Library Guides: Physics and Astronomy Library Resources for Alumni: Search for Articles

Article Databases

Use databases to search for research articles by topic, author, and other fields.

KEY DATABASES

ADS/Astrophysics Data System (NASA) This link opens in a new window
Covers four databases including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Physics and Geophysics, and Astrophysics Preprints.
Indexes journal articles, conference proceedings, Observatory reports and newsletters, NASA reports, and dissertations.
arXiv (e-Print Archive) This link opens in a new window
Preprints for physics, mathematics, nonlinear sciences, computer science and quantitative biology.
An e-print service in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, and statistics. (x archive - xxx.lanl.gov - Los Alamos ePrint Server)

CHORUS - provides public access to federally funded research including articles from American Institute of Physics (AIP) and IOP.

INSPIRE - High Energy Physics Literature Database run by CERN, DESY, Fermilab, IHEP, and SLAC.

SCOAP3 This link opens in a new window
Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Search across many disciplines and sources including articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.
Lists journal articles, books, preprints, and technical reports in many subject areas (though more specialized article databases may cover any given field more completely). Can be used with "Get it at UC" to access the full text of many articles.
eScholarship This link opens in a new window
Provides a suite of open access, scholarly publishing services and research tools that enable departments, research units, publishing programs, and individual scholars associated with the University of California to have direct control over the creation and dissemination of the full range of their scholarship.
eScholarship provides a suite of open access, scholarly publishing services to the University of California and delivers a dynamic research platform to scholars worldwide.