The Physics and Astronomy Library is housed in the department and is managed by full-time staff. It keeps the full complement of books and journals needed to support the research and teaching efforts of the Department. The Department maintains modern computing facilities. It currently houses an eight node IBM SP2 parallel supercomputer, for exclusive use by OU researchers. This is supplemented by a network of over 30 UNIX workstations.
Graduate students have exclusive access to a bank of workstations and Xterminals.
Hardware and software upgrades are continuously being implemented by our full-time computer staff. On-line access is available to the NSF supercomputer network as well as other supercomputers for those groups with approved projects. The shop staff have experience with a wide variety of exotic materials and techniques. Instruments and equipment are developed in a team approach, involving students, faculty and machinists. There is also a full-time electronics technician available for maintenance and repair of all the Department's research equipment and to assist in circuit design.