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Physics Resources

* Use books for historical, comprehensive information.
* Use journal articles and Internet resources to find current, specific information.		 * Browse the Reference Stacks and General Book Collection for call numbers beginning with QC. 
* Check with Department for additional resources.
Resources for Research Help
IOPscience
* contains more than 300,000 articles, from 1874 to the present day
* covers physics, including scientific, technical and medical content.
* organized by more than 6,000 classifications using PACS and MSC codes in physics, astronomy and mathematics
* access from on-campus or off campus with APSU ID		 Most  items available on your computer HELP:More about IOPscience
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SPIN Web
* lists citations and summaries of journal articles
* covers physics
* covers items published from 1830 to the present
* access from on-campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		Some items available in the library or a few on your computer HELP:More about SPIN Web
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Science Direct College Edition Journal Collections
* contains over 1800 full text, peer reviewed journals
* provides articles from journals in Social & Behavioral Sciences, Health & Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering
* Dates available include issues from the current year back to 1995 for most titles
* access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		Most items available in the on your computer HELP:More about Science Direct
Physical Review Online Archive (PROLA)
* immediate, long-term access to all APS journal content
* covers physics
* covers items published from 1893 to four years ago
* access from on-campus or off campus with APSU ID 		Most items available in the library or on your computer HELP:More about PROLA
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Academic Search Premier
* contains indexing for 8,200 publications
* contains full text for more than 4,650 titles
* PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for over 100 journals
* access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		Most items available in the library or on your computer HELP:More about Academic Search Premier
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Wiley Online Library
* lists citations for millions of articles and full-text from over 200 periodicals
* covers science, technology, medicine, and humanities
* articles from 1996 to date
* access from on and off campus.		 Many items available on your computer HELP:More about Wiley Online Library
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ADS: The SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System
*Provides access to three databases containing more than 6 million abstracts: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics and Geophysics, and the arXiv.org preprints in Astronomy
*The main body of data in the ADS consists of bibliographic records, which are searchable through our Abstract Service query forms, and full-text scans of much of the astronomical literature which can be browsed though our Browse Service
*Click on the Journal Abbreviation List to see a full list of journals and their abbreviations.
*The full-text scans available in the ADS can be browsed through the ADS Browse Service.		 All items available on your computer HELP:Locating articles in the Library

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ArXiv
*Started in August 1991, arXiv.org (formerly xxx.lanl.gov) is a highly-automated electronic archive and distribution server for research articles
*Covered areas include physics, mathematics, computer science, nonlinear sciences, quantitative biology and statistics.
*Users can retrieve papers from arXiv via the web interface. Registered authors may use our web interface to submit their articles to arXiv
*Open access to 580,043 e-prints		 All items available on your computer HELP:Locating articles in the Library

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Annual Reviews Electronic Back Volume Collection
*content spans the Biomedical, Physical, and Social Sciences
*includes full-text from 1100+ volumes, comprising over 20,000 critical and authoritative review articles
*covers back volumes published from 1932 to the 2003 volumes
*access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		All items available on your computer HELP:More about Annual Reviews EBVC
 
Scientific American Archive Online
*contains the full text and graphics of every Scientific American issue from 1993 to the present
*more than 4,000 articles are available to view or download in color PDF
*covers all aspects of health, science, and technology
*access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		All items available on your computer HELP:More about Scientific American Archive Online
Applied Science & Technology Full Text
*provides access to full text articles, page images, article abstracts, and citations from hundreds of sources
*covers engineering, industrial arts, chemistry, physics, and more
*retrospective coverage as far back as 1983, full-text since 1997
*access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		Many items available on your computer HELP: More about Applied Science and Technology
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Video Collections Online (VAST)
* Containing 21 individual discipline collections totaling 20,000 titles of high-quality academic video content
* Subjects include American History, Anthropology, Area Studies, Art and Architecture, Business and Economics, Counseling and Therapy, Criminal Justice and Law, Dance, Education, Ethnic Studies, Health and Healthcare, Humanities, Opera, Philosophy and Religious Studies, Politics, Psychology, Science, Theatre, Women’s and Studies, World History and World Languages
* access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		All items available on your computer HELP:More about Video Collections Online (VAST)
DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
*links to journals with full-text articles 
*covers all subjects
*covers articles from the mid-1990's to the present
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Reference and Fact-finding Sources
HELP:Oxford Reference Online: dictionaries, encyclopedias, and guides covering all subjects
HELP:Encyclopedia Britannica: full encyclopedia plus web sites
HELP:Gale Virtual Reference Library: dictionaries, encyclopedias, and guides covering all subjects.  For a list of titles available at APSU, click here.
HELP:netLibrary (EBSCO eBook Collection): dictionaries, encyclopedias, and guides covering all subjects
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