Physics and Astronomy
Resources Online
Depending on your
specific topic, you may find resources listed on the subject pages for Chemistry
or Mathematics to
be useful in addition to the resources listed below.
Contents:
Finding Books | Periodical
Indexes | Locating
Periodicals |
Other Databases
Finding
Books
Hiram College Library
Catalog -- for locally held materials.
OhioLINK Catalog -- for
the combined catalogs of Ohio academic libraries.
WorldCat
(off-campus Hiram users, click
here)
Combined catalogs of more than 10,000
libraries worldwide. Currently includes more than 40 million
bibliographic records for books, journals, media, etc.
Periodical
Indexes -- For periodical
articles relevant to your particular topic.
INSPEC
(off-campus Hiram users, click
here)
Indexes and abstracts the scientific and technical literature in
physics, computer science, information technology, and electrical
engineering. INSPEC covers more than 4,000 journals, more than
2,000 conference proceedings, books, reports and
dissertations. Coverage is international and goes back
to 1969 with more than 6.7 million records.
INSPEC Archive
1896-1968 (off-campus Hiram users, click
here)
This online version of Science Abstracts Journals covers scientific and
technical literature in physics, electrical engineering, and computing
and control engineering.
ISI Web of Science
(off-campus Hiram users, click
here)
The combined database of the Arts & Humanities Citation Index, the
Social Sciences Citation Index, and the Science Citation Index.
Applied Science
and Technology (off-campus Hiram users, click
here)
Indexes more than 400 core sources in science and technology.
Compendex
(off-campus Hiram users, click
here)
Indexes more than 2,600 journals in all areas of engineering.
MathSciNet
(off-campus Hiram users, click
here)
This online version of Mathematical Reviews and Current
Mathematical Publications indexes articles and books in mathematics
from 1940 to the present. Links to the full-text are not available to
Hiram users.
Academic
Search Premier (off-campus Hiram users, click
here)
Multi-disciplinary database that indexes and abstracts some 4,300
periodicals. Provides full-text to more than 3,300 with 2,500
being peer-reviewed journals.
Electronic
Journals Center (off-campus Hiram users, click
here)
Searchable, full-text issues of nearly 4,000 journals from major
publishers.
Columbia Earthscape
Earthscape attempts to provide a wide audience with access to key
information on earth sciences and public policy. Provides access
to full-text books, full-text journal articles, videos, datasets, daily
news, sample course syllabi, and links to other internet
resources. Updated daily.
GeoRef
(off-campus Hiram users, click
here)
Indexes more than 2,000 journals, plus books and other materials,
related to geology, geography, ecology and related disciplines.
Locating
Periodicals
Once you have identified relevant articles for your topic, you
will need to find the actual article. Depending on the database(s)
you searched, you may have already found the text of the article online.
If not, to see which articles are owned by the Hiram College Library,
check the Hiram
College Library Periodicals Holdings List, as well as the
OhioLINK
Electronic Journal Finder to see which periodicals are
available online in full-text.
Other Databases
Annual Reviews
Searchable full-text of all 29 Annual Review publications.
Full-text is provided for 1996 to the present with bibliographic
citations for the years 1984 through 1995.
AccessScience
(off-campus Hiram users, click
here)
The web version of McGraw-Hill's Encyclopedia of Science &
Technology, the database also includes news from the world of
science, biographies of famous scientists, and links to related
articles.
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