ESCI 3006: Introduction to Planetary Science

News from scientific societies

Physics Today from the American Institute of Physics

Physics World from the Institute of Physics

Astronomy & Geophysics from the Royal Astronomical Society

AAS Nova from the American Astronomical Society

Elements from the Geochemical Society

EOS from the American Geophysical Union

Geology Today from the Geologists' Association and the Geological Society of London

​Optics and Photonics News from the Optical Society

Science writing and journalism

Scientific American 

American Scientist (library access to the archive: American Scientist)

Introduction sections

Look up original research articles on your topic but read the introduction section first. It will provide an overview of the topic. Keep track of the articles it cites too, and look up the references that might be useful.

Review articles

Annual Reviews are journals that publish review articles (overviews of a topic) only.

You can also search Web of Science or Scopus for a topic and filter results for review articles.

Geophysical Research Letters Flagship journal of the American Geophysical Union.

Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta Journal of the Geochemical Society.

The Astronomical Journal Journal of the American Astronomical Society

The Astrophysical Journal Journal of the American Astronomical Society

Nature Prominent interdisciplinary journal.

Science Another prominent interdisciplinary journal.

Physical Science & Engineering

Astronomy

• Apollo Image Atlas
  Comprehensive online collection of Apollo-Saturn mission photography from the Lunar and Planetary Institute, including 25,000 lunar images, both from orbit and from the moon's surface, as well as photographs of the earth, astronauts and mission hardware. Search by term or browse by Apollo craft, camera type, and much more.

• Emilio Segrè Visual Archives (Niels Bohr Library, American Institute of Physics)
  7,000 historical lithographs, photographs, engravings, slides and other illustrative resources of 20th century physicists and astronomers available online for reference only

• KSC Shuttle Photo and Video Archive (NASA)

• http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
  APOD

• Hubble Gallery
  Hubble Telescope images from the Space Telescope Science Institute; search for images by term of browse by categories including galaxies, solar system, nebulae, stars, the universe, and more.

• NASA Images
  A new online archive of hundreds of thousands of NASA images.

• National Optical Astronomy Observatory Image Gallery
  The gallery includes pictures taken with the facilities of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory, and also pictures of their telescopes, instruments and history.

• National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) Image Gallery
  A collection of astronomical images taken with NRAO instruments, as well as photographs of NRAO telescopes and facilities.

• Science Photo Library (SPL)
  "World's leading provider of science photos" 100,000 science, technology & industry, space & astronomy, history of science & medicine and more images

• Science & Society Picture Library (Science Museum, London)
  Aeronautics, chemistry, optics, physics, space technology, rocketry and more images

• Sloan Digital Sky Survey 
  Data, pictures, and more from this project to map the entire sky.

• Space NIX: Nasa Image Exchange (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

Physics

• Archive of Physics Images
  From American Institute of Physics

• Berkeley Lab Images
  Particle physics images hosted by the University of California, Berkeley Lab.

• Emilio Segrè Visual Archives (Niels Bohr Library, American Institute of Physics)
  7,000 historical lithographs, photographs, engravings, slides and other illustrative resources of 20th century physicists and astronomers available online for reference only

• NASA Images
  A new online archive of hundreds of thousands of NASA images.

• Physics in Pictures (Physics Central)
  Physics in Pictures features exciting illustrations of nature's infinite variety and humankind's ingenuity. Each picture is accompanied by a brief explanation and links to a story on related current physics research.

• Royalty Free Physics Pictures

• Science & Society Picture Library (Science Museum, London)
  Aeronautics, chemistry, optics, physics, space technology, rocketry and more images

Geography

• American Memory Map Collections
  Online maps from the collections at the Library of Congress.

• Bell library map collection
  Historical digital map images from the University of Minnesota James Ford Bell Library.

• David Ramsey Map Collections
  The historical map collection has over 22,000 maps and images online. The collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North American and South American maps and other cartographic materials.

• Degree Confluence Project
  Photographs from the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world.

