Selected Resources for:
Physics

Google Scholar   

http://0-scholar.google.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/advanced_scholar_search

This is a beta version that provides broad searching of scholarly literature, particularly in the sciences. Searches across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. For on campus or GU-authenticated users, results contain links to electronic full text from GU-subscribed content, especially journal articles.

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Science Citation Index (Web of Knowledge)   

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Web of Science   

http://0-isiknowledge.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/wos

1980- .

Web of Science is a multidisciplinary bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts journals in the sciences and social sciences. Distributed by the Institute for Scientific Information - ISI, Web of Science at Georgetown University is a cumulation of two databases: Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index. In addition to traditional author, title and keyword searches, the citation databases offer access to articles' cited references - the footnotes from authors' bibliographies. You may take a known, relevant paper and find other, more recent papers that cite it.

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Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics  

http://www.intlpress.com/ATMP/

The electronic version of the Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics is an overlay of the well known LANL archives. All papers are archived at LANL and its mirror sites. There is a charge for a print version but not for online access.

Compendex Plus   

http://www.datastarweb.com/georgetown

1976- .

Ei Compendex Plus offers significant coverage of worldwide technical literature. It is of value to all those engaged in engineering and related disciplines, including biotechnology, mathematics and management science. NOTE: available in the Reiss Science Building, including computers in the Blommer Science Library.

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IEEE Xplore   

http://0-ieeexplore.ieee.org.library.lausys.georgetown.edu

1988-present; selected content from 1913

Access to nearly one third of the world's current literature in electrical engineering, electronics and computer science. Full-text PDF images of all articles, papers and standards. Weekly updates – more than 10,000 new documents each month.

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INSPEC   

http://www.datastarweb.com/georgetown

1969- .

INSPEC is the major source of information of worldwide literature on physics, electronics and electrical engineering, computers and control and information technology. INSPEC corresponds to the three publications: Physics Abstracts, Electrical and Electronics Abstracts, and Computer and Control Abstracts. NOTE: available in the Reiss Science Building, including computers in the Blommer Science Library.

Location: Science Periodicals: Physics Abstracts, 1941-1968; LAU Periodicals: Physics Abstracts, 1969-1994; LAU Periodicals: Electrical & Electronics Abstracts, 1966-1986; LAU Periodicals: Computer and Control Abstracts, 1984

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IOP Electronic Journals  

http://0-www.iop.org.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/EJ/S/3/258/

Date varies by title.

Full-text of journals published by the Institute of Physics. Multimedia enhancements are available in a number of journals and serve to enhance the online versions of published research articles.

PROLA  

http://0-prola.aps.org.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/

Vol. 1 to current issues (date varies by journal).

Full-text of the American Physical Society scholarly journals.

SPIN Web   

http://0-scitation.aip.org.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/vsearch/servlet/VerityServlet?KEY=ALL

Date varies by title.

The SPIN database (Searchable Physics Information Notices) provides the most current indexing and abstracting of major American and Russian physics and astronomy journals. SPIN contains the abstracts of over 80 scientific journals published by the American Institute of Physics and its Member Societies since 1975, as well as selected articles from other scientific journals, totaling close to 1 million articles.

Academic Search Premier   

http://0-search.ebscohost.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=aph

1965- (varies).

Provides full text for 4,486 publications (3,718 peer-reviewed) covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. A total of 8,224 titles are abstracted and indexed, of which 7,132 are peer-reviewed.

Applied Science & Technology Full Text  

http://0-vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/hww/jumpstart.jhtml?prod=OMNIFT

Applied Science & Technology Full Text is one of the databases covered in Wilson OmniFile Full Text Mega. You can search for articles on the applied science and technology by selecting Applied Science & Technology in the Subject Area dropdown box in the lower right of the search screen.

General Science Full Text  

http://0-vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/hww/jumpstart.jhtml?prod=OMNIFT

General Science Full Text is one of the databases covered in Wilson OmniFile Full Text Mega. You can search for articles in the general science areas by checking General Science Full Text under the Open Database Selection Area.

