USAFA Library Guides: Physics: Articles

Physic Databases

This list of databases focuses on physical sciences. It is alphabetized.

ADS: SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System
The SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a digital library portal for researchers in astronomy and physics, operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) under a NASA grant. The ADS maintains three bibliographic collections containing more than 15 million records covering publications in astronomy and astrophysics, physics, and general science, including all arXiv e-prints.
arXiv > Physics
arXiv® is a curated research-sharing platform open to anyone. As a pioneer in digital open access, arXiv.org now hosts nearly two million scholarly articles in eight subject areas.

Engineering Village This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive engineering platform curated for engineers, from peer-reviewed articles and conference proceedings to standards and reliable data to learn from the findings of leading engineers worldwide.
IEEE Xplore Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Contains almost one-third of the world's current literature in electrical engineering, communications, and computer science, primarily in full-text.
Scitation plus Digital Archives This link opens in a new window
Scholarly articles in the fields of the physical and related sciences from leading publications from AIP Publishing.
AIP Publishing is a subsidiary of the American Institute of Physics.
SPIE Digital Library This link opens in a new window
A digital eBook and article database of optics and photonics applied research.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Authoritative, multidisciplinary content covering more than 15,000 journals.

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This list databases that cover all of the basic science disciplines. These are good places to explore a science topic.

Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Web of Science is an authoritative, multidisciplinary database covering more than 15,000 journals. It is a good choice for most any science topic. It also provides cited and citing reference tracking.
ScienceDirect Complete Freedom Collection This link opens in a new window
ScienceDirect has extensive coverage in science, engineering and medicine. It also contains many core journals in business, social sciences and humanities. Full-text access to journal content from 1995 to present.
SciTech Premium Collection This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary content collection of scholarly material in the natural sciences, technology, engineering related disciplines. Includes scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications, and more.

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