Physics
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This guide is designed for students and researchers engaged in subject specific research in physics. If you need only a few articles on a topic in physics for a NATS or writing classes you may want to use one or more of the Popular all-purpose Databases.
Limited to University of Arizona students, faculty, staff and library users.
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CORE RESOURCES IN PHYSICS
INSPEC
INSPEC comprehensively covers the research literature in physics, astronomy and astrophysics, optics and optoelectronics, electrical engineering, electronics, computers and computing technology. Coverage is 1898 to present.
Web of Science (includes Science Citation Index)
Index to core journal articles and cited references in science and technology. Coverage from 1900 to present.
arXiv
arXiv is an e-print service established by physicists. It provides access to more than 435,000 pre-prints in the fields of physics, mathematics, non-linear science, computer science, and quantitative biology.
Includes 360,000 fulltext documents of interest to people working in particle physics and related areas.
RELATED SOURCES FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH
Chemical Abstracts / SciFinder Scholar ![]()
Comprehensive coverage of the worldwide literature of chemistry and its applications.
MathSciNet
Reviews and abstracts of research in mathematics, computer science, and statistics.
Compendex (in Ei Engineering Village)
Citations and abstracts to articles from over 5,000 journals, conference proccedings and technical reports. EI Compendex provides comprehensive interdisciplinary coverage of all major areas of engineering, applied science and technology.
ERIC
The primary index in the field of education indexing articles in 1,300 journals and more than 400,000 ERIC Documents.