• Earth Science Photographic Library Archive
  The U.S. Geological Survey has a collection of over 400,000 taken in the process of doing geologic research in the United States and U.S. territories from 1868 to the present. These images document the discovery, development, and science in the U.S. done by the Geological Survey and its predecessors. This site provides online access to some of these photographs.

• Earth Science World

• EROS Image Gallery
  The U.S. Geological Survey's EROS Data Center stores and distributes a variety of data, including cartographic, satellite, and aircraft data. Their image gallery includes Landsat and Shaded relief images of U.S. States and images from their Earth as Art displays.

• History and Geography, New York Public LIbrary Digital Gallery

• HubbleSite Gallery
  Images from the Hubble telescope.

• Landsat Online Archive
  This site can be used to access images from the Landsat satellites, which have collected Earth observations and remote sensing imagery since 1972.

• Our Earth as Art
  Images of the earth from the U.S. Geological Survey.

• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
  Extensive map online map collections from the University of Texas at Austin.

• World Digital Library
  Created by UNESCO and the Library of Congress, the World Digital Library provides free online access to world cultural treasures. Includes manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, and architectural drawings from a variety of countries.

Geology

• Bell library map collection
  Historical digital map images from the University of Minnesota James Ford Bell Library.

• David Ramsey Map Collections
  The historical map collection has over 22,000 maps and images online. The collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North American and South American maps and other cartographic materials.

• Earth Science Photographic Library Archive
  The U.S. Geological Survey has a collection of over 400,000 taken in the process of doing geologic research in the United States and U.S. territories from 1868 to the present. These images document the discovery, development, and science in the U.S. done by the Geological Survey and its predecessors. This site provides online access to some of these photographs.

• Earth Science World

• EROS Image Gallery
  The U.S. Geological Survey's EROS Data Center stores and distributes a variety of data, including cartographic, satellite, and aircraft data. Their image gallery includes Landsat and Shaded relief images of U.S. States and images from their Earth as Art displays.

• Landsat Online Archive
  This site can be used to access images from the Landsat satellites, which have collected Earth observations and remote sensing imagery since 1972.

• NOAA Photo Library
  Weather and space images, images of the Earth's shores and coastal seas, and marine species images ranging from great whales to the most minute plankton. Search by term or browse by categories including the National Weather Service, fisheries, coral kingdom, and more.

• Our Earth as Art
  Images of the earth from the U.S. Geological Survey.

• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
  Extensive map online map collections from the University of Texas at Austin.

Aerospace Engineering

• Encyclopedia Astronautica  [ http://www.astronautix.com/ ] 
  Searchable or browseable; includes over 9,000 images and "Today in Space History".

• http://nix.nasa.gov/
  NASA's images of aeronautics, aircraft, projects, the solar system and beyond, space flights, and more. Search or browse by category.

• http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/
  Comprehensive online collection of Apollo-Saturn mission photography from the Lunar and Planetary Institute, including 25,000 lunar images, both from orbit and from the moon's surface, as well as photographs of the earth, astronauts and mission hardware. Search by term or browse by Apollo craft, camera type, and much more.

• Kinematic Models for Design Digital Library (KMODDL, Cornell University LIbrary)
  Five separate kinematic model image collections, including Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 19th-century Reuleaux collection of more than 220 mechanism and machine models

• NASA Life Sciences Data Archive (LSDA)
  NASA's Life Sciences Data Archive (LSDA) contains information and data from human and non-human space flight experiments and related ground control studies funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This archive contains information about experiments conducted from NASA's first experiments during the 1960s to the present time. Information and data about space life sciences space flight experiments and missions can be retrieved and downloaded from a database called the Master Catalog. This site also includes an overview of life sciences missions and research, and the Digital Image Library - a searchable database of images from life sciences missions and experiments. A set of links to other sources of space life sciences information is also available under Related Resources.

• NOAA Photo Library
  Weather and space images, images of the Earth's shores and coastal seas, and marine species images ranging from great whales to the most minute plankton. Search by term or browse by categories including the National Weather Service, fisheries, coral kingdom, and more.

Civil Engineering

• Built in America
  The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) and Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) from the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress, and part of American Memory