Physics Subject Guide

Articles

INSPEC (http://uclibs.org/PID/22771)

Covers 1898-present. Includes Physics Abstracts, Computer & Control Abstracts, and Electrical & Electronics Abstracts.

Physics Abstracts

Covers 1898-Present. Has author and subject indexes which are cumulated periodically. Before cumulation each index covers 6 months. QC1 P535. 1898-1968 in the PSE Reference Collection, 1969-1995 available at Library Annex, ask at the Circulation Desk.

SPIN

The SPIN database (Searchable Physics Information Notices) provides the most current indexing and abstracting of major American and Russian physics and astronomy journals.

Optics InfoBase

A searchable index to Optical Society of America (OSA) articles and conference proceedings with links to full text.

Web of Science (http://isiknowledge.com/wos)

Use Web of Science to find scholarly articles in all disciplines, including astronomy/astrophysics. This database can also be used to identify articles that cite an author or article that you specify. Coverage: 1900 - present.

• User Guide (http://www.thomsonisi.com/tutorials/wos7/)

Preprints

arXiv.org e-Print archive

SLAC SPIRES - HEP DATABASE

Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

APS Physics Internet Resources

BUBL Link Catalog of Internet Resources: Physics

Cambridge Illustrated Thesaurus of Physics.

Call number: QC5 R5 1984b, Reference.

Concise Dictionary of Physics.

Call number: QC5 C6 1985, Reference.

Encyclopedia of Applied Physics.

Call number: QC5 E543 1991, Reference.

Encyclopedia of Physics (Lerner / Trigg)

Call number: QC 5 E545 1991, Reference.

Encyclopedia of Physics (Besançon)

Call number: QC 5 E546 1985, Reference.

Encyclopedia of Modern Physics.

Call number: QC5 E544 1990, Reference.

Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

Encyclopedic articles on physics and astronomy topics.

Facts on File Dictionary of Physics.

Call number: QC5 F34 1988, Reference.

Infomine: Physical Sciences, Engineering, Computing & Math

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Physics.

Call number: QC5 M424 1997, Reference.

Martindale's Virtual Physics Center

Data, constants, undergraduate courses, and encyclopedic articles.

Physics Central

PhysicsWeb

Online companion to the magazine Physics World

Physics2000

Interactive physics website for all ages from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

The Net Advance of Physics (MIT)

The Physics Teachers Index

Animations, simulation software, constants, graphics and clip art, education resources, career info, tutorials, experiments.

WWW Virtual Library: Physics

Yahoo! Physics

Handbooks & Tables

American Institute of Physics Handbook.

Call number: QC61 A56 1972, Reference.

Conversion Tables of Units for Science & Engineering.

Call number: QC94 H67 1986, Reference.

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics.

Shelved in "Quick Reference".

Fundamental Physical Constants

Handbook of Physics.

Call number: QC21 C6 1967, Reference.

International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology (ICT)

NIST Physical Reference Data

NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty

Online Particle Physics Information

Physical Reference Data

Physics Formulary

Physicist's Desk Reference.

Call number: QC61 P49, Reference.

Smithsonian Physical Tables (9th Revised Edition)

Tables of Physical and Chemical Constants.

Call number: QC61 K3 1986, Reference.

The Laws List

Thermochemistry of Chemical Substances

Virtual Physics Center

WWW Virtual Library: Physics

Biographies

The Biographical Dictionary of Scientists: Physicists.

Call number: QC15 B56 1984b, Reference.

The Nobel Prize Winners: Physics.

(Covers 1901-1988) Call number: QC25 N63 1989, Reference.

List of Nobel Laureates in Physics (via the Nobel Foundation)

For more on the Nobel Prize Winners, visit The Nobel Foundation.

Professional Societies

American Association of Physics Teachers

American Center for Physics

American Institute of Physics

American Physical Society

European Physical Society

Institute of Physics

NRC Board on Physics & Astronomy

Teaching Resources

The Internet Plasma Physics Education Experience

University of Oregon Virtual Laboratory

Teaching Resources from UCSD

Call Numbers

Call numbers QC1-799 are shelved in the Basement, QC800-999 are shelved on the second floor.

Web Sites

NVL Subject Guides - Physics

Cambridge Cosmology

The Internet Pilot to Physics (TIPTOP)

PhysNet - Worldwide Physics Departments and Documents Network