Physics

Finding Articles

Find magazine and journal articles, via on-line databases

• Academic Search Premier
  Large interdisciplinary collection of articles, including articles from physics magazines and journals.
• Applied Science and Technology Full Text
  Provides contents including "...leading trade and industrial publications, professional and technical society journals, specialized subject periodicals, plus buyers' guides, directories, and conference proceedings."
• Find e-Journal
  Access IUPUI's online access for specific magazine and journals, via online subscriptions as well as full-text content within library databases.
• General Science Abstracts
  Subjects Covered include: Astronomy, Atmospheric Science, Life Science, Earth Science, Environment, Mathematics, Medicine, Physics.
• InfoTrac OneFile
  Large interdisciplinary collection of articles, including articles from physics magazines and journals.
• Science Citation Index Expanded (1987- ) (Available through Web of Science)
  Resource for "...cited reference searching, now with enhanced capabilities and online tutorial."
  

Find scholarly articles, via journals and journal collections

• Physics-Related Journals at the IUPUI University Library Provides a list of print and online journals available at University Library.
• Institute of Physics IoPScience electronic journals. Full-text access to all ALL IOP-OWNED CONTENT ever published, and complete archival access, for journals in the fields of physics, mathematics, engineering, chemistry and biology.
• Annual Reviews.
  Provide "authoritative, analytic reviews" on an annual basis for a variety of scientific, medical and social science disciplines. IUPUI has access to select current titles, as well as the entire Annual Review Archive (1932 - Current Year Minus Five).
• AIP Physical Review Online Archive
  American Institute of Physics Physical Review journals, including PROLA archival contents.
• Digital Dissertations
  Search for dissertations and theses, including abstracts and full-text content in many cases.
• SIAM Applied Mathematics Journal Collection
  Access SIAM's collection of 13 peer-reviewed research journals covering areas of computing and applied mathematics. Includes LOCUS, SIAM's journal archive (1952 to 1996).
• Wiley InterScience Collection
  Search and browse by subject area, including Life Sciences; Physics and Astronomy; Polymers and Materials.
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) - Physics
  Peer-reviewed titles address applied and theoretical topics, including biotechnology, condensed matter physics, optics, materials research, and mathematical physics.

Finding Books & Media

Books, eBooks, and Videos 

(Please also see the "Reference Materials" tab for recent major online dictionaries and encyclopedias, and specialized resources.)

Hints for searching for books: enter IUCAT. Start with simple keyword concepts connected with AND (e.g. physics AND energy).  If you have logged in to IUCAT, you can use the Request Delivery system to request that a book available at another IU library, but not available here, be sent here for you to pick up.

Hints for searching for videos:  enter IUCAT. under More IUCAT Searches, select "Advanced Keyword Search". Enter a simple keyword search targeting general concepts (e.g. optics).  Then, scroll down to the "format:" pull-down menu and select option "Video/Slides, Etc."

ebook Search Simultaneously search three University Library ebook collections, including physics-related and information-technology ebooks. Enter IUCAT. From the home search page, under More IUCAT Searches, select "E-book Search (Beta)"

Sample Highlights: Mathematics and Research Tools

• Chicago Guide to Communicating Science (University of Chicago PressREF T 10.5.M65 2003)  
• Encyclopedia of Nonlinear Science (Routledge REF QA427 .E53 2005)
• Handbook of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations (CRC REF QA372 .P726 2004)
• How to Write and Illustrate Scientific Papers (Cambridge University Press 2000 T11 .G86 2008) New 
• Infinite Dimensional Groups and Manifolds (Walter de Gruyter 2004) 
• Mathematical Methods for Physicists: a Concise Introduction (Cambridge U. Press 2000)
• Methods for Solving Mathematical Physics Problems (Cambridge International Science Publishing 2006)
• Problems and Solutions in Group Theory for Physicists (World Scientific Pub. 2004)
• Scientific Papers and Presentations (Academic Press REF T11. D324 2005)
• Transforms and Applications Handbook (CRC/IEEE Press: STACKS QA601 .T73 2000)

