LibGuides: PHYS 480: Physics Senior Seminar: Databases

Starting Points for Research

Annual Reviews This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? You want to read summaries of previous research on a topic, giving you historical context and current understanding of the subject, as well as a list of sources to consult.
- What's included? Over 30,000 literature reviews in the Biomedical, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences, dating back to 1932.
Science Direct College Editions This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? You are looking for full-text scholarly articles on science, education, psychology and business topics.
- What's included? Full-text of over 500 journal titles in the areas of science, technology, business and medicine.
SciFinder-n This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? You want to search the chemical literature.
- What's included? SciFinder-n contains a wide variety of content from journal articles to information on chemical structures, properties, and reactions.
This database requires all users to be logged in with one of their accounts. To get access to the registration link, please contact library@depauw.edu.
Physical Review Online Archive (PROLA) This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? You want physics articles published by the American Physical Society.
- What's included? American Physical Society's online archive for Physical Review Letters, Reviews of Modern Physics, and Physical Review A-E. Each January, another year is added to the archive. Searching and browsing abstracts are free.
Institute of Physics (IOP) Historic Archive This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? Search for citations to publications from 1874-2013.
- What's included? Also includes FT online access to Physics Education.

Web sites of interest...

arXiv.org
arXiv.org is an e-print service for research articles, covering areas include physics, mathematics, computer science, nonlinear sciences, quantitative biology and statistics. Maintained by Cornell University.
Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
The SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a Digital Library portal for researchers in Astronomy and Physics, operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) under a NASA grant. The ADS maintains three bibliographic databases containing more than 6.7 million records.
Google Scholar

Multidisciplinary Databases

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? Great starting point, with something for every subject!
- What's included? Lots of full-text, mostly peer-reviewed and recent, with some older and popular sources.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? You need a variety of scholarly and professional sources like journal articles, books, reports, and proceedings.
- What's included? Information about published sources, sometimes with links to the full-text, covering most disciplines.
- Note:Follow these instructions to set your Google Scholar settings for access to DePauw's Full Text when available: Google Scholar FAQ
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? It’s an excellent tool for scholarly articles and books/chapters from university presses, covering most disciplines.
- What's included? The collection's strength lies in its complete back issues of journal titles covering 75 disciplines, while a weakness is a "moving wall" limiting access to the most recent journal issues - the coverage skews older, so it’s not always a great starting point for researching topics that need to have the most current sources.

PHYS 480: Physics Senior Seminar: Databases

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Starting Points for Research

Web sites of interest...

Multidisciplinary Databases