Physics: Databases & Articles
Resources for physics research and education
Last Updated: Jan 7, 2025 3:39 PM
Databases
Use databases to find journals, preprint articles, published articles, conference proceedings, patents, technical reports and other e-publications.
The most frequently used physics databases are listed below.
- Web of Science This link opens in a new windowOne-pass searching of Web of Science citation indexes, BIOSIS Citation Index, Derwent Innovations Index, MEDLINE and more. More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
- Engineering Village This link opens in a new windowThe combined Compendex, Inspec, and GeoRef databases.More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
- Springer Journals Online This link opens in a new windowFull-text of selected journals published by Springer. More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
- AccessScience This link opens in a new windowAccessScience provides access to written reference material that covers all major scientific disciplines.More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new windowComprehensive North American and significant international coverage of graduate works, often providing full-text documents from 1997 on. More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
Publications from Professional Organizations
- AIP Publishing This link opens in a new windowSearches American Institute of Physics journals and other publications. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- APS Journals (American Physical Society) This link opens in a new windowFull-text of all American Physical Society journals back to 1893. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- IOP Science This link opens in a new windowFull-text of selected Institute of Physics publications. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- AMS Journals This link opens in a new windowFull-text journals published by the American Mathematical Society More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
- IEEE Xplore This link opens in a new windowProvides full text access to IEEE and IET publications. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- SPIE Digital Library This link opens in a new windowExtensive research database on optics and photonics research. More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
- Optica Publishing Group This link opens in a new windowFull text of selected Optica (formerly OSA) publications.More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
Citation Management Software
UB has a site license to EndNote, software that allows you to collect, store, organize, retrieve, and automatically format references to journal articles, books, patents, and more in your papers. For help using EndNote, visit the EndNote Basics Guide.
Zotero, an open-source citation management tool similar to EndNote, is also available. For help using Zotero, visit the Zotero Basics Guide.