(Brauer Math/Physics Library is abbreviated M/P in the library catalog.)


I. ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

A. Select list of Physics E-Journals available at UNC-Chapel Hill

B. Article Databases

INSPEC (1898-present)
The core database in this discipline, INSPEC is the world's largest bibliographic database for the fields of physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computers and control engineering, and information technology.

ISI Web of Science (1980-present)
Including Science Citation Index Expanded, the ISI Citation Databases provide cited reference searching of the scholarly literature in many disciplines.

NASA Astrophysics Data System
The Digital Library for Physics, Astrophysics, and Instrumentation, the Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a NASA-funded project which maintains searchable bibliographic databases for these fields and provides full-text scans of some scholarly astronomical literature.

Open Access Repository of Indian Institute of Astrophysics
This is the digital repository of publications of Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, India, developed to capture, disseminate and preserve research publications of IIAP. You can search, browse and access full text of these publications from the repository. This Repository also hosts papers published in Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India.

C. Journal Collections (with full text and search and browse capabilities)

IEEE Xplore (1988-present, select content from 1950 onwards)
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Xplore provides access to IEEE transactions, journals, magazines, and conference proceedings published since 1988, select content from 1950 onwards, and all current IEEE standards.

Kluwer Journals Online
Kluwer Journals Online is the gateway to journals published under the various Kluwer imprints.

LINK Springer Online
LINK is an information service that provides access to Springer journals and book series.

ScienceDirect
ScienceDirect serves as a gateway to selected journals published by Elsevier and its partners.

D. Preprint Sources

APS E-print Server
The predecessor of arXiv.org, this site contains e-prints submitted up to May 31, 2000.

ArXiv.org e-Print archive (Cornell University)
ArXiv.org provides access to scholarly articles in physics, mathematics, non-linear science, and computer science.

CERN Document Server
A source for particle physics and related areas, this site includes the bibliographic records and fulltext of preprints, articles, books, journals, photographs, and much more. CERN is the European Organization for Nuclear Research and the world's largest particle physics center.

E-print Network: Research Communications for Scientists and Engineers (Department of Energy)
This resource provides access to e-prints and other scientific information on thousands of websites and databases around the world. It permits browsing by scientific discipline in addition to a Deep Web search capability that combines full-text searching of PDF documents on e-print websites with a distributed search across e-print databases.

SLAC SPIRES HEP Literature Database (Stanford University)
Covering high energy physics, this database contains journal papers, preprints, e-prints, technical reports, conference papers, and theses. SLAC stands for the Stanford Linear Accelerator Facility.

E. E-Books

The Online Books Page (University of Pennsylvania)
This source provides links to over 70 free online books on physics topics. The site also offers searching and browsing by title and author.

Safari Tech Books Online
This is a very helpful site when writing code or programming. Safari tech books allows full text viewing of many guide books and tutorial books on different programming languages.

F. Reference Sources

Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
The online version of this encyclopedia consists of a collection of relevant news stories and a searchable database of nearly 2,500 articles written by leading scholars in the field.

STATSnetBASE
STATSnetBASE provides full text access to statistics reference sources published by CRC Press. Its content includes statistics in business, law, medicine, physics, and many other scientific disciplines.

H. Complete list of Science and Technology Databases available at UNC-Chapel Hill


II. PRINT RESOURCES (located in the Brauer Math/Physics Library)

A. Indexes and Abstracts

Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1800-1900; Subject Index    MP Z7403.R881 v. 2-3
These volumes provides subject access to nineteenth century scholarly work in physics. No author index is available.

Physics Abstracts (1941-present)
A continuation of Science Abstracts, later volumes of this source are accessible electronically through INSPEC.

Science Abstracts (1898-1940)
This source covers journal articles, conference proceedings, and published reports in physics and related fields. Each issue contains subject and author indexes, with cumulative indexes available in separate volumes. The title is continued by Physics Abstracts.

B. Reference Sources

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Handbook    MP REF QC173.A827 1996
This handbook provides a ready reference for key ideas, techniques, formulas, and results of atomic, molecular, and optical physics.

Concise Encyclopedia of Measurement and Instrumentation    MP REF TA165.C62 1994
In a broad overview of measurement and instrumentation, this source covers the history and nature of the subject, provides discussion of specific transducer types, and examines current applications in the field.

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics    MP REF QD65.H3 2003/2004
An important source for these fields, the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics provides quick access to chemical and physical data.

Handbook of Molecular Physics and Quantum Chemistry    MP REF QC173.3.H36 2003
This three-volume set presents the most important theoretical concepts and methods in the study of molecules and molecular systems.

Handbook of Optics    MP REF QC369.H35 1995
The two volumes of this handbook contain articles about basic concepts, techniques, devices, instruments, measurements, and optical properties.


III. INTERNET RESOURCES

A. Directories

Google Directory of Physics

B. Scholarly Organizations

AIP: American Institute of Physics

APS: American Physical Society

EPS: European Physical Society

IOP: Institute of Physics

C. Other Relevant Sources

Einstein Archives Online
This source provides online access to Albert Einstein’s scientific and non-scientific manuscripts held by the Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and to an extensive Archival Database, constituting the material record of one of the most influential intellects in the modern era.

Office of Nuclear Physics (Department of Energy)


This research guide was originally created by Elise Allison, Graduate Assistant in Brauer Library from 2002 to 2004. The descriptions of electronic resources are based on information in vendor websites, and the descriptions of print resources are based on their prefaces and information from publisher websites.