Physics

Ready Reference	Searching for Books	Indexes and Databases
Organizations	Current Awareness	WWW Sites

Ready Reference Sources

• Fundamental Physical Constants (NIST)
• Physical Reference Data (NIST)
• Science Reference Room: Index to Physical, Chemical and Other Property Data (Arizona State University; Noble Library)
• PhysLINK see Reference section within this comprehensive physics website.
• Calculators On-Line Center: Physics and Astrophysics

• Browse the QC section of the stacks, or
• Search the Five College Online Library Catalog by author, title or subject.

• INSPEC: online database including Physics Abstracts, Electrical & Electronics Abstracts, Computer & Control Abstracts, and Information Technology.
  • searchable 1969- via DIALOG or STN (ask a librarian) or see other options for access
• Physics Abstracts: print copy, 1898-1968 (useful for historic searches, pre-INSPEC).
  • shelved in Science Periodicals
• Scitation is AIP's journal hosting platform, including the contents of the Online Journal Publishing Service as well as Searchable Physics Information Notices (SPIN). 
• Web of Science: a major web-based service covering 5,700 journals in science and over 2,000 in other disciplines. Special feature: search by cited reference (to find newer papers that refer to an earlier known work).
• General Science Index: Available in print (1978-2002) in Reference AI3.G4; online (1984- ) as GenSciAbstracts. This index covers about 150 major science journals, many of which are owned by MHC Library, including Amer.J. of Physics, Physics Today, Reviews of Modern Physics, Science.

• American Institute of Physics
• American Physical Society
• Institute of Physics
• NIST Physics Laboratory (National Institute of Standards and Technology)

• Ingenta: free access to tables of contents for over 25,000 publications, searchable by title keyword, author, or periodical title. Ingenta provides links to full-text of 4500 publications (free for subscribers, or pay-per-view).
• arXiv.org e-Print archive (Cornell Univ, formerly LANL)
• High-Energy Physics (HEP) Literature Database and HEP (preprints) databases
• E-Prints network: Research Communications for Scientists and Engineers.
• PhilSci Archive, an electronic archive for preprints in the philosophy of science

The list below is just a sample. It includes some of the best "metasites", sites that include links to many more sites, organized by subject or theme or format. These are excellent starting places for exploring the Internet

• Center for the History of Physics (AIP) includes international catalog of archival sources.
• Interaction.org Particle Physics news and resources
• Physics Lecture Demonstrations (UC Berkeley)
• PhysicsWeb IoP website for physics news, jobs and resources, including Web Links
• PhysLINK.com a commercial portal
• Resources in Physics (by SLA-PAM = Special Libraries Association, Physics Astronomy Math Division)
• SPIRES-SLAC High Energy Physics (HEP) Literature Database with links to preprints at SLAC and Los Alamos
• Yahoo Physics Page
• Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  

• Women in Physics
  • Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics
  • Women Nobel Prize Laureates
  • 4000 Years of Women in Science
  • Visit the Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections, lower level of Dwight, for historical materials about women's education, the sciences at MHC, and papers of famous alumnae and faculty scientists, e.g.,
    • Allen, Mildred, 1894-1990, Chair, MHC Physics Dept (1946-1952). Collection includes letters about her career teaching physics (1918-1959).