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Physics Guide

Physics Guide

Contents:

Databases & Indexes | Journals | Journal Tools | Handbooks, Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc. | Physics News | Dissertations | Societies & Organizations | Careers | UMich links | Print Resources | More Help

Databases and Indexes

• UM Library Search Tools - Physics Databases section
• UM Library SearchTools (major electronic databases and reference works)
• arXiv.org ePrint archive
• CERN Document Server. Articles & Preprints Search.
• Current Contents Connect
• Energy Citations Database
• INSPEC
• Mirlyn (library catalog for UM book, journal, electronic resources)
• Physics Reviews Institute of Physics service to bring together all review articles in IOP journals.
• SciFinder Scholar software(for Chemical Abstracts) or use SciFinder Scholar [via UM Library Terminal Services]
• Science Citation Index (ISI Web of Science)
• SPIRES HEP Database

Journals

• UM ejournals - all (alpha)
• UM ejournals - Physics (alpha)
• How to find journals available at UM
• American Institute of Physics Online Journal Publishing Service (AIP OJPS)
• Elsevier/ScienceDirect ejournals
• HighWire Press Journals
• Institute of Physics (IoP) Electronic Journals
• JSTOR
• ScienceDirect (Elsevier Journals Online)
• SpringerLink
• Wiley ejournals

Journal tools

• AIP Style Manual
• Current Contents Connect Weekly journal articles alerting service.
• ISI Journal Citation Reports Journal impact factors, half-life, etc.
• MGet It Citation Linker
• RefWorks Keep track of your own lists of citations
• UM Library Guides to RefWorks, EndNote, ProCite. How to create and maintain your own citation lists/ bibliographies.
• Ulrich's Perodicals Directory

Handbooks, Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc.

• AccessScience @ McGraw-Hill
• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
• Handbook of Basic Atomic Spectroscopic Data (NIST)
• High Energy Physics Websites (directory maintained by CERN).
• NIST Physical Reference Data
• Review of Particle Physics

Physics/Science News

• Center for History of Physics Newsletter
• FYI - the AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News
• Hot Topics (from NASA)
• Physics News Update - AIP Bulletin of Physics News
• Physics Today
• PhysicsWorld.com (from Physics World - IoP)
• Science Now (from Science magazine)
• Scientist (personal reg required)

Dissertations

• ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (formerly Dissertation Abstracts)
• ProQuest Dissertations & Theses @ CIC Institutions (Big Ten Universities)
• ProQuest Dissertations & Theses @ University of Michigan

Societies & Organizations

• Acoustical Society of America
• American Association of Physicists in Medicine
• American Astronomical Society
• American Geophysical Union
• American Nuclear Society
• American Physical Society (APS)
• American Vacuum Society
• Institute of Physics (IoP)
• Materials Research Society
• Optical Society of America
• Santa Fe Institute

Career Resources

• NatureJobs
• New Scientist Jobs
• ScienceCareers (from the journal Science)

UMich Physics Links

• UM Physics Dept
• UM Applied Physics
• UM Biophysics Research Division
• UM Center for Study of Complex Systems
• UM Center for Ultrafast Optical Science

Print Resources

• Science Library onsite reference collection - browse the QC call number section.
• New Books Lists
• Library to Library Delivery - use the Get This feature in Mirlyn (validated signon only).

Need More Help?

For collections suggestions or physics literature research assistance, email Jacob Glenn .