Physics Research Guide
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc. | Quick Facts | Find Books | Find Articles | Web Sites | Open Access Publications | Find People | Current Discussions | Citing Sources
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc.
AllRef Reference Physics Encyclopedia
Annotated Physics Encyclopaedia
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Physics Reference QC 5 M15 1996
McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Physics Reference QC 5 M425 1993
Glossarist: physics glossaries and physics dictionaries
Quick Facts
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American Institute of Physics Handbook Reference
QC 61 .A5 1972
Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures.
Reference QC 94 C295 2003 |
Find Books
Check the Truman State University Library Catalog for books on physics. It is a catalog for finding books, journals and other materials owned by Pickler Library. For example, see the following keyword searches:
special relativity and cosmology
gravity and universe
If Pickler Memorial Library doesn't have what you want, try your
search in MOBIUS to
find books in other libraries in Missouri. You can order books
online, and they will be delivered usually within 3-4 working days.
This service is available to current Truman students, faculty, and
staff who will be notified by email.
WorldCat
A
catalog of books, serials, Web resources and other materials worldwide. You
can order books online, and they will be delivered usually within
two weeks. This service is available to current Truman
students, faculty, and staff who will be notified by email. A
modified version of
WorldCat is also available for free.
Dissertations
Dissertation Abstracts
Dissertation Abstracts is the subject, title and author guide to virtually every
American dissertation accepted at accredited institutions. It also includes
many Canadian dissertations as well as dissertations from Europe and abstracts
from Masters Abstracts. Coverage is 1861 to date.
Find Articles
Databases in this section are restricted to use on the Truman network unless otherwise indicated.
Energy Citations Database
Bibliographic records with some full text for energy and
energy-related scientific and
technical
information from the Department of Energy 1948-. Free site.
Science.gov Searches selected websites databases, technical reports, journal articles and other published materials. Free site.
In print 1978/79-1995/96: General Collection Q 158.5 G45
Indexes about 135 popular scientific journals.
Google Scholar - scholarly journal articles on all subjects, some are full text; many have links to cited references. Free site.
ingenta\UnCover
In online articles delivery service, a table of
contents database, and a keyword entry index to nearly 20,000 periodicals.
Free to the public.
Online 1969+ on DIALOG. Must have password. Ask Librarian for details.
The major source of information on worldwide literature of physics, electronics and electrical engineering, computers and control, and information technology.
JSTOR. Archive of scholarly journals. Truman campus has access to the Arts & Sciences I and II collections, Ecology & Botany collection, and General Science collection.
NASA Astrophysics Data System - Indexes:
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Physical Review Online Archive - 1893 - to present. A full text archive of articles from Physical Review A-E, Physical Review Letters and Reviews of Modern Physics.
Online 1974+ on
DIALOG. Must have
password. Ask Librarian for
details.
A multidisciplinary database of
4,500 science journal indexing.
Citation indexing is included.
SPIN/Scitation
1893+
One million documents from scholarly journals, magazines, conference
proceedings, and other special publications from prestigious
scientific societies and technical publishers.
Web Sites
Comprehensive Sites | Government Agencies/Resources
Los Alamos E-Print Archive arXiv.org ePrint archive
Electronic archive and distribution service for research papers.
NASA
is an extensive collection of information related to the nation's space program
and the cosmos.
Yahoo!Science: Physics
Metasite for Internet resouces, organized by
physics discipline.
PhysLINK.com - The Ultimate Physics Resource
SciCentral: gateway to the best science and engineering online resources
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).
Fermi National Accelerator Lab High-energy physics laboratory. Home of the world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Tevatron. Information on the lab's experiments and research.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Information and tour of the NHMFL facility, along with links to other NHMFL World Wide Web servers and other physics related lists.
National Institute of Standards and Technology Information about programs and contacts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Particle Data Group DatabasesThe PDG, an international collaboration centered at Lawrence Berkley Laboratory, reviews the field of particle physics, and compiles and analyzes data on particle properties. It publishes and distributes the "Review of Particle Properties".
SIMBAD astronomical database - information on 3.3 million astronomical objects including stars, clusters of stars, nebulae, novae, spernovae, galaxies, and clusters of galaxies. From the French Centre doe Donnees astronomiques de Strasbourg.
Standard Linear Accelerator Center Information about SLAC physics, computing and other information resources. Research in elementary particle physics using electron beams, plus a broad program of research in atomic and solid state physics, chemistry, biology and medicine using synchrotron radiation.
Science.gov - a catalog of government science and technology Web sites from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS).
Find People
For biographies and biographical dictionaries about scientists consult the following subject headings in Truman State University Library Catalog:
African American scientists.
African American women scientists -- Biography.
Scientists -- Biography.
Scientists -- Biography -- Dictionaries.
Scientists -- Biography -- Indexes.
Scientists -- Canada -- Biography.
Scientists -- United States -- Biography.
Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics.
An archive of more than 80 citations of women who
contributed to physics in the 20th century created by the
UCLA Department of Physics.
Eric
Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography
Biographical information for over 1000 scientists. Can search by name
or discipline.
Famous Physicists. Yahoo’s index of sites of
famous physicists, such as Richard Feynman, Niels Bohr, and
Marie Curie.
ISIHighlyCited.com
ISI site which lists the most cited researchers in 21 subject categories.
Includes biographical information and a listing of publications. You can search
by name, category, country, and institutional affiliation.
Nobel e-Museum
Provides extensive information on Nobel laureates including interviews.
Nobel Prize Internet
Archive
Provides information and Web links on all Nobel prize winners.
HEP Virtual Phonebook. This High Energy Physics directory has links to phone books and directories of HEP sites or experiments around the world compiled by the HEP Network Resource Center.
Acoustical
Society of America-Acoustics.org
American
Association of Physics Teachers
American Institute of Physics
American Physical Society
Biophysical Society
Council on Undergraduate Research
European Physical Society
Institute of Physics
Resources of
Scholarly Societies— Physics
Curr
ent
Discussions
Scientific Meetings
Newswise
Calendar of Scientific Meetings
Science News
EurekAlert!
News site sponsored by the American Association for the
Advancement of Science.
Physics Central - includes People in Physics, Physics News, Physics in Pictures, Physics Links, How Something Works, and Essays by Physical Authors
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PhysicsWorld.com - Gateway to physics information on the Internet. PhysLINK |
Sci-Bytes
A what's new in research site sponsored by ISI. Includes hot papers and
journal rankings in selected fields.
Science
News - New York Times - the Tuesday science section of the New
York Times.
Citing Sources
For further assistance, visit or call
the Reference Desk (660-785-4051) or contact the Reference Librarian
for Science.
Carol Lockhart, Reference Librarian for Science
(660) 785-7417
clockhar@truman.edu
Thank you to Janice Dysart, University of
Missouri Columbia for her many contributions to this guide.
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