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Scitation (American Institute of Physics) (1893+) Journals, conference proceedings and eBooks from AIP Publishing and AIP Member Societies such as American Association of Physics Teachers.
Topics:
- Acoustics
- Astronomy & Astrophysics
- Atomic & Molecular Physics
- Biological Physics
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Energy
- General Physics
- Geophysics
- Interdisciplinary Physics
- Materials Science
- Mathematical Physics
- Nanotechnology
- Nuclear Physics
- Optics & Optical Physics
- Particle Physics
- Physical Chemistry
- Plasma Physics
- Quantum Mechanics
- Rheology & Fluid Dynamics
- Society & Organization
- Statistical Physics
SCOAP3 Repository (Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics) "SCOAP3 is a one-of-its-kind partnership of thousands of libraries, funding agencies and research centers in more than 40 countries. Working with leading publishers, SCOAP3 has converted key journals in the field of High-Energy Physics to Open Access at no cost for authors. All articles funded by SCOAP3 appear in the SCOAP3 repository upon publication. Several formats are available, including PDF, PDF/A and XML."
Journals (and publishers) participating in SCOAP3 include:
- Acta Physica Polonica B (Jagiellonian University)
- Advances in High Energy Phsyics (Hindawi)
- Chinese Physics C (Institute of Physics Publishing / Chinese Academy of Sciences)
- European Physical Journal C (Springer / Societa Italiana di Fisica)
- Journal of Cosmology & Astroparticle Physics (Institute of Physics Publishing / SISSA)
- Journal of High Energy Physics (Springer / SISSA)
- New Journal of Physics (Institute of Physics Publishing / Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft)
- Nuclear Physics B (Elsevier)
- Physics Letter B (Elsevier)
- Progress of Theoretical & Experimental Physics (Oxford University Press / Physical Society of Japan)
SPIE (International Society for Optical Engineering) the most extensive resource available on optics and photonics, providing unprecedented access to more than 200,000 technical papers from SPIE Journals and Conference Proceedings.
Topic Collections include:
- Astronomy
- Biomedical Optics & Medical Imaging
- Communication & Information Technologies
- Defense & Security
- Electronic Imaging & Signal Processing
- Energy
- Lasers
- Light Sources & Illumination
- Lithography & Microelectronics
- Metrology
- Nanotechnology
- Optics
- Remote Sensing
- Sensors
Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) Provides citation indexing of top high-impact journals with powerful tools such as cited reference searching and Author Finder, 256 categories thoroughly cover the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities.
Citation Indexes for finding articles that cite a given author or citation.
- Science Citation Index Expanded (1965+)
- Social Sciences Citation Index (1965+)
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975+)

Citation Connection is now available. This includes:
- Data Citation Index (1900+)
- Derwent Innovations Index – Patents Database (1963+)
- Book Citation Index: Scholarly Books (2005+)
- Conference Proceedings Citation Index (1990+)
- Index Chemicus (IC) (1989+)
- Current Chemical Reactions (1993+)
- Current Contents Connect (1998+)

