Many scholarly articles are becoming available on the Internet through preprint or e-print servers. Preprints are articles and manuscripts that have not yet been published. They have generally been reviewed and accepted for publication, submitted for publication, but not yet received a publication decision as to when or where they will be published. Preprint and e-print server resources are a fast and inexpensive means of scholarly communication that allow other scholars to have near immediate access to the latest research. With the ease of publishing on the Web, preprints are rapidly increasingly in popularity throughout academia.
Cornell University operates
arXiv.org, an open access e-print server. While it covers many different disciplines, it is especially strong in physics. The
articles are helpfully divided into many different subtopics.
The CERN document server is an excellent source for particle physics and related areas. This site includes the bibliographic records and full text 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.
Another great gateway to thousands of preprints and e-print resources can be found at: E-Print Network. This resource gives very clear pathways showing where the articles are coming from as well as offering links to resources and publications from around the world.
Finally, good secondary source for finding preprints and e-prints in physics can be found at: Mathematical Physics Preprint Archive
