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Top Databases in Physics

American Physical Society Journals This link opens in a new window
Physical Review Letters, Physical Review X, Physical Review, and Reviews of Modern Physics
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Access to the current and previous four years of journal articles and book chapters from nearly 2,500 journals and more than 30,000 books through the ScienceDirect Freedom Collection.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Includes ISI Science Citation Index 1997-present; Social Sciences Citation Index, 1997-present; and Arts & Humanities Citation Index, 1997-present. Search for specific articles by subject, author, journal, and/or author address. Search the databases for articles that cite a known author or work.

While Web of Science is a citation database, when full-text content is available via a secondary resources supported by Schaffer Library, links to the full-text will appear.
IOPscience This link opens in a new window
IOPscience is an online service for journal content published by IOP Publishing. IOPscience embraces innovative technologies to make it easier for researchers to access scientific, technical and medical content.

Top Books and eBook Resources

Springer Ebooks This link opens in a new window
Large ebook collection from a leading publisher in the sciences. (Also See Springer Link Journals)
Handbook of Chemistry & Physics Online This link opens in a new window
Access the latest edition of the CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics. Includes Text, Structure/Property and Chemical search options. Sections in this edition includes; Mathematics, Properties and Physical Constants, Chemical Tables, Properties of Matter, Heat, Hygrometric and Barometric Tables, Sound, Quantities and Units, and Miscellaneous. The ultimate book of facts about chemistry and physics. This is a book that covers virtually every element, every physical formula, and every mathematical table imaginable and puts physical formulas and mathematical tables used in labs every day within easy reach.
Springer Link Journals This link opens in a new window
Providing researchers with access to millions of scientific documents from scholarly journals. (Also See Springer Link Ebooks)

Quick Citation Resources in Physics

The library provides free access to RefWorks - a citation management software and resources to help you properly cite your sources.

Here are some examples of citations in ACS style:

Electronic Journal Article

For online scholarly articles found electronically, use the following format:

Format

Author 1; Author 2; Author 3; etc. Title of Article. Journal Abbreviation [Online] Year, Issue, Inclusive Pagination. Complete URL (accessed Date).

For articles found through an electronic database, include the database name in the citation. Replace the article's URL with that of the database.

Author 1; Author 2; Author 3; etc. Title of Article. Journal Abbreviation [Online], Date, Inclusive Pagination. Database Name. Complete URL of database (accessed Date).

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