A Research Guide for Physics
About this guide

This guide was created by expert librarians from Steely Library and Physics faculty, to kickstart your research, guiding you to recommended databases and other resources in Physics
Databases
The selected databases are Steely Library and Physics approved and are your best bets for researching most topics in Physics.
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ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
A database for scientific research that contains the full text of more than 1,000 Elsevier science journals in the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences available through the Internet. Contains abstracts and articles from the core journals in major scientific disciplines. The journals are arranged under subject areas for topical navigation.
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Applied Science & Technology Full Text This link opens in a new window
Applied Science and Technology Full Text covers 350+ key, international English-language periodicals in the applied sciences and technology.
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IEEE Electronic Library (IEL) This link opens in a new window
Contains over 5 million full-text documents in the areas of engineering, computing, and technology. Provides access to full text IEEE and IET journals, magazines, transactions, IEEE and IET conference proceedings, and active IEEE standards.
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