Research Resources: Physics
Subject-Specific Online Databases
| ACS Publications |
Full-text access to scholarly journal articles published by the American Chemical Society. |
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| Annual Reviews - Physical Sciences |
Indexing of Annual Review volumes from 1984 – present. Full text for some articles. |
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| GEOBASE |
Worldwide literature on geography, geology, and ecology. Citations and some abstracts for journal articles, books, conference proceedings, and reports published 1980 – present. |
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| Physical Review A |
Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics. Full text for some articles. |
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| Physical Review B |
Condensed Matter & Materials Physics. Full text for some articles. |
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| Physical Review C |
Nuclear Physics. Full text for some articles. |
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| Physical Review D |
Particles, Fields, Gravitation & Cosmology. Full text for some articles. |
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| Physical Review E |
Statistical, Linear & Soft Matter Physics. Full text for some articles. |
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| Wiley Interscience |
Wiley Interscience offers a collection of scientific, technical and medical journals. Current citations from 1997-present, plus a backfile. Limited full text available. |
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General Online Databases
| Academic Search Complete |
An excellent starting point for finding articles in magazines and journals, mostly from fairly recent time periods. Some full-text. |
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| JSTOR |
A full-text collection of over 1,000 major scholarly journals. Excludes the most recent 2 to 5 years for most journals. |
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| Project Muse |
Full text access is available to over 380 journals in the humanities and social sciences. |
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Newspapers and Current News
| New York Times (1995-Present) |
Full text of the New York Times (1995 to the present) |
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| New York Times, Historical (1851-2005) |
Searchable full-text newspaper articles from the New York Times from 1851 to 2005. |
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| Newspaper Abstracts |
Citations and abstracts for articles from about 50 national and regional newspapers published 1989 – present |
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| Newspaper Source |
Coverage for over 200 regional, national, and international newspapers. Includes The Times (London) and full transcripts from selected newscasts, including Face the Nation, CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, 60 Minutes, O’Reilly Factor, Hannity & Colmes, CNN®, CNBC, National Public Radio (NPR). Full text for most articles |
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| Wall Street Journal |
Citations for significant articles in the 3-star Eastern Edition of the Wall Street Journal from 1971 – present. Complete full text on microfilm (1972 – 2001): AN2 .W2 Full text online for issues published 1984 – present. |
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Print Indexes
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Index Area: AI3 .P7
Citations for articles in U.S. and British general interest periodicals published 1802 – 1907. Subject index only.
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Index Area: AI3 .I6
Citations for articles in English language general interest magazines published 1890 – February 1983.
LIS Liaison
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Recent LIS News / Blog Posts for Physics
Print Reference Resources
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Ref QC5 .C56 2000
Covers all aspects of physics.
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Ref QC61 .P49 2003
A ready-reference source from AIP.
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Ref QC5 .M15 1996
A four volume set, covers all aspects of physics.
Style Manuals & Writing Guides
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The style guide from the American Physical Society.
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Reference Desk T11 .S386 2006
A guide to citation format in the sciences.
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Ref Desk T11 .M485 2004
A style guide for presenting qualitative information.
