Subject Guide » Physics
Indexes and Databases
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ECO (Electronic Collections Online) Full-text journals in a variety of subjects presented predominantly in PDF format, including images. Searchable as a whole collection or just those titles owned by WMU Libraries. Coverage from 1995, updated daily.
Article Indexes
INSPEC Indexes scientific and technical journals in physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computers and computing, and information technology. Coverage: 1969-present. Updated weekly.
Institute of PhyicsProvides access to full text articles from journals subscribed to by the WMU Libraries and free abstracts to all of their titles. You will get a Copyright Notice and be asked to "Accept Terms and Conditions" for subscribed journals. The Free Content section of the site includes free Featured Articles, Letters to the Editor, and two journals:
Mathematical Physics Electronic Journal. Published by the University of Texas at AustinPapers in mathematical physics selected through a refereeing process, overseen by an editorial board.
Science Citation Index (Web of Science) Science Citation Index indexes articles published in the major scholarly journals for science, medicine and engineering. Search by topic, author, journal, affiliation, or use the Cited Ref. search to find articles that have cited a specific author or publication. The reference list for each article can also be viewed. Coverage: 1900 - present. More info
Science Direct Database for scientific research that contains the citations and abstracts of more than 1,800 Elsevier journals in the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences as well as selected full text articles. Science Direct can be searched as a database or browsed by individual title. Coverage varies.
SPIN"...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, totalling approximately 800,000 articles.... SPIN is updated daily. Approximately 45,000 new records are added annually. SPIN searches can be performed for a single journal or year, or across multiple journals or years."
Article and Report Servers
Astrophysics Data System Article serviceThis service provides free and unrestricted access to scanned images of journals, conference proceedings and books in Astronomy and Astrophysics. The complete Astrophysical Journal, 1895-1999, as well as several other journals such as Monthly Notices of the Royal astronomical Society are available in varying years.
Department of Energy(DOE) Information BridgeThis database is a component of EnergyFiles, providing free access to full-text DOE research and development reports in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other topics.
NASA Technical Report ServerAn online database to technical reports published by various NASA centers and programs. Full text PDFs of many NASA technical reports are available from 1958 onward. In addition, full text PDFs of reports from NASA's predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics or NACA are available from 1917-1958.
Encyclopedias
AccessScience The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, online.
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