JSTOR   

http://0-www.jstor.org.library.lausys.georgetown.edu

Full text (in PDF format) of selected, important scholarly journals in a number of fields. Note: journals in JSTOR usually do not include the most recent three to five years. For more recent articles, use one of the other indexes listed in this section.

Proquest Research Library   

http://0-proquest.umi.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/login?COPT=U01EPTYmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTImREJTPUc2KzE5RSsxOUYrMUEwKzFBMSsxQTIrMUEzKzFBNCsxQTUrMUE2KzFBNysyMTgrMUFBKzFBQisxQUMrMUFE&clientId=5604

1980s- (varies).

Provides indexing, abstracting, and many full-text entries for over 2,800 scholarly and general interest periodicals. Covers a very broad range of topics and sources, including most public policy issues.

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Proquest Science Journals   

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1992- .

Search full text and images for over 200 periodicals in science and technology. Subject coverage includes computers, engineering, physics, telecommunications, and transportation.

ScienceDirect   

http://0-www.sciencedirect.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu

1995- .

ScienceDirect contains over 1,800 journals published by Elsevier. The full text of most journals is available to Georgetown users. ScienceDirect covers mainly science and medicine, with some coverage of social sciences and humanities, particularly business, economics and psychology. You can browse or search in an individual journal or search across all journals.

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Nobel e-Museum  

http://www.nobel.se/index.html

The Official web site of the Nobel Foundation. Presents information about all Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace since 1901 and the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel since 1969. The information consists mainly of articles previously published in the book series Les Prix Nobel. Searchable by name, country, year, field, etc.

Nobel laureates in Physics 1901 to present  

http://www.slac.stanford.edu/library/nobel/

Very brief entries for each prize winner. Follow the Additional Information links to find biographies, press releases, lists of publications, Nobel lectures, and more.

Pioneers of Science: Nobel Prize Winners in Physics  

Contains short biographies of the Nobel Prize winners in physics from 1901 through 1987. Arrangement is chronological, although there is an index by name at the back of the book. Biographies describe the work of the physicist and are approximately two pages in length.

Location: Sci. Ref. QC15 .W4 1988

Dictionary of Effects and Phenomena in Physics  

An alphabetical arrangement of over 400 physical effects and phenomena, the names associated with the effects and their relationships to other effects. Entries include literature references. Supplementing the main section of entries are fifty-five tables. Also included are a chronology of the effects and a bibliography of related references.

Location: Sci. Ref. QC5 .S3913 1987

Dictionary of Physics  

Definitions are clear and vary in length as needed. A few articles on important topics run one to two pages, and there are some biographical entries for important physicists. Line drawings help when needed. This small volume contains a great deal of excellent information. Also available online from Oxford Reference Online.

Location: Sci. Ref. QC5 .C56 2005

Dictionary of Physics: in Four Languages Russian, English, German, French  

Contains about 6,000 terms arranged according to the Russian alphabet. English, German and French translations are given under the Russian term. English, German and French word lists are located at the back of the book with reference numbers to the main section.

Location: Sci. Ref. QC 5 .R93 1989

Facts on File Dictionary of Physics  

Contains brief definitions of about 2,000 terms. Arrangement is alphabetical with cross references provided. Line drawings are found throughout the work. Appendices provide data on the chemical elements, symbols for physical quantities, and conversion factors.

Location: Sci. Ref. QC5 .F34 2005

Encyclopedia of Physics  

A two-volume encyclopedia that covers a broad range of concepts of modern physics. Articles are written by experts in the various fields covered. Articles range from one paragraph to several pages in length and include a brief bibliography.

Location: Sci. Ref. QC5 .E545 2004

Eric's Weisstein's World of Physics  

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/

Extensive tabulation of physics definitions, derivations, equations, formulas, and figures.

Macmillan Encyclopedia of Physics  

In 4 volumes. Provides excellent treatment of historical topics, biography, and everyday phenomena and is written in language accessible to most readers. Articles are written by experts. Cross references at the end of each article as well as a bibliography. Each volume contains a list of abbreviations and symbols.