Sample Highlights: Specialized Handbooks

• Advanced Batteries: Materials Science Aspects (Springer 2009) New 
• Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics: The Strange Theory of Light in a Box (Wiley 2005)
• Condensed-matter and Materials Physics: The Science of the World Around Us New ("Physics 2010" series. National Academies Press 2007)
• Dictionary of Nanotechnology, Colloid and Interface Science (Wiley 2008 REF T174. 7 2008) New 
• Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics (Springer 2008) New
• Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Statistical Thermodynamics (Cambridge U. Press 2004) 
• Fuel cell Engines (Wiley 2008) New
• Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics: For Solid State Electronics and Optics (Cambridge U. Press, 2005)
• Handbook of Biomedical Nonlinear Optical Microscopy (Oxford U. Press 2008) New
• Handbook of Experimental Fluid Mechanics (Springer 2007) 
• Handbook of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations (CRC REF QA372 .P726 2004)
• Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering (Wiley 2003)
• Instrumentation Reference Book (Butterworth-Heinemann REF QC53 .I574 2003)
• Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers (McGraw-Hill 2007)
• Materials Handbook: A Concise Desktop Reference (Springer TA404.8 .C37 2008)
• Molecular Thermodynamics and Transport Phenomena: Complexities of Scales in Time and Space (McGraw Hill 2005) 
• Observer's Handbook (Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 2008 and previous years REF QB9 .R7) New 
• Optical System Design (McGraw Hill 2008) New
• Principles of Nanotechnology: Molecular-based Study of Condensed Matter in Small Systems (World Scientific 2005)
• Quantum Theory As an Emergent Phenomenon: The Statistical Mechanics of Matrix Models As the Precursor of Quantum Theory (Cambridge University Press 2004)
• Springer Handbook of Electronic and Photonic Materials (Springer TK7871 .S65 2006)
• Springer Handbook of Mechanical Engineering (2009)
• Theoretical Problems in Cavity Nonlinear Optics (Cambridge U. Press QC446.2 .M37 1997)
• Theoretical Optics: An Introduction (Wiley 2005)
• Springer Handbook of Electronic and Photonic Materials (Springer TK7871 .S65 2006) 
• Variational Principles and Methods in Theoretical Physics and Chemistry (Cambridge U. Press 2003)

Reference Materials

Major (online) Resources: Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

(Please also see the "Finding Books and Media" tab for recent guides and specialized handbooks, many available online.)

 

Encyclopedia Britannica (Britannica online) 

McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (2007) New. McGraw Hill's "flagship" science and technology reference title. Please access the link listed under the Science subject collection at webpage: Gale Virtual Reference Library.  The Encyclopedia "covers the latest developments" for topics in theoretical and applied science and technology. Article contributors include 36 Nobel Prize winners addressing topics in physics, chemistry, and applications of physics to medicine. 

Oxford Reference Online Updated. Large collection of high quality, up-to-date dictionaries; search by individual title, subject collection or comprehensively for entries cross-referenced by discipline. Includes terms, symbols, and processes for subjects such as Biological Sciences, incl. biochemistry, molecular biology, and genetics; Physical Sciences & Mathematics, incl. terms related to applied physics, biophysics, imaging, and materials science, plus new in-depth content on magnetic resonance imaging, low-temperature physics, nanophysics, and quantum entanglement. 

Major (print) Resources: Dictionaries and Encyclopedias*

General

• Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry III (Elsevier; 13 vols.: REF QD411 .C653 2007)   
• Dictionary of Physics (An updated translation of Lexicon der Physik; 4 vols.: REF QC5 .D538 2004)
• Encyclopedia of Applied Physics (Wiley; 12 vols.: REF QC5 .E543 2004)
• Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (Dekker; 2 vols.: REF R857.M3 E53 2004)
• Handbook of Nanophase and Nanostructured Materials (Kluwer; 4 vols: TA418.9.N35 H358 2003)  
• Yearbook of Science and Technology (McGraw Hill: REF Q121 .M31 2004 up to current year (new)

Specialized

• Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry III (Elsevier; 13 vols.: REF QD411 .C653 2007)
• Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences (Academic Press REF QC854. E522 2003 v.1 - v.4)
• Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics (Springer 2008) New
• Encyclopedia of Nonlinear Science (Routledge REF QA427 .E53 2005)
• Handbook of Nanophase and Nanostructured materials (Kluwer; 4 vols: TA418.9.N35 H358 2003)
• Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers (McGraw-Hill 2007) 

* REF denotes the library's "reference" collection on the 2nd level. Volumes can be checked out on a short-term basis by faculty. Other items are located in the 4th level (stacks) and typically can be checked out.

Web Resources

Scholarly

• INFOMINE Scholarly Internet Resource Collections: Physical Sciences, Engineering, Computing & Math
  "INFOMINE is a virtual library of Internet resources relevant to faculty, students, and research staff at the university level."
• Science.gov: Federal Science Resource Portal including Math, Physics, Chemistry
  "Science.gov is a gateway to over 50 million pages of authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. government agencies, including research and development results"
• xxx.lanl.gov e-Print Archive
  Research paper archive for physics, mathematics, and related disciplines
• The World Lecture Hall -- Physics
  Access instructional resources created by faculty worldwide

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