Physics and Technology

After searching, check the left margin for further options. Print books physically available in the Science Library are marked UBBRB

For books on loan, choose 'reserve', or browse for alternatives using the Virtual Shelf tab over your chosen book. For browsing our physical shelves, ask staff to help you find the shelves most relevant. 

Check here how to access and use e-books, or ask at our desk.

Suggestions for new purchases? Contact the subject specialist!

Books in the library are sorted by the Dewey Decimal Classification. Books in physics have numbers that start with 51x and in technology numbers that start with 62x. 

530 Physics

      531 Classical mechanics
      532 Fluid mechanics
      533 Pneumatics (Gas mechanics)
      534 Sound and related vibrations
      535 Light and related radiation
      536 Heat
      537 Electricity and electronics
      538 Magnetism
      539 Modern physics

620 Engineering and allied operations

     621 Applied Physics
     622 Mining and related operations
     623 Military and nautical engineering
     624 Civil engineering
     627 Hydraulic engineering
     628 Sanitary engineering
            (incl. green technology/environmental protection engineering)

Literature about alternative energy sources you can find under 333.7-333.9. Books about renewable energy you find under 333.79.

E-books

E-books are becoming increasingly common, a number of the University Library's books are only available digitally. Read more on how to get access.

Scientific papers appear alongside books, reports, etc. also in Oria. The subject-specific reference databases listed below offer advanced search functionality lacking from Oria and Google Scholar.

If you are off campus and click the following links, you will first be directed to a log-on screen for the UiB proxy server, to get access even though you're outside the UiB network.

Web of Science Multidisciplinary information from about 8,500 journals from Science Citation Expanded®. With cited reference searching, users can navigate forward and backward.

IEEE Xplore provides full-text access to technical literature (journals, conferences, and standards) in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics.

OnePetro is a multi-society library that provides a way to search for and access a broad range of technical literature related to the oil and gas exploration and production industry.

Here you find a complete list of relevant databases in physics and technology.

Dictionaries

Oxford Dictionary of Physics
Oxford Dictionary of Energy Science
Oxford Dictionary of Weights, Measurements and Units
Oxford Dictionary of Science and Technology 

Encyclopedias: 

Magic Universe: A Grand Tour of Modern Science
Science, Technology, and Society
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics

Handbooks: 

Springer Handbook of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Springer Handbook of Electrochemical Energy
Springer Handbook of Acoustics
Springer Handbook of Spacetime
Springer Handbook of Lasers and Optics

EndNote is a tool for managing references and is available for all students and employees at UiB.  The Science Library offers regularly courses on EndNote.

Zotero is a free reference management tool. It is in particular a nice tool for undergraduates and for everyone who is looking for a tool for Unix. It does also allow easy use with BibTeX/LaTeX.

LaTeX Currently the Science Library does not offer a course in LaTeX.  You can find a lot of information in free online tutorials (e.g.here ) or contact the staff at the science library for specific questions.

Søk og Skriv (Search and Write) is a site for all students who would like to learn more about information gathering and academic writing, independent of institution and subject area.

PhD on Track is a resource for PhD students who are beginning their research career, and who would like to learn more about information- and literature for research purposes, and how to publish research.

Shut up and write is a weekly writers workshop for PhD students who struggle to find the time to write. No registration is needed, just bring your laptop, and coffee cup!

The subject specialists in Physics and Technology (contact information at the bottom of the page) will be happy to make an appointment with you if you need help with your project. Our services include

• EndNote
• How  to cite and refer to various sources correctly in a paper
• How to find and use e-books
• Intellectual property rights issues relating to the publication and use of another's intellectual work
• Publication Fund
• The national system for registration, evaluation, and reporting of research and research documentation (Cristin)
• Documentation of search
• Exhaustive and precise search
• Overview of current platforms and databases (with strengths and weaknesses)
• Use of thesaurus/bases' controlled vocabularies in search
• Analyzing the literature by bibliometric methods