Welcome to the Physics Subject Guide!
If you are taking a physics class where there is outside-of-lab research involved, chances are you need to use library resources to find that information!
The resources and tips on this guide are designed to help you find what you need without having to search useless sites, waste time wading through un-related search results, and to find the best quality research for your projects. Contact me for more help!
Physics Databases
We have a number of academic search engine databases that contain excellent physics journals. Including (but not limited to) the following:
- ScienceDirect This link opens in a new windowScienceDirect's Freedom Collection includes extensive full-text journal coverage of the physical and biological sciences, as well as some coverage of the social sciences and humanities.
- Physical Review JournalsJournals from the American Physical Society. Many are freely available direct from the APS. Request the others for free through Interlibrary Loan!
- JSTOR (including ARTSTOR) This link opens in a new windowProvides full-text access to a broad range of resources about the humanities, sciences, and social sciences, including primary sources, images, articles, and books. Does not contain the most recent journal articles.
- Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Ultimate offers access to an unprecedented collection of resources including journals, magazines, reports, books, and videos. Many are peer-reviewed and full-text. Subjects range from astronomy to zoology.
- IEEE Open Access This link opens in a new windowThis database serves as a portal to open access content within the IEEE Xplore Digital Library.
- American Chemical Society Journals This link opens in a new windowFull-text access provided to over 80 chemistry magazines and journals with an archive dating back to 1879.
- SciTech Connect This link opens in a new windowSciTech Connect is a portal to free, publicly-available DOE-sponsored R&D results including technical reports, bibliographic citations, journal articles, conference papers, books, multimedia, software, and data information, and was developed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) to increase access to science, technology, and engineering research information from DOE and its predecessor agencies. OSTI is a program within DOE's Office of Science, the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States. Our mission is to advance science and sustain technological creativity by making R&D findings available and useful to DOE researchers and the American people.
