Key Journals:
Article Databases
- Web of Science This link opens in a new window
This database is a core general science resource, covering all aspects of scientific literature. It also has a number of tools that make it a unique resource for finding scholarly literature. Item records come with links both to the works cited by the paper in question and the future works that cite that paper. Web of Science also allows the user to set up email alerts for specific authors or topics, provides researcher profiles, and to use associated journal metrics provided by the vendor.
- Inspec This link opens in a new window
Inspec is a database of research literature in the fields of engineering, physics and computing. It includes journal articles, conference papers and book content.
- Energy Citation DatabaseContains publicly available bibliographic records for energy and energy-related scientific and technical information from the Department of Energy (DOE). 1948+
- SIMBADhe SIMBAD astronomical database provides basic data, cross-indentificatons and bibliographic references for celestrial objects outside the solar system.
- NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED)he NED database contains positions, basic data and names for extragalactic objects, as well as bibliographic references to published papers, and notes from catalogs and other publications.
- ArXiv.org (e-Prints)Started in 1995, this site provides a fully automated electronic archive and distribution server for research papers. Covered areas include physics and related disciplines, mathematics, nonlinear sciences, computational linguistics, and neuroscience.
- CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics This link opens in a new windowThis reference work comprises hundreds of tables of scientific data, including physical constants, chemical properties, mathematics, and laboratory safety. Searching by chemical structure is possible via a drawing tool.
Journal Article & Book Chapter Collections
- ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
ScienceDirect is a general science database that searches journal articles and book chapters in all areas of science, technology, and health. ScienceDirect also provides full text access to a number of major reference works, allows the user to create email alerts for specific journal titles, book series, or research topics, and provides access to a limited number of "pre-pub" articles (articles accepted for publication but not yet officially released).
- SPIE Digital Library This link opens in a new window
The SPIE (The International Society for Optics and Photonics) Digital Library includes SPIE journals and conference papers on optics and photonics.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
This database provides full text access to the back issues of core scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Book reviews are included as well as journal articles. Abstracts are available for some of the articles.
- SpringerLink eBooks This link opens in a new window
The SpringerLink eBooks database contains the full-text of over 45,000 eBooks, the majority of them related to engineering and computer science. There are also books on other topics, including medicine, mathematics, life sciences, and the social sciences. Previews of hundreds of additional titles are also available. Most titles are in English but some books in other languages are also included.
