{"id":1762,"date":"2011-05-16T17:55:34","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T21:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/staff\/astlist\/"},"modified":"2025-03-25T13:25:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T17:25:44","slug":"astronomy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/astronomy\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronomy Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the Michael D. Papagiannis Astronomy Library, our collection includes books in all areas of the field, current journals, and a comprehensive collection of sky atlases and maps. We support BU&#8217;s astronomy and astrophysics programs as well as research conducted by faculty and staff of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/\">Astronomy Department<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csp\"> Center for Space Physics<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/iar\">Institute for Astrophysical Research<\/a>. We are located on the sixth floor of the College of Arts &amp; Sciences building at 725 Commonwealth Avenue.<\/p>\n<div class=\"links-list\"><\/p>\n<h2>Contact Us<\/h2>\n<p>    <bulib-card\n  title=\"Email Reference and Instruction Librarians\" icon=\"email\" link=\"https:\/\/askalibrarian.bu.edu\/\" \n  description=\"For instruction, consultations, research assistance\"><br \/>\n    <\/bulib-card><br \/>\n    <br \/>\n    <bulib-card title=\"Request a Research Appointment\" icon=\"event_available\" link=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/services\/reference\/appointments\/\" description=\"We're available to meet over Zoom for your research needs\"><\/bulib-card><br \/>\n    <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"research-resources\">Research &#038; Resources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<p><strong>Borrowing Books:<\/strong> Please visit the Astronomy Library to borrow books.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Returning Books:<\/strong> Books from this library can be returned at any <a href=\"https:\/\/www-staging.bu.edu\/library\/about\/hours\/\">open library location<\/a> and at the book drops outside other BU Libraries locations and the George Sherman Union.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bu.edu\/az.php\"><strong>Research Databases: A-Z<\/strong>Find articles and more<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bu.edu\/astro\"><strong>Astronomy &#038; Astrophysics Research Guide<\/strong>Finding and citing resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"teaching-learning\" >Teaching &#038; Learning<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bu.leganto.exlibrisgroup.com\/leganto\/login?auth=SAML\"><strong>Course Reading Lists<\/strong>Reading Lists for Science, Engineering, and Mathematics courses<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/services\/reserves\/\"><strong>Course Reserves For Instructors<\/strong>Adding Materials to Reserves and Reading Lists<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/astronomy\/about\/staff\/\"><strong>Instruction<\/strong>Contact the Astronomy and Physics Librarian to arrange an in-class instruction session<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"visiting-spaces\">Visiting &#038; Spaces<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/astronomy\/about\/hours\/index.php\"><strong>Hours<\/strong>Building and services hours<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/astronomy\/about\/map-directions\/index.php\/\"><strong>Maps &#038; Directions<\/strong>Getting to the Astronomy Library<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the Michael D. Papagiannis Astronomy Library, our collection includes books in all areas of the field, current journals, and a comprehensive collection of sky atlases and maps. We support BU&#8217;s astronomy and astrophysics programs as well as research conducted by faculty and staff of the Astronomy Department, the Center for Space Physics, and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2936,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":70,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1762"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2936"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1762"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111731,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1762\/revisions\/111731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}