Physics

Best Database Choices for Physics

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All Physics Databases

Digital Dissertations    1861-present

Full text (PDF for download) of most dissertations accepted from 1997 on, some earlier works and some master's theses. Also lists dissertations and theses accepted from 1861 on in the US and at some Canadian, British, and other European universities. Abstracts included after July, 1980.

Editions de Physique

Full-text of physics journals published by Editions de Physique, including some titles on optics and materials science.

IEEE Xplore

IEEE Xplore offers electronic access to 106 IEEE journals and magazines and over 345 IEEE-sponsored conference proceedings. Full-text is from 1998 to present only.

InfoTrac OneFile    1980-present

Large general database of articles from popular magazines and scholarly journals covering a wide range of topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.

INSPEC    1969-present

Scientific and technical journals and conference proceedings in computing, electrical engineering, physics. Updated monthly. Part of Engineering Village

Institute of Physics

Access to 33 journals published by the Institute of Physics.

Scitation

Physics and engineering journals from the American Institute of Physics (AIP) and other publishers.

ScienceDirect

Full text of articles from journals published by Elsevier Science.

Solid State and Superconductivity Abstracts

Search for publications of all kinds on all aspects of theory, production, and application of solid state materials and devices along with high- and low-temperature superconductivity technology.

Web of Knowledge / Web of Science   1981-present

Includes Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index which can be searched together or separately. Lists articles from over 5,700 science and engineering journals, 1,700 social sciences journals, and 1,100 arts and humanities journals. Frequent updates make it a good source for very recent information. Journal Citation Reports (JCR) a tool for journal evaluation (Used to find impact factors for journals), using citation data taken from over 8,000 journals in the areas of science and technology is one of the components of this database.