Physics: Home
Getting Started
This guide provides resources for conducting research in physics. It is your library research work space. Use the tabs above to link to article databases, books, data sources, and other types of information related to research in your field.
Please contact the physics liaison librarian for individual consultations, group instruction, library purchase recommendations, and suggestions for this guide.
Best Bets
- 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
How to Read a Scientific Paper
The video above was created by the librarians at the University of Minnesota Libraries.
Purdue University Libraries has also put together a wonderful tutorial. It was originally created to be an interactive tutorial using flash player, but flash is no longer supported in Chrome browsers. Therefore, you can access a PDF version by clicking on this link.
Scientific Literature
These blog posts provide a quick and solid overview of scientific literature.
This article teaches a logical and orderly approach to reading a scientific publication.
In this Science column, researchers share their tips and tricks for reading scientific articles.
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.