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Physics Reference Guide

This Guide contains Physics resources and information. Links within tabs provide a starting place for your Physics research project.

Databases

Recommended Databases For Initial Searching

Inspec

A bibliographic database providing abstracts and indexing to the world's scientific and technical papers in a variety of scientific subjects including astronomy, physics, engineering, and information technology. 

arXiv

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

AIP Scitation

Online source of information from American Institute of Physics including AIP journals and conference proceedings.

Web of Science

Database for several interdisciplinary citation indexes including the Science Citation Index. Many full-text references available.

Scopus

Scopus is one of the largest abstract and citation databases of research literature and quality web sources. Scopus covers 18,500 titles from more than 5,000 international publishers across the sciences, technology, and medicine.

SCOAP3

Physics journals from various publishers (Elsevier, IOP, etc.) provided as open access by UA's participation in SCOAP3 (Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics)

Provides access to numerical and graphical data about properties of materials.

Dissertations & Theses  

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses includes citations, some abstracts, and many full texts for dissertations and theses ranging from the first U.S. dissertation, accepted in 1861, to those accepted as recently as last semester. The full text of most U.S. dissertations and master’s thesis from 1995 forward is provided including those written at The University of Alabama.

SciFinder

Comprehensive database which provides access to searching full-text references, chemical substances, and chemical reactions. Access Instructions: If you have already created an account, use the link above to log in. If you are a first-time user you must create an account HERE.



Other Databases For Further Searching

ADS Abstract Service 

SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service provides a gateway to the online Astronomy and Physics literature.

CERN Document Server

Acces to over 1 million Physics Articles, expereiments, proceedings, and talks. 

INSPIRE Database

A database of high energy particle physics literature.

Optics InfoBase

A database from OSA - The Optical Society.

NTIS

NTIS (The National Technical Information Service) is the premier database for accessing unclassified reports from influential U.S. and international government agencies. The database contains access to millions of critical citations from government departments such as NASA, the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Defense.

ScienceDirect

Elsevier published content including access to a large variety of scientific articles, eBooks, and reference sources.

SpringerLink

Springer published content including access to a large variety of scientific articles, eBooks, and reference sources.

Wiley Online Library

Wiley published content including access to a large variety of scientific articles, eBooks, and reference sources.

 

 

 

Finding Specific Journals

Availability From The University of Alabama Libraries

Electronic Journals Page

Check the Electronic Journals Page first to find a specific journal title and determine if The University of Alabama provides electronic access.

Classic Catalog

If a journal is not available electronically, use our Classic Catalog search engine to determine if the The University of Alabama has a print copy of the journal (limit search results to Journal Title).


Availability From Other Libraries

Interlibrary Loan

If The University of Alabama Libraries does not provide local access to the journal you are looking for, use our ILL (interlibrary loan service) to request article(s) from another library. This service is free.  Expect the article to arrive within a few days.

If you haven't set up your interlibrary loan account, here's a 90 second video that walks you through it. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPl-TwXQt58&feature=youtu.be