Physics

Physics Databases

Scientific American Archive Online
The Scientific American Archive Online presents developments that have taken place in every field of science. It contains the entire editorial content and all special issues of Scientific American from January 1993 through to the present -- updated monthly. The Archive ALSO includes the monthly title: Scientific American Mind. The issues are presented as PDFs (Portable Document Format files) and include all the graphics.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

General Databases

Academic Search Premier
Provides full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. More database info.
A (largely) full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
The full-text online version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Expanded Academic ASAP
Meets research needs across all academic disciplines, from arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Lexis-Nexis Universe
Provides full-text documents from over 5,900 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications with a variety of flexible search options. More database info.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

MathSciNet
A comprehensive database covering the world's mathematical literature since 1940. More database info.
On-campus access only. More access info.

Periodical Abstracts
Periodical abstracts from general and academic journals. More database info.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Proceedings First
An OCLC index of worldwide conference proceedings. More database info.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

WorldCat
OCLC catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. More database info.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Journal Collections

Academic OneFile
Academic OneFile is a collection of more than 8,000 journals with full manual indexing, a robust backfile and coverage of a variety of academic disciplines -- from science, technology and medicine to the humanities, and includes full-text of major newspapers. Content is provided in both HTML and PDF formats. More database info.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

JSTOR
A collection of full-text scholarly journals. More database info.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

How to Find a Specific Journal

Simon’s Rock Full Text Journals
A searchable database of all the journals, magazines, and newspapers available to the Simon's Rock Community, both in print and online.
Works best from on-campus. More access info.

Physics Websites

American Institute of Physics
An organization chartered in New York State in 1931 for the purpose of promoting the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics and its application to human welfare.
Open access from anywhere.

Center for History of Physics
Preserves and makes known the history of modern physics and allied fields. Part of the American Institute of Physics.
Open access from anywhere.

Einstein Light: A Brief Illumination of Relativity
Presents a brief overview of Einstein.s theory of relativity and its relationship to the work done by Galileo and Newton, with the assistance of two animated models, Zoe and Jasper. Throughout the various modules presented here, the two models provide the means by which the casual visitor can begin to understand these concepts.
Open access from anywhere.

Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
Contains detailed information about all names of topographic and albedo features on planets and satellites (and some planetary ring and ring-gap systems) that the International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named and approved from its founding in 1919 through the present time.
Open access from anywhere.

Los Alamos National Library Research Papers
Open access to 402,457 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science and Quantitative Biology.
Open access from anywhere.

NASA
The U. S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Open access from anywhere.

PhysicsWeb
A free service provided by the Institute of Physics. It features regular news, jobs, resources, enhanced highlights of Physics World magazine, events, free alerts, a buyer's guide, products, press, and (surprise!) a certain amount of advertising.
Open access from anywhere.

Scirus
Scirus claims to be the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. It searches over 200 million science-specific Web pages, allowing access to reports, peer-reviewed articles, patents, pre prints, journals, and university web sites. Only a limited number of full-text articles are available free, but all hits include citations, and many include abstracts. More info.
Open access from anywhere.

Solar System Simulator
Provides simulated views of solar system bodies from other solar system bodies (e.g., Earth from the Moon, the Sun from Jupiter, etc.). From NASA.
Open access from anywhere.

General Websites

Google Scholar
The ever-ambitious Google’s attempt to index “scholarly” information on the web. Not exhaustive or entirely reliable (the project is still in development), but worth a try if you’ve drawn a blank everywhere else. Note that many of the articles indexed require payment for viewing (though you can usually obtain the article citation for free). More database info.
Limited full-text. Open access from anywhere.