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Physics

Resources for applied physics

Library Search

Top Choice Article & Report Databases

Find articles, reports, preprints

Scitation (searches all American Institute of Physics content)
Web of Science - All databases (Web of Science, Clarivate)
Authoritative and comprehensive index of citations and abstracts of journal articles and conference proceedings in the Sciences and Social Sciences.

Click the Get It button in the search results to see if we have the full text article.
ProQuest - All databases
Multidisciplinary. A good place to start for any research topic.

ProQuest Status Page
ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
To see only full-text articles that are immediately accessible, go to Advanced Search, then open Expert Search, and refine to Subscribed Publications.
TORPEDO Ultra
Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
Publicly available documents in all areas of defense research (science, technology, engineering, social science, business & budget), DOD directives & instructions. DTIC is the central scientific, research, and engineering information support activity for the DOD.

For a better search experience, you can use the National Technical Reports Library instead. Full text for most reports are available there.
Defense Technical Information Center Research & Engineering Gateway (DTIC R&E)
Both publicly available and access controlled documents in all areas of defense research (science, technology, engineering, social science, business & budget), DOD directives & instructions. DTIC is the central scientific, research, and engineering information support activity for the DOD.

Click the Access-Controlled Sites tab. Accounts available to DOD and federal government employees and their contractors. CAC login/registration required.
arXiv.org
Institute of Physics Science (IOP)
High Energy Physics Literature Database (INSPIRE)

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More Choices

Defense Science Board Reports

IEEE Xplore
Electrical engineering, computer science, electronics, oceanography, optics
Knovel
Optical Society of America (OSA)
Science.gov
SciTech Connect (US Dept. of Energy)

Science, technology, and engineering research from the U.S. Dept. of Energy
Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3)
High-energy physics
SPIE (International Society for Optics and Photonics)
SpringerLink
You can also buy a softcover, black & white copy of ebooks that we subscribe to for $24.99 each including shipping.
Wiley Online Library

Other Search Engines

Google Scholar

Find journal articles and other scholarly content.

How to link to full text of articles

(1:32 min.)

You can use these tools to search for predatory journals:

Cabell's Journalytics (whitelist) to check for vetted journals
Cabell's Predatory Reports (blacklist) to check for predatory journals

Microsoft Academic

Academic search engine that uses artificial intelligence (AI) bots that read, understand, and deliver scientific news and papers

Physics Liaison

Subjects:Aerospace & Engineering, Business, Management & Economics, Citation Tools, Science

Request article or book = Interlibrary Loan

Find something you need and we don't have it?

Request article or book
(Interlibrary Loan)

One-time registration required. (You'll be prompted to register.)
Article PDFs can arrive as quickly as 2-3 days.
Print books can take 1-2 weeks.
DL students: we'll also send library-owned materials to you.

(3:59 min.)

Find a Specific Article

In the library search box, enter the article title in quotes. Add the author (if you have it).
If it doesn't come up, try searching the journal directly.
First find the journal by clicking the Journal Titles button in the top row