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Course Reserve Textbooks

Course reserves are course materials that an instructor has made available in the library for their students to use. Several textbooks and supplemental books are available to be checked out for two hours of use in the library.

You can view the library catalog to see which courses have reserves available for check out.

Call Number Locations

If you would like to browse the collection for more general Physics topics use the call numbers below as a guide.

  • QC 1-999   
    • Physics
  • QC 1-75
    • General
  • QC 81-114
    • Weights and measures
  • QC 120-168.85
    • Descriptive and experimental mechanics
  • QC 170-197
    • Atomic physics. Constitution and properties of matter including molecular physics, relativity, quantum theory, and solid state physics
  • QC 221-246
    • Acoustics. Sound
  • QC 251-338.5
    • Heat
  • QC 310.15-319
    • Thermodynamics
  • QC 350-467
    • Optics. Light
  • QC 450-467
    • Spectroscopy
  • QC 474-496.9
    • Radiation physics (General)
  • QC 501-766
    • Electricity and magnetism
  • QC 501-(721)
    • Electricity
  • QC 669-675.8
    • Electromagnetic theory
  • QC 676-678.6
    • Radio waves (Theory)
  • QC 701-715.4
    • Electric discharge
  • QC 717.6-718.8
    • Plasma physics. Ionized gases
  • QC 750-766
    • Magnetism
  • QC 770-798
    • Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity
  • QC 793-793.5
    • Elementary particle physics
  • QC 794.95-798
    • Radioactivity and radioactive substances
  • QC 801-809
    • Geophysics. Cosmic physics
  • QC 811-849
    • Geomagnetism
  • QC 851-999
    • Meteorology. Climatology (Including the earth's atmosphere)
  • QC 974.5-976
    • Meteorological optics.
  • QC 980-999
    • Climatology and weather
  • QC 994.95-999
    • Weather forecasting

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