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Looking for books and journals on physics? Here's where to look:
QC 1-75 General QC 81-114 Weights and measures QC 120-168 Experimental mechanics QC 170-197 Atomic physics QC 221-246 Acoustics, sound QC 251-338 Heat QC 360-467 Optics, light QC 474-496 Radiation physics QC 501-766 Electricity and magnetism QC 770-798 Nuclear and particle physics, atomic energy, radioactivity QC 801-809 Geophysics, cosmic physics QC 811-849 Geomagnetism QC 851-999 Meteorology, climatology
Books - You may use the online catalog [http://library.ua.edu] to obtain the location and call number of print books in the UA Libraries. The catalog will also tell you if UA Libraries has a license for an electronic book. You may search by book title, book author or editor (last name first), Keyword, subject heading, and other options.
Journal title - You may also search the online catalog by the title of the journal to determine whether the library has a subscription to the journal title, electronically or in print; and which years of a journal title are available electronically and which years are available in print.
Need journal articles, technical reports or conference papers? Search these databases and print indexes for citations and/or full text.
Some of the databases will contain full text articles and reports. Some will have links to full text articles and reports. For many databases, the Libraries have configured a button labeled Article Linker to help you determine if the Libraries has access to a given article or journal title. You may also search the online catalog by journal title to determine whether the Libraries have the journal volume in which a needed article is located.
ACCESS KEY:
UA- - - - - - - - Available to UA campus computers
Remote- - - - -Available via remote access to current UA faculty, staff, and students
Open access - Available to the public
Database: Inspec in Engineering Village 2
The leading bibliographic database providing abstracts and indexing to the world's scientific and technical papers in physics 1896-current. Considerable full-text available. Access: UA, Remote
Print: Physics Abstracts SEL REF Q1.S3 ser.A, 1967-1996; SEL STORAGE 1947-1966Databases: Scitation & SPIN
Bibliographic databases, each with over one million references. Considerable full-text available.
Access: UA, Remote (but Scitation allows free searching to all users)
Database: General Science Index
Indexes selection of English language journals in physics and other sciences. 1983-current. Access: UA, Remote
Print: General Science Index REF Z7401 .G3x, 1978-1995Database: Web of Science (Science Citation Index Expanded)
Interdisciplinary database covers major journals in all areas of science and engineering. This database may be searched by subject, author, or cited author. Abstracts are available for most indexed journal articles. 1985-current. Access: UA, Remote
Print: Science Citation Index SEL REF Z 7401 .S365, 1961, 1965-2001ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
Full text of most journals from 1995-present, from Elsevier and related publishers. UA's subscription includes full text of selected journals for older years. Database includes abstracts only for most additional years of journals. Some titles and abstracts are available as far back as 1822. Access: UA, RemoteDatabase: SciFinder Scholar
Comprehensive index, with abstracts, to chemical and related literature, including research on properties, treatments, and preparations of compounds for electrical components. Includes citations to articles, book chapters, conference proceedings, patents, and more; as well as a chemical substance database and a chemical reaction database. Click for more information. 1907-current. Access: You can use SciFinder Scholar from most campus locations, but the SciFinder Scholar client (a special piece of software) must be installed on your computer. The SciFinder Scholar Agreement Page has a link to the software for SciFinder Scholar. Note, SciFinder Scholar is already loaded on computer workstations in Rodgers Library, and is available only for on-campus users.
Print: Chemical Abstracts SEL REF QD1 .A51, 1907-2001Database: NTIS (National Technical Information Service)
Abstracts of U.S. government-sponsored research reports. 1964-current. Access: Open
Print: Government Reports Announcements & Index
SEL REF Call number varies with years, 1971-1996.Database: Digital Dissertations
Includes citations (and some abstracts) for dissertations from the first U.S. dissertation in 1861 to the present. A preview of the first 24 pages is provided for titles published since 1997 in PDF digital format. The full text of many University of Alabama dissertations and theses published after 1996 is provided. Access: UA, Remote
Print: Dissertation Abstracts International. B. Sciences and Engineering. SEL REF Z5053 .D57 ser. B, 1966-1997Database: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Additional databases:
* NASA Astrophysics Data System
* Physical Review Online Archive
SEL.....Science and Engineering Library (Rodgers Library)
REF.....Reference Section, on the First floor
red......Link to electronic bookDICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS
McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
Q 121 .M3 2002Encyclopedia of Acoustics
REF QC 221.5 .E53 1997Encyclopedia of Physics (Handbuch der Physik by Flugge)
REF QC 21 .H327Encyclopedia of Applied Physics
REF QC 5 .E543 1997McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Physics
REF QC 5 .M425 19Q is for Quantum: an Encyclopedia of Particle Physics
REF QC 793.2 G747 1998Dictionary of Physics
REF QC5 .D53 2004Dictionary of Pure and Applied Physics
QC5 .D485 2001Dictionary of Effects and Phenomena in Physics
REF QC5 .S38 1987xEncyclopedia of Spectroscopy and Spectrometry
QC450.3 .E53 2000
HANDBOOKS AND ELECTRONIC BOOKS
Below is listed a selection of physics handbooks. Rodgers Library has many more handbooks, both in print and electronic. Use the online catalog to locate more titles. Also find physics reference books by browsing "QC" call numbers in the Reference area.
