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Physics Databases

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arXiv
Open e-print archive with over 100000 articles in physics, 10000 in mathematics, and 1000 in computer science. (Formerly called xxx.)
Engineering Village
Combined search of the INSPEC and COMPENDEX databases
Scientific and technical literature in physics, electrical engineering, electronics and computer science from journals, conference proceedings, books and dissertations.

IEEEXplore (IEEE/IET Electronic Library) This link opens in a new window
Search IEEE journals, transactions, magazines, conference proceedings, and standards

Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) Journals
Based in the U.K., IET is focused on scholarly publishing for physics, electrical and computer engineering, mechanical and product engineering, computer science, and other engineering sciences. All journal content published from 2013 to the present is now available as open access on this website. Most earlier issues and IET conference proceedings are also available to the Northeastern community via IEEE XPlore and the IET Digital Library.

PROLA (Physical Review Online Archive) This link opens in a new window
American Physical Society's online archive for Physical Review Letters, Reviews of Modern Physics, and Physical Review AE. Complete date coverage for each journal is described in Scholar OneSearch.

Scitation (Current NU only)
Online home of more than 100 journals from AIP, APS, ASCE, ASME, SPIE, and many other prestigious science and engineering societies and SpinWeb.
SPIE Digital Library: International Society of Optical Engineers
Covers optics and photonics - SPIE technical papers, Journals and Conference Proceedings, 1990 to the present.
More than 17,000 papers added annually.
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Web of Science, Core Collection 1975-present This link opens in a new window
Web of Science is a database that broadly covers all of the sciences with strengths in natural sciences, health sciences, engineering, computer science, materials sciences. Great for interdisciplinary research, it also includes coverage of social sciences, arts, and humanities. Web of Science contains over 73 million records.
Includes:
Arts and Humanities Citation Index
Science Citation Index
Social Science Citation Index
Book Citation Index (2005-present)
Conference Citation Index
Emerging Sources Citation Index
Current Chemical Reactions Index
Index Chemicus

Other Relevant Databases

Academic OneFile (Gale Cengage) This link opens in a new window
Scholarly, peer-reviewed articles and professional association publications, the majority in full text. Includes the New York Times backfile from 1995 to present. Interdisciplinary.

Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Full text for nearly 4,500 journals, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles covering all academic subjects
Dissertations and Theses Global (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
With over 2 million entries, Proquest Dissertations is the single, central, authoritative resource for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses.
Nature Journals Online This link opens in a new window
The flagship journal "Nature" is the most highly cited interdisciplinary science journal; NU's subscription includes a number of sister titles. Current affiliates + alumni
Science Magazine This link opens in a new window
A journal of original scientific research, global news, and commentary.
ScienceDirect: Subscribed Content This link opens in a new window
Selected journal titles from the scholarly publisher Elsevier and its affiliates.
SpringerLink This link opens in a new window
Online journals and books from Springer publishing

Featured Resource: JoVE, The Journal of Visualized Experiments

What is JoVE?

JoVE, the Journal of Visualized Experiments is the world's first peer-reviewed video journal. JoVE features video demonstrations of advanced science experiments filmed in research laboratories of the leading academic institutions in the world. It helps researchers, faculty, Ph.D. students, post-docs, technicians, and scientific personnel to achieve more productivity, efficiency, reproducibility, and success in their own research.

Find the JoVE videos on Physics Education here. JoVE articles are indexed in SciFinder-n.

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