Research Guides: Physics: Databases

Special Databases

IEEE Xplore Digital Library This link opens in a new window
This database is a core collection of engineering, computing, and technology publications. It includes IEEE Society-sponsored transactions, journals and magazines, conference proceedings, and published IEEE standards. Full text coverage from 1988 to the present, with select coverage of content published since 1872.
Journal Citation Reports This link opens in a new window
The Journal citation reports is an essential, comprehensive, and unique resource for journal evaluation, using citation data drawn from over 8,400 scholarly and technical journals worldwide. The Science edition contains data from roughly 5,000 journals in the areas of science and technology.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Indexes more than 1,000 well-known academic journals in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities
Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
the most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses in the world
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Access the world’s leading scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities and examine proceedings of international conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions.
WorldCat.org This link opens in a new window
OCLC catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide

General Science

Applied Science & Technology Full Text
Look here for fast, convenient access to the most important sources in applied science and technology —much of it from peer-reviewed journals. This database features full text, graphs, charts, diagrams, photos, and illustrations that convey an abundance of data in scientific and technical articles. Full Text coverage for selected periodicals is also included.

SciFinder - Research Database

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SciFinder This link opens in a new window
This research discovery tool explores CAS databases containing literature from many scientific disciplines, including biomedical science, chemistry, engineering, materials science, agricultural science, and more.

SciFinder Training
These How To Guides show step-by-step examples and include tips for using a variety of features available in SciFinder.
SciFinder / CAS Databases Content at aGlance
CAS maintains counts of its database records to reflect their scope of coverage and to ensure that researchers have confidence in their comprehensiveness.

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