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Physics


Major Databases
Inspec
  • Provides access to citations with abstracts to articles and reviews in Physics, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Computing and Control, and Information Technology.
  • 1969- present
  • Updated weekly
  • Available only to users at the Claremont Colleges or connecting to a Claremont Colleges proxy server or modem pool.
  • Great for research in the applied sciences.
  • THE database for physics, electronics and computing.

SPIN Database
  • Provides access to scholarly citations and abstracts as well as links to fulltext of journal articles on physics and astronomy.
  • 1975-present
  • Available to users at the Claremont Colleges or connecting to a Claremont Colleges modem pool.
  • Great for finding the current articles on physics and astronomy.

Web of Science
  • Provides access to scholarly science and social science journal article citations, with "Get this item" links to fulltext.
  • Sciences citation index: 1955-present
  • Social sciences citation index: 1956-present
  • Great for finding the most important (heavily cited) articles in the sciences and social sciences. Can also be used to find articles citing a known important work on your topic, or related to it based on shared citations.
  • Help using this database is available.
Other Databases


IEEE Xplore

  • Provides searching of IEEE transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings published since 1988 and all current IEEE Standards.
  • Full-text access to the core conference proceedings and IEEE journals from 1998 to the present.
Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Provides access to 2,500 full text articles on Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Contains many up-to-date current events and news articles related to discoveries and research in the fields of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Has a Workgroup feature which allows students to create a workspace and share materials with one another.
  • Contains extensive linking to other, related electronic resources.
  • Users can personalize this resource through the 'My EAA' feature.

   
Physics/Astronomy Research Guide
 
     
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