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Physics and Astronomy: Articles & E-prints

Resources for beginning research in Physics and Astronomy, including databases, pre-prints, journals, and websites.

Starting Points

Academic Search Complete
Scholarly articles and general interest sources in all fields.
Web of Science
Citation index for the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Scopus
Articles and citation linking for journals in biology, physics, chemistry, geosciences, agriculture, medicine, business, social work, and the social sciences.

Subject Specific Databases

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Index to scholarly journals and conferences in the physical sciences [UW restricted]
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Science, social sciences, and arts and humanities citation indexes.
Find articles and do cited reference searches.

More Article Databases
A list of databases for physics and astronomy research.

e-Prints and Pre-Print Databases

ADS (Astrophysics Data System)
Indexes, abstracts, and e-prints in astronomy, astrophysics, physics & geophysics. Note: E-prints may not have been refereed.
arXiv.org (formerly LANL)
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Electronic pre-print archive and current e-prints in physics, astronomy, & math. NOTE: E-prints may not have been refereed.
More databases for e-prints and pre-prints

Last Updated: Dec 22, 2022 4:31 PM
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