Other Physics Resources

Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Collection (ProQuest) (1962+) Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Collection is a full text and A&I database covering the latest developments in high technology with a focus on computer science, aerospace, energy science, information science, and many others. The Computer Science Database is also included with this collection, adding full-text coverage across many areas and applications including artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, software engineering, and related disciplines.
Included databases:
- Aerospace Database
- Electronics & Communications Abstracts
- ProQuest Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Journals
- ProQuest Computer Science Collection
- ProQuest Deep Indexing: Advanced Technologies
- Solid State and Superconductivity Abstracts
Subject coverage:
- Aeronautics
- Applied physics
- Artificial intelligence
- Astronautics
- Atomic and molecular physics
- Circuits and logic
- Communications and networks
- Computer applications
- Computer programming
- Computer systems organization
- Computing milieux
- Condensed matter physics
- Database information systems and applications
- Decision support systems
- Electronics and electrical engineering
- Electronics and communications milieux
- Geophysics and earth resources
- Hardware and evaluation
- Information systems
- Lasers and masers
- Local area networks
- Logic and switching theories
- Mathematics of computing
- Meteorology, climatology and oceanography
- Navigation
- Nuclear and high energy physics
- Optical and acoustic technology
- Optics
- Photonics
- Plasma physics
- Robotics
- Semiconductors
- Software engineering
- Solid state milieux
- Superconductors
- Telecommunications
- Telecommunications, equipment & instrumentation
Aerospace Database‎ (1962+) The Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Index is the most comprehensive bibliographic coverage of research, emerging technologies, applications and companies in the areas of aeronautics, astronautics, computer & information technology, electronics, communications, solid state devices, and space sciences. From theoretical research through to practical applications.
This database provides indexing and abstracts from more than 4,000 current serial and non-serial titles, including content from AIAA and NASA. The database currently includes over 3.6M records from periodicals, conference papers, trade journals, magazines, books, patents and technical reports, with indexing back to the early 1960's. Covers all aspects of applied research in the aerospace and space sciences.
Astrophysics Data System (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory & NASA) "maintains three bibliographic databases containing more than 10.9 million records covering publications in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics, and the arXiv e-prints"
CRC handbook of chemistry and physics
- "provide(s) property data on chemical compounds (now over 20,000) and all physical particles that have been reported in the literature, carefully reviewed by subject experts."
- As of of 2025, the 105th edition is the most current. Older editions are available in the online archives section of the site.
- Other CRC Press netBASE eBooks can be found on the Taylor & Francis platform, including collections such as CHEMISTRYnetBASE, CHEMLIBnetBASE, CHEMICALENGINEERINGnetBASE, PHYSICSnetBASE, etc.
Institute of Physics Journals (IoP) Full text of IOP electronic journals, providing publications through which leading-edge scientific research is distributed worldwide.
JoVE Unlimited
Center for Distributed Learning is providing access to *all* JoVE video content. "10,000+ videos of laboratory methods and science concepts"
Topics include:
Advanced Biology
Basic Biology
Chemistry
Clinical Skills
Engineering
Environmental Sciences
Psychology
Physics
Core: Biology
Core: Chemistry
Core: Molecular Biology
Core: Social Psychology
Lab Manual: Biology
Lab Manual: Chemistry
Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts‎ (1974+) "This database includes records drawn from the world's literature on meteorology, climatology, atmospheric chemistry and physics, astrophysics, hydrology, glaciology, physical oceanography and environmental sciences."
Subject coverage:
- Air pollution
- Astrophysics
- Atmospheric disturbances
- Atmospheric structure
- Climatology
- Geomagnetism
- Glaciology
- Groundwater/surface water hydrology
- Hydrologic cycle
- Meteorological observations
- Physical oceanography
- Radiation and temperature
- Weather forecasting
NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) "NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) provides access to aerospace-related citations, full-text online documents, and images and videos. The types of information include: conference papers, journal articles, meeting papers, patents, research reports, images, movies, and technical videos – scientific and technical information (STI) created or funded by NASA." - National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) (1915-1958) - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (1958 to present) - NASA Image eXchange (NIX) (1900 to present)
NASA Scope and Subject Category Guide
- Aeronautics: Includes aeronautics (general); aerodynamics; air transportation and safety; aircraft communications and navigation; aircraft design, testing and performance; avionics and aircraft instrumentation; aircraft propulsion and power; aircraft stability and control; and research and support facilities (air).
- Astronautics: Includes astronautics (general); astrodynamics; ground support systems and facilities (space); launch vehicles and launch operations; space transportation and safety; space communications, spacecraft communications, command, and tracking; spacecraft design, testing and performance; spacecraft instrumentation and astrionics; and spacecraft propulsion and power.
- Chemistry & Materials: Includes chemistry and materials (general); composite materials; inorganic, organic and physical chemistry; metals and metallic materials; nonmetallic materials; propellants and fuels; and space processing.
- Engineering: Includes engineering (general); communications and radar; electronics and electrical engineering; fluid mechanics and thermodynamics; instrumentation and photography; lasers and masers; mechanical engineering; quality assurance and reliability; and structural mechanics.
- Geosciences: Includes geosciences (general); earth resources and remote sensing; energy production and conversion; environment pollution; geophysics; meteorology and climatology; and oceanography.
- Life Sciences: Includes life sciences (general); aerospace medicine; behavioral sciences; man/system technology and life support; and exobiology.
- Mathematical & Computer Sciences: Includes mathematical and computer sciences (general); computer operations and hardware; computer programming and software; computer systems; cybernetics, artificial intelligence and robotics; numerical analysis; statistics and probability; systems analysis and operations research; and theoretical mathematics.
- Physics: Includes physics (general); acoustics; atomic and molecular physics; nuclear physics; optics; plasma physics; solid-state physics; and physics of elementary particles and fields.
- Social & Information Sciences: Includes social and information sciences (general); administration and management; documentation and information science; economics and cost analysis; law, political science, and space policy; and technology utilization and surface transportation.
- Space Sciences: Includes space sciences (general); astronomy; astrophysics; lunar and planetary science and exploration; solar physics; and space radiation.
- General: Includes aerospace related reports of a general or broad nature; histories, biographies, or overviews of aerospace programs.
Science Direct (1997+) Full text scientific, technical and medical research journals, eBooks, Reference works, handbooks and book series published by Elsevier.
Solid State & Superconductivity Abstracts (ProQuest) (1981+) "provides global coverage on all aspects of theory, production, and application of solid state materials and devices - as well as the new high- and low-temperature superconductivity technology, now highlighted in every issue."
"Some of the topics covered are phase, crystal, and mechanical properties of solids, optical and dielectric properties, conductive and magnetic properties, exotic electronic structure and energy gaps, SQUIDs, impurity effects, flux structures and critical current, ceramics, twinning phenomena, and more. This database provides international coverage as well as coverage of numerous non-serial publications.

Sources covered include over 3,000 periodicals, conference proceedings, technical reports, trade journal/newsletter items, patents, books, and press releases."
Springer Book Series (1997+) Full text of Springer Book Series, including Lecture Notes.
Topics covered include:
- Biochemical Engineering / Biotechnology
- Chemistry
- Computer & Information Science
- Earth Sciences
- Information & Communication Technology
- Mathematics & Physics
- Molecular Biology
- Optical Sciences
- Polymer Science
- Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Robotics
- Springer Protocols Handbooks
SpringerMaterials - The Landolt-Börnstein Database
The Landolt-Börnstein Database - 400 volumes, 250,000 substances and 1,200,000 citations
The complete Linus Pauling Files - A comprehensive database about the properties of inorganic solid phases, consisting of 255,000 documents
A subset of the Dortmund Database of Software and Separation Technology - Covering the Thermophysical Properties of pure liquids and binary mixtures, with 425,000 data points
An Adsorption database - covers over 1,000 reversible, equilibrium isotherms
A Polymer Thermodyamics database - that contains 140,000 datapoints about 150 polymers
44,000 Chemical Safety Documents
- REACH Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals
- GHS Globally Harmonized System
- RoHS Restriction of Hazardous Substances
- WEEE Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment
Provides options to search by elements, search by structure, or search the corrosion database by material name and/or environment.

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