Library Guides: Physics: Books + eBooks

Books in print at the Chemistry, Astronomy & Physics Library

UC Library Search: find print books at the Chemistry, Astronomy & Physics Library by refining your results to Held by UC and choosing Chemistry, Astronomy & Physics Library as the Library filter.

Physics books are generally classified under QC in the Library of Congress Classification.

Physics eBooks

UC Library Search: find ebooks by refining your results using Available Online and choosing Book as the resource type.

We also purchase and license ebook collections from publishers. Key collections in physics include:

Knovel This link opens in a new window
Collection of over 8000 engineering and scientific reference handbooks, texts, and databases. Can be searched by topic across the aggregated set, or users can browse the content of a specific title. Advanced features include numerical range searching and interactive graphs and tables.

Oxford University Press eBooks

SPIE Digital Library This link opens in a new window
SPIE is the International Society for Optical Engineering.

Springer ebooks in Physics

Taylor & Francis eBooks This link opens in a new window
Wiley Online Library Ebook Collection This link opens in a new window
Exclusions to the collection are textbooks and major reference works.

Open Textbooks

LibreTexts Physics
Open access texts and learning objects in physics.
OpenStax
Open textbooks in physics and other sciences, including University Physics, volumes 1, 2, & 3.

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Physics: Books + eBooks

Books in print at the Chemistry, Astronomy & Physics Library

Physics eBooks

Open Textbooks