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Physics: Science that deals with the structure of matter and
the interactions between the fundamental constituents of the observable universe.
(Encyclopedia Britannica)
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Abstracts and Indexes to Academic or Scholarly Articles
Although many databases contain links to full-text articles, when you find
article citations in the index databases, you need to search Chinook to
see if University Libraries own that periodical title.
CU Engineering
Village 2--Compendex and INSPEC
Compendex is a comprehensive bibliographic
database of engineering research literature. Contains references
and abstracts to engineering journals, conferences and technical
reports. Subject areas include: chemical and process engineering,
computers and data processing, applied physics, electronics and
communications as well as civil and mechanical engineering. Coverage:
1970 - present.
INSPEC is a bibliographic database that indexes physics, astronomy and astrophysics,
electrical engineering and electronics, computers and control engineering
and information technology. The database contains full-text links when available.
Subscription restrictions to full-text may apply. Coverage: 1968 - present.
NASA Astrophysics Data
System (ADS)
Provides "four bibliographic databases containing
more than 2.4 million records: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation,
Physics and Geophysics, and preprints in Astronomy." In addition
to bibliographic citations, the site provides scanned full text
access to "much of the astronomical literature." Abstract and
index coverage: 1975 - present.
CU SPIN Web
Bibliographic citations to over one million
citations on the physical science, including astronomy and astrophysics.
Also includes a browse feature for online journals, a directory
searchable member directories of American Institute of Physics'
Directory of Physics, Astronomy, & Geophysics Staff (DPAGS),
and Member and Affiliated Societies. The database contains
full-text links when available. Subscription restrictions to full-text
may apply. Coverage: 1975 - present.
CU Web of Science
Provides access to current and retrospective
bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references
found in 5,700 of the world’s leading scholarly science
and technical journals covering more than 164 disciplines.
Coverage: 1970 - present.
Abstracts and Indexes to Magazine & Newspaper Articles (Although
many databases contain links to full-text articles, when you find article citations
in the index databases, you need to search Chinook to
see if University Libraries own that periodical title.)
CU Applied
Science and Technology Index
Indexes trade and industrial publications,
journals issued by professional and technical societies, and
specialized subject periodicals, as well as special issues such
as buyers' guides, directories, and conference proceedings. Coverage:
1983 - present.
CU General
Science Abstracts/Full Text
Abstracts popular and scholarly journals
in the fields of Astronomy, Atmospheric Science, Biology, Botany,
Chemistry, Conservation, Earth Science, Environment, Food, Genetics,
Health, Mathematics, Medicine, Microbiology, Nutrition, Oceanography,
Physics, Physiology, and Zoology. Coverage: May 1984 - present.
CU Expanded
Academic Index
An interdisciplinary database that contains
citations, abstracts, and links to selected full-text articles
from general interest magazines, scholarly journals, and newspapers.
Coverage: 1980 - present.
Dictionaries
Dictionary of Pure and Applied Physics
Math Physics Reference QC 5 D485 2001
Facts
on File Dictionary of Physics
Math Physics Reference QC 5 F34 1999
Oxford Dictionary of Physics
Math Physics Reference QC 5 D496 2000
Scientific
and Technical Acronyms, Symbols, and Abbreviations
Browse or search this online reference from Wiley Interscience.
Includes reference tables such as mathematical signs and symbols and symbols
and values for selected physical constants.
Directories
CU Associations Unlimited
CU Directory of Physics,
Astronomy & Geophysics Staff
Math Physics Library Reference QC 45 A1 D5
Membership directory - American Physical Society
Math Physics Library Reference QC 16.2 A43
Scholarly
Societies-Physics
Online.
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of Applied Physics
Math Physics Library Reference QC5 .E543 1991
Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Math Physics Library Reference
QB 14 M55 2001
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Physics
Math Physics Library Reference QC5 .M15 1996
CU McGraw-Hill
Encyclopedia Of Science & Technology (Access Science)
Science Library Reference
Q 121 M3 1997
Handbooks and Manuals
CU ChemNetBase--CRC Handbook
of Chemistry and Physics and other tools available online.
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
Math Physics, Engineering, Science, Earth Science Library
Reference QD 65 H3
Fundamental
Physical Constants
Online.
Handbook of Space Astronomy
and Astrophysics
Math Physics Library Reference
QB 136 .Z65 1988
Internet Links
InfoMine Scholarly
Internet Resource Collections: Physical Sciences, Engineering, Computing
and Math
PhysicsWeb
PSIGate: Physical Sciences
Information Gateway
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