Location: Sci. Ref. QC5 .M15 1996

Guide to Information Sources in the Physical Sciences  

Guide to current physics resources, both electronic and in print

Location: Sci. Ref Z7141 .S74 2000

Information Sources in Physics  

Covers the literature in all the major branches of physics. Also includes chapters devoted to science libraries and reference materials, and abstracting, indexing and online services.

Location: Sci Ref. Z 7141 .I54 1994

American Institute of Physics Handbook  

An internationally accepted physics handbook including tables of data, graphs and bibliographies. Arranged in chapters by subjects: mechanics, acoustics, heat, electricity and magnetism, optics, atomic and molecular physics, nuclear physics, and solid state physics.

Location: Sci. Ref. QC61 .A5 1972

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics  

An authoritative handbook of tables giving a wealth of information on the physical properties of organic and inorganic compounds on CD-ROM. Includes sections on the elements, atomic weights, organic compounds, and physical constants. Search by topic or keyword. Also, numerical search on properties of compounds. Printed handbook is available in Blommer Science Library. SCI REF QD65 .H3

Location: Sci. Ref. QD65 .H3

Handbook of Physical Calculations  

A summary of definitions, formulas, tables and examples. Arrangement is in four parts: applications of technical physics, physical tables, systems of units and their relationship, and an index. Includes a bibliography.

Location: Sci. Ref. QC61 .T85 1983

Handbook of Physics  

A standard handbook with chapters by specialists. Arranged by subject and consisting mainly of discussion and formulas. Bibliographies are included.

Location: Sci. Ref. QC21 .C7 1967

Advances in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics. 1989-  

(Previous Title: Advances in Atomic and Molecular Physics. 1965-1988) Contains authoritative up-to-date surveys of recent progress in atomic and molecular physics providing extensive bibliographies. One of several physics titles in the "Advances in ..." series.

Location: Search the library catalog for details.

Reports on Progress in Physics  

http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/rp

Each issue consists of long review articles with extensive bibliographies. Covers all areas of physics. Published by the Institute of Physics in association with the American Institute of Physics. Earlier volumes, 1934- : available in print. Shelved in Science Periodicals.

Reviews of Modern Physics  

http://rmp.aps.org/

Published by the American Institute of Physics in association with the American Physical Society. Contains long articles with extensive lists of references. Also lists review articles in other current physics review journals. Available also in print, check GEORGE for location.

Cambridge Structural Database  

CSD contains crystal structure information for over 180,000 organic and metal organic compounds. All of these crystal structures have been analyzed using X-ray or neutron diffraction techniques. For each crystallographic entry in the CSD there are three distinct types of information stored. These are conveniently categorized in terms of their "dimensionality." Desktop access to CSD is facilitated by ConQuest. Ask the Blommer Reference Desk for the installation instructions.

Location: Blommer Science Library Designated Workstations

AIP Physics Desk Reference  

A classified arrangement of formulas, constants, numerical data, definitions, and references considered to be the most useful information for the majority of physicists. Arrangement is for quick and easy reference and is by broad subject categories such as acoustics, astronomy, crystallography, and optics. Includes a subject index.

Location: Sci Ref. QC61 .P49 2003

CODATA  

http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/index.html?/codata86.html

The NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty. CODATA Internationally recommended values of the Fundamental Physical Constants.

Quantities and Units of Measurement  

Divided into three parts, Part I is an alphabetical listing of the names, symbols and abbreviations of units of measurement giving their usage and conversion factors. Part II, also alphabetically arranged, lists the names of quantities and constants used in science and technology and gives their symbols, French and German names, dimensions, and SI units. The symbols denoting quantities and constants are listed in Part III.

Location: Sci. Ref. QC39 .D73 1983

NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Physical Reference Data  

http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/contents.html

Information on physical constants, atomic and molecular spectroscopic data, ionization data, x-ray and gamma-ray data, radiation dosimetry data, etc. The page is constantly updated.

Tables of Physical and Chemical Constants  

Provides tables of physical and chemical constants. Includes references to the literature and serves as a bibliography of tables of contents. Includes sections of tables for general physics, chemistry, atomic physics, and mathematical tables.

