Physics 

Sometimes the hardest thing about searching for journal articles is deciding what search terms to use.  Try to simplify your search by using the most basic terms or key phrases. 

Database Locator

E-Journals

Try these databases to search for journal articles about topics in Physics.

Accessing databases from off-campus requires that you log-in with your OIT username and password.

Web of Science  Provides a search by cited reference, topic, author, and more for articles in almost all important English-language journals. Arts and Humanities covers 1975-present; Social Sciences 1956-present; and Science 1900-present.  Works poorly with Safari.

Scitation  The journals of six key physics and engineering societies, 1893-present.

DOE Information Bridge  Open access reports and documents from US Dept. of Energy research and development in science, energy and technology, 1995-present.

Energy Files  Indexes over 500 databases and websites containing science and technology information of interest to the US Dept. of Energy. Dates of coverage vary.

Engineering Village  Comprehensive access to engineering journal articles, conference papers, and web sites, 1884-present.

Inspec  Comprehensive index of articles and other scholarly work on electrical engineering: electronics, control engineering, telecom, computing, IT, etc., 1898-present.

ISI Proceedings  Indexes published literature of the most significant conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, and conventions in the sciences and social sciences, 2001-present.  Works poorly with Safari.

MathSciNet  An index of the scholarly literature of the mathematical sciences, 1940-present.

Science Direct  Full-text scholarly journals from the sciences, including the social sciences, published within the last five years, 1998-present. 

SciFinder Scholar  Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) databases of chemistry and related scientific fields. Mid 1800's-present.  Access available via SciFinder Web or SciFinder Scholar (client). SciFinder Web requires account registration with UMass Amherst email account. SciFinder Scholar requires download of client. License terms require that users connect to SciFinder Web or SciFinder Scholar through a computer on the UMass Amherst network. Off-campus access using the client (Scholar) is available via dial-up connections to OIT only.