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Indexes

INSPEC (1969–present) Indexes publications in all areas of physics, astronomy, engineering and computer sciences. Available on campus via EBSCO. Older print editions are in the Keefe Reference Collection under the title Physics Abstracts (QC1 .P46)

Web of Science (on campus only) (1984-present) Online version of Science Citation Index, an interdisciplinary database to journal articles in the sciences. Tracks cited references to locate more recent articles. For cited reference searching for older articles, please contact us

E-PRINT Network Indexes full text preprints from servers all over the world. Maintained by the Department of Energy's Office of Science and Technology Information (OSTI)

GrayLIT Network A science portal of technical reports. Maintained by the Department of Energy's Office of Science and Technology Information (OSTI)

Electronic Conference Proceedings Archive Access to full text conference proceedings in high energy physics

Guides (Metasites)

Physics via UCSD Includes links to preprint sites, electronic journals & databases, physics depts., teaching resources....

APS Physics Internet Resources

BUBL Physics British Bulletin Board for Libraries. organized by subject.

Physics around the World UK Institute of Physics (IoP) list of links.

PhysLINK

Science.gov Gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies

Scirus Science-specific search engine produced by Elsevier

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Electronic Journals

Please check the Journal Locator for more information on specific titles.

Advances in Biophysics
American Journal of Physics
Annual Review of Astronomy & Astrophysics
Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure
Applied Surface Science
Astronomy & Geophysics
Astrophysical Journal
Biophysical Journal free after 1 year (1998–)
British Journal of Applied Physics (1950-1969)
Chemical Physics
Chemical Physics Letters
Chemistry & Physics of Lipids
Classical & Quantum Gravity (1984- [not including last 10 years])
Complexity International
Computer Physics Communications
Computing in Science and Engineering Formerly Computers in Physics
Contemporary Physics
Cryogenics
European Journal of Physics
Infrared Physics & Technology
International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics
Inverse Problems (1985- [not including last 10 years])
JETP Letters
Journal of Applied Geophysics
Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
Journal of Chemical Physics
Journal of Crystal Growth
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
Journal of Electron Spectroscopy & Related Phenomena
Journal of Geometry & Physics
Journal of Magnetism & Magnetic Materials
Journal of Mathematical Physics
Journal of Micromechanics & Microengineering (1991- [not including last 10 years])
Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy
Journal of Optics (1977-1998)
Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics
Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data
Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics (1968-1988)
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics (1970- [not including last 10 years])
Journal of Physics E: Scientific Instruments (1970-1989)
Journal of Physics F: Metal Physics (1971-1988)
Journal of Physics G: Nuclear Physics (1975- [not including last 10 years])
Journal of Physics & Chemistry of Solids
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer
Journal of Radiological Protection (1988- [not including last 10 years])
Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Journal of Scientific Instruments (1923-1969)
Journal of the European Optical Society Part A: Pure & Applied Optics (1989-1998)
Journal of the European Optical Society Part B: Quantum & Semiclassical Optics (1989-1998)
Journal of the Mechanics & Physics of Solids
Journal of the Society for Radiological Protection (1981-1987)
Materials Chemistry & Physics
Materials Science & Engineering B
Measurement Science & Technology (1990- [not including last 10 years])
Medical Engineering & Physics
Metrologia (1965- [not including last 10 years])
Micron
Nanotechnology (1990- [not including last 10 years])
Nature
NDT & E International
Network: Computation in Neural Systems (1990- [not including last 10 years])
New Journal of Physics
Nonlinearity (1988- [not including last 10 years])
Novelle Revue D'Optique (1970-1976)
Nuclear Fusion (1960- [not including last 10 years])
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B
Optics & Laser Technology
Optics & Lasers in Engineering
Optics Communications
Philosophical Transactions. Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences (1996-present) (1990–1995) (1934–1990) (1896-1934) (1887-1895) (1776-1886) (1683-1775) (1665-1678)
Physica A: Statistical Mechanics & its Applications
Physica B: Condensed Matter
Physica C: Superconductivity & its Applications
Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena
Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems & Nanostructures
Physical Review A
Physical Review B
Physical Review C
Physical Review D
Physical Review E
Physical Review Letters
Physical Review Special Topics—Accelerators and Beams

PROLA Access to back issues of Physical Review titles
Physics & Chemistry of the Earth
Physics Education
Physics in Medicine & Biology (1956- [not including last 10 years])
Physics in Technology (1973-1988)
Physics Letters A
Physics Letters B
Physics Reports
Physics-Uspekhi
Physiological Measurement (Formerly Clinical Physics and Physiological Measurement)
Plasma Physics & Controlled Fusion (1959- [not including last 10 years])
Plasma Sources Science & Technology (1992- [not including last 10 years])
Polyhedron
Proceedings. Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences (1996-present) (1990–1995) (1934–1990) (1905-1934) (1854-1905) (1843-1854) (1800-1843)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
Proceedings of the Physical Society (1874-1967)
Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology
Progress in Particle & Nuclear Physics
Progress in Surface Science
Public Understanding of Science (1992- [not including last 10 years])
Quantum Optics (1989-1994)
Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics
Radiation Measurements
Reports on Progress in Physics
Reviews of Modern Physics
Reviews of Physics in Technology (1970-1972)
Reviews of Scientific Instruments
Science
Semiconductor Science & Technology (1986- [not including last 10 years])
Smart Materials & Structures (1992- [not including last 10 years])
Superconductor Science & Technology (1988- [not including last 10 years])
Solid State Communications
Solid State Electronics
Solid State Ionics
Surface & Coatings Technology
Surface Science
Surface Science Reports
Tectonophysics
Thin Solid Films
Transactions of the Optical Society, London (1899-1932)
Ultramicroscopy
Ultrasonics
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry
Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
Wave Motion
Waves in Random Media (1991- [not including last 10 years])

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Ready Reference

EurekAlert Reference Desk links to a variety of online ready reference tools.

Index to Physical, Chemical, and Other Property Data from Arizona State University.

Martindale's Reference Desk is a collection of ready reference sources from all disciplines.

NIST Physical Reference Data

The Constants and Equations Page lists constants, equations, conversions, units and symbols from all areas of science.

Nobel Laureates in Physics

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Educational Resources

Computational Physics Course
The Internet Pilot to Physics
Learn Physics Today
The Net Advance of Physics Review articles and tutorials in an encyclopaedic form, from MIT
Physics 2000
Physics Web Global news and information

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Organizations and Associations

Institute of Physics (IoP)
American Institute of Physics (AIP). Includes a link to member societies.

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Related Topics

Amherst College Physics Department
Astronomy Resources
General Science Resources

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