Research Tip Sheet - for systematically searching academic databases (+ video tutorial | 2:25 | transcript)
All Physics Fields
- American Institute of Physics Journals
- arXiv - An open access (free) eprint archive for physics, mathematics, computer science, and more
- Google Scholar - A broad search for academic sources, which can include free sources not available in other databases
- IOPScience - A collection of Institute of Physics (IOP) journals covering both applied and pure physics
- Scholars Portal Journals - Provides access to a large number of articles from major academic publishers covering all fields
- ScienceDirect Journals - Provides access to Elsevier journals in the physical sciences, engineering, life sciences, health sciences and social sciences
- Scopus - A large multidisciplinary database useful for finding scientific literature and analyzing citations
- SpringerLink - Sciences and Engineering
- Web of Science - A large multidisciplinary database useful for finding scientific literature and analyzing citations
Astrophysics
- Astrophysics Data System (ADS) - Abstracts in astronomy and physics, provided by NASA’s Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
BioPhysics
- BioMed Central - Biomedical research publications
- Royal Society of Chemistry Journals Collection - 45 peer-reviewed journals that cover the core chemical sciences including related fields such as biology, biophysics, energy and environment, engineering, materials, medicine and physics
Computational Physics
- ACM Digital Library - All articles and other documents published by the Association for Computing Machinery
- Inspec - A bibliographic database covering physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computers and control engineering, and information technology
Engineering Physics
- EI Engineering Village
- IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Xplore Digital Library
GeoPhysics
- GeoRef - Citations and abstracts to journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports, and theses in the geosciences
High-Energy and Nuclear Physics
- INSPIRE-HEP - A key search engine for high energy physics literature
- International Nuclear Information System (INIS) - Scientific and technical literature published on the peaceful applications of nuclear science and technology
- OSTI.GOV (US Department of Energy)
- SCOAP3 Repository - High-energy journals that have been converted to open access
Medical Physics
- PubMed - A database from the US National Center for Biotechnology Information, useful when researching topics in medical physics
Particle Physics
- CERN Document Server - Bibliographic database from the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) containing information about full-text preprints, articles, books, journals, and photographs on particle physics and related areas + CERN opendata
Reference
- ACS (American Chemical Society) Guide to Scholarly Communication
- A Dictionary of Astronomy
- A Dictionary of Energy Science
- A dictionary of physics
- A Dictionary of Space Exploration
- CRC handbook of chemistry and physics
- Encyclopedia of mathematical physics
- How to Write a Good Scientific Paper
- Mastering the Art of Scientific Publication
- The Oxford Companion to Cosmology
- Springer handbook of atomic, molecular, and optical physics
Tables and Data
- International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology - Tables of data on physical, thermodynamic, mechanical, and other key properties
- Physical Reference Data - Openly-available data from the National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Smithsonian physical tables - 901 tables of full-text searchable common physical and chemical data
Videos
- Films on Demand - Click the three bars at the top left to 'View All' Subjects, including Physics
YouTube
- From the American Chemical Society
- Playlist: ACS AuthorUniveristy (scientific writing and publishing)
- Playlist: Science Communication
- American Physical Society (APS)
- CarletonPhysics
- CERN
- Institute of Physics (IOP)
- McDonald Institute: Canada's Astroparticle Physics Network
- MinutePysics
- NASA
- TheSNOLAB
Ebooks can be found through Omni on the Library's home page.
Also try searching or browsing in the following ebook collections:
- Ebook Central
- eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
- IOP (Institute of Physics) eBooks
- Knovel Library | Video Tutorials
- National Academies Press eBooks
- O'Reilly
- Scholars Portal Books
- SPIE (International Society for Optics and Photonics) eBooks
- SpringerLink
Also note that all of Carleton's ebooks can be found through the library's homepage, using the large search box. Conduct a keyword search, then isolate to Available Online (under Availability) + Books (under Resource Type)
- CURVE - Includes Carleton theses and dissertations, as well as other research deposited by faculty, staff, and students
- Dissertations and Theses Global - Theses and dissertations from around the world
- Foreign Doctoral Dissertations - Indexes non-North American graduate and doctoral theses
- Other sources for Theses and Dissertations
Guide for Conducting a Literature Review
- Astronomy Image Explorer
- Canadian Astronomy Data Centre
- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)
- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA)
- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
- Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
- CERN (Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire) | The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) | ATLAS
- China Jinping Underground Laboratory (CJPL)
- Fermilab - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy
- Feynman Lectures Online
- Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophycis Research Centre (National Research Council Canada)
- IceCube: South Pole Neutrino Observatory
- KEK Inter-University Research Institute Corporation - High Energy Accelerator Research Organization
- Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS)
- Laboratory for Laser-Assisted Medical Physics and Engineering (L2AMPE)
- LIGO - Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
- Medical Physics Resource Page - Useful links for those interested in medical physics, from the American Association of Physicists in Medicine
- NASA Scientific and Technical Information Program
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Physics (OCIP)
- Ottawa Medical Physics Institute (OMPI)
- P-ONE - Collaboration of Canadian and German universities exploring the possibilities for a neutrino telescope located in the northern Pacific
- Particle Adventure - A tutorial from the Contemporary Physics Education Project (CPEP)
- Science.gov - Scientific and technical information from 13 US federal agencies
- The SETI Institute
- SNOLAB - Underground science laboratory near Sudbury Ontario specializing in neutrino and dark matter physics
- TRIUMF - Canada's particle accelerator centre
Physics Organizations
- AIP Society of Physics Students
- American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Arthur B. McDonald Canadian Astroparticle Physics Research Institute (CAPRI)
- Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP)
- Canadian Astronomical Society (CAS)
- Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (CCPM)
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
- Institute of Physics (IoP)
- International Astronomical Union (IAU)
- Royal Astronomical Society (UK)
- Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC)
