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Subject Guide: Physics

Books

Selected Reference Books in McQuade Library (First Floor):

  • American Institute of Physics Handbook [REF] QC61. A5 1963
  • The Cambridge Atlas of Astronomy [REF] QB65. 66813 1988
  • CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics [REF] QD65 .H3 2006-2007
  • Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Physics [REF] QC5. E52 (set of 10 volumes)
  • Encyclopedia of Physics [REF] QC5. E545 2005 (2 volumes)
  • Facts on File Dictionary of Physics [REF] QC5. F34 1999
  • Guide to Information Sources in the Physical Sciences [REF] QC5.35

Search the NOBLE Web Catalog for more print and electronic books owned by McQuade Library. Try these sample subject headings:

Astrophysics Motion
Force and Energy Nuclear Physics
General Relativity Physics --Problems, exercises, etc.
Mathematical Physics Weights and Measures

To find additional related subject headings, consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings
(a set of red reference books located near the Reference Desk in McQuade Library).

Articles

Selected print indexes and periodicals:

Applied Science & Technology Index (1980 - 2002) [REF] Z7913 .A65

Print and Electronic Periodicals:
For a complete list of the library's periodicals holdings in both formats, go to Journal Finder. Here, you can search by title or subject for all print and full-text electronic periodical holdings. Print journals can be found in the Periodicals Room on the 2nd floor of the Library.

Selected electronic journals:

  • Journal of High Energy Physics (a peer-reviewed electronic journal published by the institute of Physics Publishing)
  • New Journal of Physics (a peer-reviewed electronic journal publishing orignial research in areas of physics, produced by the Institute of Physics)

Preprint Sites
Preprints are papers that have been submitted for comment and review among peers, for publication in journals, or prior to presentation at conferences. If you are looking for information on current research, start here.

Search these databases to find articles:

  • Wiley Interscience allows searching of full-text of over 300 leading scientific, technical, medical, and professional journals published by John Wiley & Sons.

  • Expanded Academic ASAP is a multidisciplinary database covering general reference, health, business, science and more. Some full-text is included.

  • Academic Search Premier is a large multidisciplinary database that provides indexing and selected full-text to a wide variety of subjects, including the humanities, science, business, medicine, and education.

  • MEDLINE provides authoritative information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine

  • Scientific American Archive Online contains the entire editorial content of Scientific American with all special issues from January 1993 through to the present.

  • Scitation has multiple levels of usage, including a free level that allows for abstract searches of a huge database (AIP publishes a ton of physics journals ranging from publications for high-school and college physics teachers to some of the most highly regarded top-flight research journals) Thanks Prof. Looney!

Web Sites

eneral Guides

History of Physics

Laboratories

Physical Constants and Reference Tables

Professional Organizations

 

Online Tutorials