Research Guide for Physics

FIND JOURNAL ARTICLES | ELECTRONIC JOURNALS | FIND BOOKS | REFERENCE SOURCES | INTERNET RESOURCES |

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These databases will help you locate information published in journals, magazines, newspapers and a variety of other sources. Web of Science Web of Science provides keyword and citation searching of scholarly journals in the sciences and social sciences from 1986 to the present. General Science Abstracts Journals and magazines from the U.S. and Great Britain, covering such subjects as physics, anthropology, astronomy, biology, computers, earth sciences, medicine and health, and much more. NASA Astrophysics Data System "The Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a NASA-funded project which maintains four bibliographic databases containing more than 3.6 million records: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Physics and Geophysics, and preprints in Astronomy." Advanced Search Physical Review Online Archive (PROLA) PROLA provides access to the full text of all American Physical Society journals. Searchable. Institute of Physics - Journal Article Search Search the Institute of Physics journals archive back to 1874. Academic OneFile Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Updated daily. Coverage from 1980 to present.

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Albion College Library - Electronic Journals Home Page Provides links to more than 2,000 electronic journals available through the Albion College Library. Full Text Finder This resource provides links to full text articles found in the Albion College Library's many online databases and electronic journal collections. Covers more than 25,000 journals and magazines. ScienceDirect This resource provides full text articles from more than 600 journals in the Physical Sciences. The time period covered is the current year and the previous 12 years. Physical Review Online Archive (PROLA) PROLA provides access to the full text of all American Physical Society journals. Searchable. xxx.lanl.gov Physics E-Print Archive   (mirror site) "Started in Aug 1991, this is a fully automated electronic archive and distribution server for research papers. Covered areas include physics and related disciplines, mathematics, nonlinear sciences, computational linguistics, and neuroscience."

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Albion College Library Online Catalog The Online Catalog will help you find books, videos, government documents, journals, newspapers, and other materials owned by the Albion College Library. MeLCat Online Catalog MeLCat will help you find books owned by dozens of libraries in Michigan (including Albion College, Michigan State University, Central Michigan University, Albion Public Library, East Lansing Public Library, Grand Rapids Community College, Southfield Public Library, and many others). Books may be borrowed by using the online request form. WorldCat Records of books and any other types of material cataloged by thousands of libraries worldwide. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.

REFERENCE SOURCES return to top

A dictionary of physics REFERENCE COLLECTION - QC 5 .C56 2000 The Facts on File dictionary of physics REFERENCE COLLECTION - QC 5 .F34 1999 Macmillan encyclopedia of physics REFERENCE COLLECTION - QC 5 .M15 1996

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Scirus "Scirus is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. ...Scirus searches over 167 million science-specific Web pages" Academic Info: Physics Resources The Net Advance of Physics: Review Articles and Tutorials in an Encyclopedic Format PhysicsWorld PhysLINK Physics: an Annotated List of Key Resources (ACRL) YAHOO - Physics Physlets Amusement Park Physics Physics Time-Line Contemporary Physics Education Project American Physical Society Google Web Directory: Physics The Virtual Library: Physics Physical Reference Data American Institute of Physics Style Manual FearOfPhysics.com Physics Central About.com - Physics Phibot "Phibot.org is a full text search engine over a collection of more than 150.000.000 million webpages worldwide. Phibot identifies physics-related pages out of this collection. At the moment, 5 million physics-related web documents are accessible through phibot. In addition to the webindex, phibot provides a powerful news search engine.Search worldwide news, science news and computer and internet news from the last two weeks until now or just display the latest news from those channels." Multimedia Physics Studios