Subject Guide Physics

Databases

(Journal articles, preprints, reports, theses, books, proceedings, etc.)

• Web of Knowledge - Information on Isi Web of Knowledge
  International bibliographic records of articles with abstracts. Accessible 1945 to present. Contains:
  • Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-expanded)
  • Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
  • Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI)
• Scopus . - Tutorials
  Sciences, social sciences, engineering sciences
• ViFaPhys - The Physics Virtual Library
  central access point to information and services relevant to physics with subject guide and meta search function
• ZMath
  The database contains bibliographic records (with abstracts) of mathematical literature (mainly journal articles) and partly statistics (since 1931)
• MathSciNet : Mathematical reviews, current mathematical publications
  The Database contains bibliographic records (with abstracts, mainly journal articles) of mathematics, computer science and statistics (from 1940 on)
• Inis - International Nuclear Information System
  Bibliographic database with more than 2.8 Mio records in the fields of nuclear research and technology. Since 1970, update weekly. - Help
• Nuclear Science Abstracts (NSA)
  Bibliographic database of nuclear research, nuclear physics and nuclear technology, 1948 - 1976. Contains also full texts
• scitopia.org
  "scitopia.org provides bibliographic records of scientific articles of 15 (American) Academic Societies in the fields of physics and engineering sciences (...). More than 3 million journal articles, conference proceedings from more then 150 years, including patents and government publications"
• Energy Citations Database
  Scientific and Technical Publishers and Journal Literature, Department of Energy (DOE)
• Astrophysics Data System (ADS) Abstract Service, Garching-Mirror)
  NASA, Astronomy and Astrophysics: 1 million abstracts; Instrumentation Abstracts: 751,000 abstracts; Physics and Geophysics: 1,9 million abstracts
• Inspire
  High energy physics: Journal articles, preprints, e-prints, technical reports, conference proceedings, 860,000
• SPIRES HEP Database (Desy-Mirror)
  High energy physics: Journal articles, preprints, e-prints, technical reports, Conference proceedings, 500,000
• SPIE Publications: Society of Photo-Optical and Instrumentation Engineers
  Database of abstracts of all Proceedings Volumes
• Superconductivity Papers Database
  76,000 articles and congress papers since 1987

Factual Databases

• Review of Particle Physics
  (Particle Data Group)

Meta Search engines

• PhysDoc - Physics Documents Worldwide: Universität Oldenburg, Fachbereich Physik
  Search interface for several literature databases (inl. theses), European and American institutes of physics
• EPrint Network - Department of Energy (DOE)

Electronic Full Texts

Textbooks, simulation programmes etc.; partly in the Digital Library

• Duden Schülerlexikon Physik
  Limited free access
• CD-ROMs in the Departmental Library of Physics
  • Bauer, W.; Benenson, W.; Westfall, G. D.: cliXX Physik. 1998 (shelf mark: 150/Baue)
  • Der Brockhaus in Text und Bild. 1999 (shelf mark: 120/BROC)
  • Härtel, H.; Lüdke, M.: xyZET - ein Simulationsprogramm zur Physik. 2000 (shelf mark: 150/Haer)
  • Kompakt-Brockhaus multimedial. 1998/99 (shelf mark: 120/KOMP)
  • Lexion der Physik. 2000 (shelf mark: 120/LEXI)
  • Physik - Schwingungslehre und Atomphysik. 1999 (shelf mark: 150/PHYS)
  • Popov, S.V.; Svirko, Ju.P.; Zeludev, N.I.: Encyclopedia of material tensors on CD. 1999. (shelf mark: 140/Popo)
  • Zwillinger, Daniel: Handbook of differential equations. 3. ed. 1998. CD-ROM Version 1. (shelf mark: 810/Zwil)
• Albert: Physik interaktiv 1-2   . - Information on Albert: Physik interaktiv 1-2
• cliXX Physik
  Contents: basic knowledge in the fields of kinematics, dynamics, thermodynamics, waves, electricity, optics, nuclear and quantum physics; gives 160 experiments and simulations as QuickTime videos, 220 yes/no questions for revision, with tips and elaborate solutions, 6 complete tests with solutions.
• DeskTop Bronstein: Taschenbuch der Mathematik
• DeskTop Stöcker: Taschenbuch der Physik
• Quantenphysik für Windows   . - Info on Quantenphysik für Windows
• Siegel, Warren: Fields. Stony Brook; NY, 1999 (PDF)
• DeskTop Stöcker: Taschenbuch mathematischer Formeln und moderner Verfahren
• Standard Math Interactive   . - Info zur Datenbank Standard Math Interactive

Preprints, Abstracts

• CERN Document Server
  Articles and Preprints. More than 900,000 records, 360,000 documents in full text
• CERN List of Preprints and Reports
• e-Print archive (de.arXiv.org)
  Preprint server for mathematics and physics
• KISS (KEK Information Service System) for Preprints
  More than 100,000 preprints, reports, access on full texts
• Preprints in Particles and Fields (PPF)
  circa 230 new preprints weekly, list arranged by institutions (abbr. in preprint number.)

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