Location: Sci Ref. QC61 .K3 1995

Einet Galaxy: Physics  

http://www.galaxy.com/galaxy/Science/Physics/

Galaxy is the original searchable Internet directory. The Galaxy hierarchy is built utilizing a vertical structure: the information on particular topics is very deep in content.

Google Web Directory: Physics  

http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Physics/

Part of the Google Web Directory. The physics subside is part of Science and covers many different areas, like Acoustics, Biophysics, Education, Metrology, Optics, Quantum Mechanics, Relativity, etc.

Physics Internet Resources  

http://www.aps.org/

Maintained by the American Physics Society (APS), this is the site for anyone interested in physics. The site consists mostly of textual information with little graphical content, so it loads very quickly and is kept current. For users frequently trying to answer questions about physics.

PhysNet: The Physics Departments and Documents Network  

http://physnet.uni-oldenburg.de/PhysNet/

The worldwide Network of Physics Departments and Documents - provides a set of information services for physicists: links to nearly all physics Institutions worldwide; links to document sources of the distributed physics institutions; lists physics-related journals, which are available with free full text on the web; list of servers with conference lists in different fields of physic, etc.

American Institute of Physics  

http://www.aip.org/

The American Institute of Physics (AIP) is a not-for-profit membership corporation chartered in New York State in 1931 for the purpose of promoting the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics and its application to human welfare. It is the mission of the Institute to serve the sciences of physics and astronomy by serving the Societies, by serving individual scientists, and by serving students and the general public.

Institute of Physics  

http://www.iop.org/

The Institute of Physics is a learned society and a professional body for physicists. It is charged by Royal Charter to "promote the advancement and dissemination of a knowledge of and education in the science of physics, pure and applied".

Particle Data Group  

http://www.lbl.gov/

The Particle Data Group (PDG) page, at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, presents information on particle physics research, experiments, publications and software. Includes links to listings of all currently known particles.

Scholarly Societies Projects: Physics  

http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/physics_soc.html

Provides access to information about scholarly societies across the world. Maintained by the University of Waterloo Library in Canada.

PACS (Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme)  

http://www.aip.org/PACs/

The Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme (PACs) is prepared by the American Institute of Physics (AIP) in collaboration with certain other members of the International Council on Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) having an interest in physics and astronomy classification. PACs is designed to classify and categorize the literature of physics and astronomy for such products as journal subject indexes, catalogs, computerized databases, online journals, CD-ROM versions of journals, and any other collection of physics and astronomy material.

Dissertations & Theses   

http://0-proquest.umi.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/login?COPT=REJTPUcyODcrNTRlNyszYjBmJklOVD0wJlZFUj0y&clientId=5604

1861- .

Electronic equivalent of Dissertation Abstracts International. Beginning with the first U.S. dissertation in 1861, Digital Dissertations represents the work of authors from over 1,000 North American and European universities on a full range of academic subjects. Includes abstracts for doctoral dissertations beginning July 1980 and for Master's theses beginning Spring 1988. Citations for dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350-word abstracts. Citations for Master's theses from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. All dissertations published since 1997, and some from prior years, are available for free download; others may be requested via Interlibrary Loan.

JCR Science Edition - ISI Journal Citation Reports  

http://0-isiknowledge.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/jcr

JCR presents quantifiable statistical data that provides a systematic, objective way to determine the relative importance of journals within their subject categories. JCR enables authors to identify journals in which to publish, confirm the status of journals in which they have published, and identify journals relevant to their research.

RefWorks  

http://0-www.refworks.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/refworks

RefWorks is an online research management, writing, and collaboration tool designed to help researchers gather, manage, store, and share information and generate citations and bibliographies.

Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers  

The 7th edition of the manual from the Council of Science Editors focuses on how scientific papers, journals, and books should be styled and formatted for publication, covering disciplines in experimental and observational science, with emphasis on the physical and life sciences. Style conventions range from general punctuation conventions to highly specialized styles for topics such as pharmacokinetics or celestial coordinates. A unique resource for science authors.

Location: SCI Ref. T11 .S386 2006