Physics Resources Essential Resources | Additional Resources | Multidisciplinary Library Databases | Public Websites |
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Encyclopedia of Physics, 3rd ed., 2006 (on order)
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 86th ed.,
2005
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Physics, 4 volumes, 1996
Encyclopedia of Condensed Matter Physics, 6
volumes, 2005
Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 4
volumes, 2001
Astronomy Encyclopedia, 2002
Handbook of Physics, 2001
Dictionary of Astronomy, 2003
Facts on File Dictionary of Atomic and Nuclear Physics,
2003
Dictionary of Geophysics, Astrophysics, and Astronomy,
2001
Firefly Atlas of the Universe, 3rd ed., 2005
Wiley Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Dictionary, 2004
Encyclopedia of Optical Engineering, 3 volumes,
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 Physics
Electronic Journals (Institute of Physics):  Full text access to more
than 30 scholarly journals in physics and engineering. Also includes
Physics Reviews which brings together review articles published in
the Institute's journals including topical reviews as well as those
from Reports on Progress in Physics. Coverage: 1996 to present. Updated: daily.
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CRCnetBASE (Taylor & Francis):
Is a collection of primarily chemistry reference resources that
includes:
- Combined Chemical Dictionary
- Dictionary of Commonly Cited Compounds
- Dictionary of Drugs
- Dictionary of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds
- Dictionary of Natural Products
- Dictionary of Organic Compounds
- Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
- Polymers: A Property Database
- Properties of Organic Compounds
These interactive resources allow users to view and extract
tables and data.
Username and Password required, please contact the Reference Desk
(608-785-8708, refemail@uwlax.edu).
Note: This resource is available through October 24, 2007. If
you would like to see this resource added to the library's
e-resource collection, please send feedback to Galadriel Chilton (chilton.gala@uwlax.edu)
or John Jax (jax.john@uwlax.edu).
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IEEE Xplore (IEEE/IEE)
Use this resource to locate literature
published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE) and the Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEE). Contents
include IEEE and IEE journals, IEE conference proceedings and IEEE
standards. Subjects covered include engineering, computer science,
biology, chemistry, physics, etc. Coverage: 1988 to present with select
materials from 1950 to 1988. Updated: continuously.
Basic Search Tips
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Science Accelerator
(U.S. Dept. of Energy):
Find
scientific research & development results, project descriptions, and
more. This search engine covers individual government
databases including:
Information Bridge,
E-Print Network,
Science Conference
Proceedings, R&D
Accomplishments,
Energy Citations
Database, R&D Project
Summaries, EPA
Science Inventory (SI), NIH
Computer Retrieval of
Information on Scientific Projects (CRISP), NSF
Award Abstracts, SBA
Technology Resources Network
(TECH-Net), USDA
Current Research Information System (CRIS),
DOepatents,
and EnergyFiles.
Coverage: variable.
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Science Citation Index
Expanded (Web of
Science):
Indexes more than 5,700 major journals across 164 scientific
disciplines. Can also be used to find other articles citing a specific
article (footnotes in reverse). Coverage: 1987 to present. Updated: weekly.
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Note: To search only the Science
Citation Index Expanded, click the change limits link
towards the bottom of the screen and uncheck the boxes for
the Arts & Humanities Index and Social Sciences Citation
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The Sky Astronomy:
Extensive astronomy program
that includes La Crosse Sky Astronomy, local astronomy sky charts and
information. Available on the Science/Health computer in the reference area.
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Multidisciplinary Library Databases: |
These full-text
resources also include information related to this subject area:
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost). Includes full text of
scholarly and popular periodicals.
MasterFile Premier (EBSCOhost). Includes full text of
mostly popular periodicals, some scholarly, newspapers, and more.
LexisNexis Academic. Includes full text of popular, scholarly,
trade, and professional periodicals, and much more.
CQ Researcher. For in-depth reports on current and past topics
in all subject areas.
JSTOR. For reliable access to full text of articles from more
than 490 periodicals more than 2-5 years old.
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Public Websites: |
The following web resources were selected by librarians:
Physics
Web sites A directory listing of related
sites.
The
Accretion Disk (Astronomy)
ArXiv An
e-print service in the fields of physics,
mathematics, non-linear science, computer
science, and quantitative biology.
More than 70% of all papers currently
published in Physics journals are being
archived at this site, started by Paul
Ginsparg in 1991.
Elemental
Data Index
Encyclopedia of the
Atmospheric Environment
Parallax
Project (Astronomy)
Physics
Internet Resources
PhysicsWeb
Physics Zone
Planetary Data
System
Science.gov
Scirus
(science-specific web search engine)
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