Research Guides: Physics: Journals/Articles

Start with these databases

arXiv.org
An open repository of physics and other science related literature.

Dimensions This link opens in a new window
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A comprehensive index similar to the citation indexes of Web of Science. Free registration required. Each citation provides a list of its references and a citation count plus a list of citing documents. Limited full text, though there is an open access filter on the left. For more full text and formatted citations, take titles found in Dimensions, log into Google Scholar from the library home page, and search for Dimensions titles there.
MathSciNet This link opens in a new window
MathSciNet is a database by the American Mathematical Society (AMS), containing reviews, abstracts and bibliographic information for much of the mathematical sciences literature.
ScienceDirect (Elsevier) This link opens in a new window
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A database of 1,700 full-text journals from scientific, technical and medical fields.
LENS.ORG
An open access database to discover, analyze, and map global innovation knowledge. Bridging the cultures of scholarly research with invention and industry.
Web of Science Core Collection This link opens in a new window
Contains Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science) some full text; Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science) some full text; Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science) some full text; and SciELO Citation Index (Web of Science) some full text.
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
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Some full text. A database of 1,700 full-text journals from scientific, technical and computer science fields.

Find Journals to which the Library Subscribes

It is possible to identify and locate the content or journals to which we subscribe. On the library home page, you will find Library One Search. Choose the Journals tab and type in the name of the journal you are seeking.

Interlibrary Loan

If you don't find the journal you want, you can use interlibrary loan through the link above (free to students, faculty and staff of TWU). There is no charge for this service. Note that login is the barcode on your student/library card, entered twice.

Other sources you can use

PROLA (Physical Review Online Archive) This link opens in a new window
PROLA is The American Physical Society's Physical Review Online Archive. The complete archive consists of all of Physical Review back to 1893, all of Physical Review Letters back to 1958, and all of Reviews of Modern Physics back to 1929.

You may also browse PROLA by APS journal via this link.

Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
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Some full text. A multidisciplinary database containing academic journals, peer-reviewed articles, magazines, periodicals, reports, books and videos.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) This link opens in a new window
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An online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals. It covers a wide range of different subjects, including technology, medicine, science, social science, education, history, law, philosophy, and so on.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Some full text. JSTOR (Journal Storage) is a large archive of back issues of journals across a wide range of academic subjects. While it contains much valuable information, it will not usually contain the most up-to-date research.
National Research Council (NRC) Research Press - free back issues This link opens in a new window
Over 100,000 backfile articles of NRC Research Press journals (from 1951 to 2010) are freely available to all Canadians. Journals cover different sciences subjects, including biochemistry, animal science, civil engineering, earth science, forestry, soil science, genome, and so on.
Sage Journals
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Some full text. A portal of different journals covering a wide range of subject areas including materials science & engineering, life & biomedical science, health sciences, and social sciences & humanities.

Preprints repositories

CERN Document Server
CERN (European Laboratory for Particle Physics)'s repository of high energy physics (HEP), fundamental and pure physics, particle physics articles, preprints, books and proceedings papers.
ICTP Preprints Archive
Preprints of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics papers in Applied Physics, Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics, and more.
INSPIRE
A database of particle physics papers maintained at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC). Successor to SPIRES.
Mathematical Physics
Mathematical Physics Preprint Archive (1991 - present)

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