eResources by Subject: Physics

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• Web of Science

  The Web of Science database provides seamless access to current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from approximately 8,700 of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the world.

  Free Resource [Details] Coverage Dates: 1945 - present
• arXiv.org

  Open access to 631,040 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics

  Free Resource [Details] Coverage Dates: n/a
• SPIRES - High-Energy Physics Literature Database

  The SPIRES database contains preprints, technical reports, and citations in the fields of high energy physics, astrophysics, particle and atomic physics, and accelerator physics.

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• Scitation Database

  The Scitation Database provides the most current indexing and abstracting of more than 100 major physics, astronomy, and engineering journals and conference proceedings. It provides abstracts for the more than 80 journals published by the American Institute of Physics and it member societies.

  Free Resource [Details] Coverage Dates: n/a
• E-Print Network

  Searchable gateway to preprint servers that deal research communication for scientists and engineers.

  Free Resource [Details] Coverage Dates: n/a
• NASA Astrophysics Data System

  NASA-funded project which maintains four bibliographic databases containing more than 8.6 million records: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Physics and Geophysics, and preprints in Astronomy. Some full-text articles, as well as astronomy preprints, are available, including digitized historical astronomy and astrophysics literature.

  Free Resource [Details] Coverage Dates: 1975 - present

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• Agricola

  Citations to articles in the major agricultural journals worldwide.

  Free Resource [Details] Coverage Dates: 1970 - present
• EIS (Environmental Impact Statements): Full-Text & Digests

  Digests of Environmental Impact Statements. Includes detailed abstracts of all environmental impact statements issued by the US government.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: Print version: 1979-1984 / Online version: 1985 - present; updated bi-monthly

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• Cambridge Journals Online

  Cambridge Journals Online is the online Cambridge University Press’s collection of several journals across the sciences, social sciences and humanities. 

  [Details] Coverage Dates: varies by publication
• Conference Papers Index

  Citations to papers and poster sessions at major scientific meetings.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: 1982 - present; updated bi-monthly
• Directory of Open Access journals - (DOAJ)

  This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. We aim to cover all subjects and languages. There are now 5496 journals in the directory. Currently 2315 journals are searchable at article level. As of today 453442 articles are included in the DOAJ service.

  Free Resource [Details] Coverage Dates: n/a
• Journal Citation Reports

  Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is a comprehensive and unique resource that allows you to evaluate and compare journals using citation data drawn from scholarly and technical journals from more than 3,300 publishers in over 60 countries.

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• JSTOR

  Archive of selected scholarly journals in ecology, economics, history, mathematics, music, political science, statistics, and other humanities and social sciences.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: varies by publication
• PBS Video Collection

  You can now view nearly 250 quality PBS programs covering a wide variety of topics. These videos are viewable from any computer running Flash Player version 9 or higher with a relatively good Internet connection (at least 175 Kbps). Unfortunately, it will not be possible to view the videos over a dial-up Internet line.

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• PLoS

  Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a nonprofit publisher that publishes the following titles: PLoS Biology, PLoS Medicine, PLoS Computational Biology, PLoS Genetics, PLoS Pathogens, and PLoS Clinical Trials. PLoS uses an Open Access model to publish, meaning that all journal issues are available free of charge online from the moment of publication. PLoS Biology has an Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) impact factor of 14.7.

  Free Resource [Details] Coverage Dates: 2003 - present
• SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online)

  SciELO is a multinational effort to provide open access to scientific research journals produced in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Spain.

  Free Resource [Details] Coverage Dates: 1990's - present
• Science Reference Center

  Science Reference Center is a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: varies by publication
• SpringerLink

  SpringerLink offers online access to several fully peer reviewed journals in biomedicine, life science, clinical medicine, physics, engineering, mathematics, computer science, humanities, and economics.

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• Wiley Online Library

  This database covers academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, psychology, law and criminology, life sciences, and business.

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• WorldCat

  Books and other materials in libraries worldwide.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: 1200 - present; Updated daily
• WorldCat Dissertations and Theses

  This database contains records for over 5 million items cataloged as dissertations, theses, or published materials based on theses or dissertations, in WorldCat, including titles provided by NetLibrary. The database allows users to quickly and efficiently retrieve records for theses and dissertations.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: varies by publication