English 202c

Internet Resource Guide For Physics Majors

By Joseph Dotzel 2/6/14

Table of Contents
Information Content.................................................................................... .................. .3 Audience/Purpose................................................................... ............... 3 Assumptions ............................................................................................ 4 Organizations.......................................................................... ................. 4 Tips for this Guide................................................................................... 5 School Resources

Research Sources

Community sites

Content
This guide contains resources meant to assist undergraduate physics majors. The content will be both to assist the undergraduate with current work, and provide resources that may help the undergraduate students later in their career. The resources within this guide will provide many different levels of support for the user. Some resources will simply serve as a location where the user can keep up with changes within the world of physics. Some resources will act as reference sources to assist the user with research. Other resources will provide a link for reaching out to the physics community, or with finding jobs within that community. All of the content should provide important information to the user.

Audience/Purpose
This guide is intended for undergraduate physics students currently attending Pennsylvania State University, and intending on pursuing a job related to physics. This guide is useful for students who are interested in physics, as well as researchers who require research material. It is also intended for physics students who are interested about the job market, or actually looking for a job.

Assumptions
This guide was created with the assumption that the reader has a general interest in Physics. Furthermore, it is intended for students of Pennsylvania State University. Not all of the information will be useful to those not attending Pennsylvania State University. The user should already have some background knowledge of physics as most of the resources will use technical and physics language.

Organization
This guide is organized into two main sections. The first section is the front matter. The front matter contains the basic information on how to properly use this guide as well a table of contents. The second section is the sources section. This section contains all of the resources available to the user. Furthermore, this section is further divided into reference sites, which provide the user information, and community sites, which provide the user a way to reach out or search for jobs.

Tips for this guide

In order to fully make use of this guide, there are tips that the user can use in order to make their use of this guide more efficient. 1. Use the table of contents. It is there to make accessing the information you want easier. 2. To further simplify your search the resources are divided into groups based on what kind of information they provide. 3. Use the tips listed after each resource. They can make using the individual resources much easier 4. Read the abstracts before you use the resource. This will help make sure you are not wasting your time looking for information in the wrong place.