LibGuides: Physics and Astronomy: Find Articles

Physics Databases

American Institute of Physics (AIP) Publications This link opens in a new window
American Physical Society (APS) Journals This link opens in a new window
arXiv This link opens in a new window
IOP Science Journals This link opens in a new window Scientific, technical and medical content from journals and e-books produced by the Institute of Physics Publishing, making high-value scientific information accessible.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window A full text online database for scientific, technical and medical information as well as information in the social sciences, business, and the arts and humanities. Access to over 2,200 journals and 26,000 books. Coverage 1823 - present.
Scopus This link opens in a new window Scholarly literature in the sciences and social sciences, including journals, books, and conference proceedings. Also includes datasets, author profiles, and cited references.
SPIE Digital Library This link opens in a new window (Open Access content only)
Web of Science
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Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window More than 300 journals are searchable with most titles reaching back to 1996. The results include complete citations, abstracts, and access to the full text in PDF format and also in HTML for some titles. Subjects covered are business, computer science, education, engineering, law, life and physical sciences, math, and psychology.

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APS Physical Review Style and Notation Guide
See Table 1 for the Reference citation details and samples, p7-8.
Journal abbreviations begin on p.22, and it is becoming more common for full article titles to be written out.

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