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Physics
Subject Specific Databases
Academic Search Premier Some full-text, 1970s – present
More than 4,500 journals on all different subjects: psychology, business, education, chemistry, and more.
OMNISelect Full-text, 1980s - present
Contains all the same journals as Wilson Select Plus, but with a different search interface. 2,700 journals from many fields, including: business, education, social sciences, science.
ScienceDirect Some full-text
Scholarly articles from scientific, technical, and medical journals. A product of the publisher Elsevier.
Web of Science citations only, 1989 - present
Includes
- Science Citation Index
- Social Sciences Citation Index
- Arts and Humanities Citation Index
The premier database for literature searches in many fields. Includes citations and abstractions from 23,000 journals.
General/Related Databases
Wilson Select Plus Some full-text, 1994 – present
This database is no longer available. It has been replaced by OMNISelect, which has all the same journals in it.
WorldCat
WorldCat contains over 54 million records for books and other materials found in libraries across the U.S. and worldwide.
Physics Journals
This is not a complete list of journals. Search the catalog and the E-Journal Portal for other titles.
Advances in Physics
Full-text: 1975 – 18 months ago
Annals of Physics
Full-text: 1993 – present
Applied Physics A/B.
Full-text: 1996 – 1 year ago
European Physical Journal A/B/C/D/E
Full-text: 2003 – present
International journal of modern physics A/B/C/D/E
Full-text: 1999 – present
Journal of Applied Physics
Full-text: 1985 – 1 year ago
Physics Today
Full-text: 1975 – 1 year ago
This is not a complete list of journals. Search the catalog and the E-Journal Portal for other titles.
Physics Websites
Astronomy/Physics Glossary
Collection of words related to Astronomy and Physics and their meanings.
College Physics for Students of Biology and Chemistry
Hypertextbook written for first-year undergraduate physics students.
Eric Weisstein’s World of Physics
Online encyclopedia.
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Obtaining an Article
You found the citation for an article. How are you going to get the article itself?
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1) Look under Journals on this page and click Find a Journal. Search for the name of the journal.
2) Search the Web for the name of the journal. It’s possible, if only occasionally, to find some free, public access to print an article.
EASY BUT SLOWER OPTIONS
1) Use InterLibrary Loan to get it from another library. We’ll figure out which one!
2) Search WorldCat for the name of the journal at a nearby library that you can get by visiting.
WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS
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Reference Books for Physics
Encyclopedia of Physics
REF QC5 .M425 1993
Obtaining an Article
How to find the full article if you only have a citation.
-Look under Journals on this page and click Find a Journal. Search for the name of the journal. This will tell you if Arcadia has the journal.
-If not: Search the Web for the title of the article. It’s possible to find free, public access some articles.
-If full-text is not available: Fill out an InterLibrary Loan Form to have it sent to you.
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Citation Styles
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