Scientific Paper (Mack)
• Scientific Papers and Presentations, 3rd ed. (Davis)
• Ten Tips on How to Make Slides That Communicate Your Idea (TED Blog)