Finding journal articles using key databases
Databases contain articles with a specialised, discipline specific focus and are recommended for finding research papers. For searching tips, see Searching in Databases.
Use these key databases to find journal articles related to physics.
- arXiv.orgarXiv.org is a repository of electronic preprints of scientific papers in the fields of mathematics, physics, astronomy, computer science, quantitative biology, statistics, and quantitative finance, which can be accessed online. Produced by Cornell University.
- ScopusA multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of peer reviewed literature, book reviews and conference proceedings.
- SpringerMaterialsComprehensive research platform with information on materials, their properties and uses.
- Web of ScienceA collection of citation databases and citation analysis tools covering the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities.
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You may be required to use peer-reviewed articles for an assignment. Peer-reviewed articles are published in scholarly or academic journals which are found by searching in Library Search or in databases.
Some key journals for Physics: