LibGuides: Physics: Databases

Recommended Databases

Gale Access Complete Database Suite
Go to Science in Context database.
Science Direct
Go to Physics and Astronomy database.
ProQuest Database Suite
Go to the Science and Technology Database.
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Search for physics or related topics.
JSTOR
Note: JSTOR can only be used on campus
There is no specific database within JSTOR to search, however, this database has quite a few physics-related articles, so is worth searching.

Preprints

arXiv
Hosted at Cornell, includes physics, astronomy, math, computer science, quantitative biology and statistics papers.
INSPIRE
Database of particle physics papers maintained at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC). Successor to SPIRES.
CERN Document Server
Particle physics articles, preprints, books and proceedings papers
ICTP Preprints Archive
Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics papers in Applied Physics, Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics, and more
Mathematical Physics
Preprint archive, 1991 to present

Professional Societies

American Institute of Physics
The American Institute of Physics advances, promotes and serves the physical sciences for the benefit of humanity.
American Physical Society
The American Physical Society (APS) is a nonprofit membership organization working to advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics.
Institute of Physics
The Institute of Physics is a leading scientific membership society working to advance physics for the benefit of all.
Federation of American Scientists
The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) provides science-based analysis of and solutions to protect against catastrophic threats to national and international security.
European Physical Society
As a learned society, the European Physical Society (EPS) engages in activities that strengthen ties among the physicists in Europe.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The AAAS seeks to advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all people.
Canadian Association of Physicists
The CAP is dedicated to highlighting achievements in Canadian physics.

Select Academic Journals

The following academic journals are available in full text from the FVCC Databases. Instead of doing a general search, you can search within any of these journals for articles.

Note: There are many more journals. Contact the FVCC Library to see if a particular journal is available in the databases.

Journal	Database
Advances in High Energy Physics	ProQuest
Advances in Mathematical Physics	ProQuest
Advances in Optical Technologies	ProQuest
Astrophysics	ProQuest
Astrophysics and Space Science	ProQuest
Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Physics	ProQuest
European Journal of Physics Education	ProQuest
Nature Physics	ProQuest
Physics Research International	ProQuest
Progress in Physics	ProQuest
Quantum	ProQuest
Physics Review	Gale
The Handy Physics Answer Book	Gale
Theoretical & Mathematical Physics	Academic Search Complete
Technical Physics	Academic Search Complete
Physics Essays	Academic Search Complete
ISRN Mathematical Physics	Academic Search Complete
Papers in Physics	Academic Search Complete
Physics in Perspective	Academic Search Complete
International Journal of Theoretical Physics	Academic Search Complete
Foundations of Physics	Academic Search Complete
Journal of Engineering Physics & Thermophysics	Academic Search Complete
Physics of the Solid State	Academic Search Complete
Journal of Research in Physics	Academic Search Complete
Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing	Academic Search Complete
Condensed Matter Physics	Academic Search Complete
Physics & Chemistry of Fluids	Academic Search Complete

More Academic Journals

Nature
Nature is a weekly international journal publishing the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology.
Science
Science, also widely referred to as Science Magazine, is the peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and one of the world's top academic journals.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
PNAS is one of the world's most-cited and comprehensive multidisciplinary scientific journals, publishing more than 3,100 research papers annually.
Reviews of Modern Physics
RMP brings the broad fundamental physics literature in established topical areas together and places it within the context of current trends in research and applications.
Living Reviews in Relativity
Living Reviews in Relativity is a peer-reviewed, full open access, and exclusively online journal, publishing freely available reviews of research in all areas of relativity.
Advances in Physics
Advances in Physics publishes authoritative critical reviews by experts on topics of interest and importance to condensed matter physicists.
Physics Letters
Physics Letters A offers an exciting publication outlet for novel and frontier physics.