General Physics Handbooks
NetLibrary
UA purchases selected electronic titles from netLibrary. The netLibrary titles to which we have access are listed in the library online catalog, with links. For off campus access to UA e-book titles from netLibrary, create a personal netLibrary account while on campus.
American Institute of Physics Handbook
REF QC 61 .A5 1972CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
REF QD 65 .H3 See online at CHEMnetBASETables of Physical and Chemical Constants
REF QC 61 .K3 1995Formulas, Facts, and Constants
REF QC 61 .F58 1987Conversion Factors
REF QC 94 .C67 1991
More Physics Handbooks
Atomic, Molecular, Optical Physics handbook
QC173 .A827 1996Handbook of Fluids in Motion
REF QC 145.3 .H36 1983Handbook of Heat Transfer
REF QC 320.4 .H36 1998
More Physics Handbooks
Landolt-Bornstein Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology
REF QC 61 .L332CRC Handbook of Thermophysical and Thermochemical Data
REF QC 173.397 .L53 1994
Handbook of Thermal Conductivity of Liquids and Gases
REF QC 145.4 .T5 S67 1994Smithsonian Physical Tables E-Book
Catalogs
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
REF T 12 .T6 2001LITERATURE GUIDES
Information Sources in Physics.
SEL REF Z7141 .I54 1994XInformation Sources in Science and Technology
SEL REF Z 7401 .H85 1998 • Also available as an electronic book in netLibrary.
STYLE MANUALS, PUBLISHING, MEETINGS
MIT Guide to Science and Engineering Communication
SEL REF Q 223 .P33 2002 • Also available as an electronic book. in netLibrary.AIP Style Manual.
SEL REF QC5.45 .A45 • Also available as an electronic book.
Scientific Style and Format: the CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers
REF T 11 .S386 2006
Chicago Manual of Style
SEL REF Z 253 .U69 2003 • Chicago Manual of Style "Examples of Chicago-Style Documentation"JCR: Journal Citation Reports
SEF REF Z 7401 .S366x (Ref Desk)
Lists impact factors and half-lives for journals in subject categories, such as "engineering, electrical & electronic", "telecommunications", "automation & control systems", "computer science, hardware & architecture", etc. JCR Science Edition is online, 2006-
ILI Standards Infobase
Covers 250 Standards issuing authorities, including ASTM, NFPA, API, IEC, ASME, ANSI, DIN, ISO, BSI, etc . Full text standards, not already available in the Science and Engineering Library or its electronic databases, can be ordered for UA Science, Engineering, and Nursing faculty, staff, and students. Access in Rodgers Library for Science and Engineering. Contact Rodgers Library staff for more information.
ORGANIZATIONS
* American Association of Physics Teachers
* American Institute of Physics
* Brookhaven National Laboratory
* CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research)
* DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrontron)
* Directory of Physics Departments
* High Energy Physics Information Center
* LANL (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
* Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
* LLNL (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
* Max-Planck-Institut fur Physik
* Oak Ridge National Laboratory
* SLAC (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center)
GATEWAYS
* National Science Digital Library
* Online Particle Physics Information
* Scirus for Scientific Information
* U.S. DOE Scientific & Technical Information
* Intute: Science, Engineering & Technology
* OAIster: A Union Catalog to Digital Resources
ALERT SERVICES AND CURRENT AWARENESS
New Books in Rodgers Library with RSS
Monitor new books received in Rodgers Library for Science and Engineering from your office or from home with a RSS feed set up on your computer.Inspec on Engineering Village 2
To register or log in, Click on Alerts at the top right of main page. Click on Create Alert from the Search Results page.ScienceDirect
Register or log in at the top right of the main page. Search for a journal and choose Alert Me when new Journal Issues are available. You can also create a Favorite Journals list. Or perform a search and click on Save as Search Alert.Web of Science
• Register first time and log in at the top right of ISI Web of Knowledge Home page.
• Click on Open Saved Searches or Citation Alerts from the top right of the ISI Web of Knowledge Home page, from the beginning Web of Science page, or from the Web of Science Advanced Search page.
• Citation Alerts: Receive an email when an article of interest is cited in WoS. In the full record of the article of interest, click on Create Citation Alert.
BIBLIOGRAPHIES, REPORTS, AND PREPRINTS
* Virtual Technical Reports Center
* E-print Network: Research Communications for Scientists and Engineers
FUNDING SOURCES FOR RESEARCH
Community of Science (COS) Available to UA faculty and research staff to search for funding opportunities. Access: log into COS Workbench with individual user names and passwords received from the UA Office of Sponsored Programs (348-8881).
REFERENCE
* High Energy Physics and Cosmology
* High Energy Physics Conferences
DATA
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COURSES AND TUTORIALS
EngineeringINFO Tutorial (Web searching, refining searches, databases, library resources, and tips for practicing engineers)
Bama Undergraduate Information Literacy Tutorial (BUILT) for Sciences (Rodgers Library for Science and Engineering)
University of Alabama faculty, staff, and students may use UA Libraries Interlibrary Loan [http://www.lib.ua.edu/interlibloan/] to borrow materials not owned or licensed by the University of Alabama Libraries. See Interlibrary Loan's "Frequently Asked Questions about Interlibrary Loan" [http://www.lib.ua.edu/interlibloan/illfaq.htm] for more information. Requests are made electronically at [http://illserver.lib.ua.edu/illiad/logon.html].
Requested journal articles are sent to your email address. Books are picked up at the Service Desk at Gorgas Library, Floor 2.
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