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Physics

 

 

Books - Ebooks - Journals - Articles - Websites

 

 

Books

The library's books on physics can be found by searching the catalog.  Call numbers for books on physics begin with QC.  For more information on how to search the library's catalog, view our tutorial.

 

EBooks

One can find Ebooks either by searching NetLibrary or by using the library's catalog.  To retrieve only ebooks from a catalog search, use the advanced search option and choose "Ebooks only" under limits. To view books in the Net Library from home, you will first need to set up an account from a computer on campus. To learn more about searching NetLibrary, view our tutorial.

 

Online Articles

Articles can be searched online using the databases in the Alabama Virtual Library.  Some available databases associated with physics are listed below.  (Descriptions are from the AVL databases description page.)  For more information about using the Alabama Virtual Library view our tutorial.

 

Academic Search Premier - Full text and images from over 4,700 journals covering biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, etc.

Academic OneFile - Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995.

InfoTrac OneFile - A 'mega-content' database indexing over 6,000 periodicals, newspapers, and newswires with backfile coverage from 1980 to present, updated daily. The database includes full text articles for 3,000 periodicals, 89 wire services and business press releases. OneFile offers single source searching for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics.

Expanded Academic ASAP  - Supports general reference needs of advanced high school and college undergraduate students. Indexes 2,600 journals with full text articles from 1,400 titles in academic disciplines including the arts, humanities, social sciences, and science and technology. The database indexes national news periodicals, general interest magazines, newswires, and the New York Times

 

The Directory of Open-Access Journals has also created a list of free, open-access, peer-reviewed journals which you can search for articles on physics.

 

Journals

The Shelton State Community College Library holds print copies of many peer-reviewed science journals.  To find out whether the library holds print copies of specific journals, use the advanced search option in the Library Catalog and limit to "Periodicals Only."  To find out which journals are available electronically through the AVL, search SerialsSolutions.  You may also want to browse the Directory of Open-Access Journals' list of open-access, peer-reviewed, online physics journals.

 

Websites

American Institute of Physics http://www.aip.org/

American Institute of Physics (AIP) weekly bulletin of physics news with searchable archive; digest of news from meetings, journals, newspapers, and magazines; includes online Physics Today full-text, Center for the History of Physics provides historical information, along with biographies and photographs of famous physicists, etc.

American Physical Association (APS) http://www.aps.org/

APS site with member information, educational information, links to resources on physics, "century of physics timeline," research, and journals (some full-text information provided), and more.

Amusement Park Physics http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/

Provides simple explanations for the physics that make amusement park rides possible; shows what Newton's Laws of Motion have to do with bumper cars, roller coasters; see what Galileo has to do with the design of free fall rides.

BUBL Link--Physics Education http://bubl.ac.uk/link/p/physicseducation.htm

Catalog of Internet resources in physics education.

A Century of Physics http://timeline.aps.org/APS/

Timeline (1896-1995) of significant events in the development of physics; also listed alphabetically, indexed by category (Cosmic, Human, Atomic, Living World, Technology, and Art); searchable by keyword.

College Physics for Students of Biology and Chemistry http://www.rwc.uc.edu/koehler/biophys/text.html

"Hypertextbook written for first-year undergraduate physics students"; includes introductory information on mechanics, fluids, electricity, atomic and nuclear physics, thermodynamics, and wave physics; list of symbols and abbreviations, formulas and definitions; timeline of significant biophysical events.

Einstein, Albert - 1879--1955 http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/

AIP site with more than 100 pages on the life and work of Einstein; good collection of additional links related to Einstein.

Fear of Physicshttp://www.fearofphysics.com/

An "interactive, highly visual, and non-technical way to see the laws of physics in action" designed for teachers and students in middle and high school; includes many different simulations that demonstrate the concepts of physics, such as the Doppler Effect, roller coasters, pendulums, Einstein's theory of relativity, gravity, planets, acceleration, and more; includes annotated links.

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) http://fnal.gov/

US Department of Energy lab for research exploring the fundamental nature of matter and energy; includes cybertour of Fermilab with information on high-energy physics and research done at the lab.

Fundamental Physical Constants http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/chemistry/general/constants_en.html

List of formulas for about three dozen physical constants, i.e., Planck Constant, Speed of Light, Avogadro Number, and Bohr Radius; links to other useful sites.

Galileo Galilei's Notes on Motion http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/Galileo_Prototype/

Galileo's manuscript Notes on Motion, Ms. Gal. 72, important for the study of the transition from Aristotelian to classical physics. This electronic publication contains notes, calculations, drawings, and drafts related to theorems and problems on motion and mechanics covering more than forty years and eventually published in his final work on mechanics, the Discorsi of 1638. English translations of the Propositions of the Discorsi. Excellent example of the use of the Internet to make information available that previously was seen only by those who could make the trip to the collection that held the manuscript.

General Relativity Around the World http://vishnu.mth.uct.ac.za/omei/gr/world.html

NCSA Relativity Group maintains this site and links to worldwide resources.

How Things Work: the Physics of Everyday Life http://rabi.phys.virginia.edu/HTW/

Archive of questions asked and answered back to September, 1996; great resource for general science questions; searchable and browsable (in categories arranged like the chapters of the book of the same name.)

Institute of Physics (IOP) http://www.iop.org/in.html

IOP is an international learned society and professional body for the advancement and dissemination of physics, pure and applied, and promotion of physics education; site includes some free, full-text electronic journals, plus PhysicsWeb , a global news and information service provided by the Institute of Physics; designed to promote physics to all ages and types of people; TipTop is an "international pilot to physics."

The Laws List http://www.alcyone.com/max/physics/laws/

Subtitle:  Laws, rules, principles, effects, paradoxes, limits, constants, experiments, and thought-experiments in physics; from aberration to the Zeeman effect; minidictionary of physics and astronomy terms.

NIST Physical Reference Data http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); searchable resource containing physical constants, spectroscopy data, etc. ; other physics databases, including nuclear physics data and condensed matter data can be found at http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/contents.html .

Official String Theory Web Site http://superstringtheory.com/

Well done explanation of a complex theory in particle physics; includes the basics of string theory, experiments testing string theory predictions, string theory and cosmology, and a timeline of string theory development; the String Theater presents a RealAudio colloquium by Professor John Schwarz and interviews with people involved in the research; includes discussion forum and related links

PhysLINK http://www.physlink.com/

Comprehensive site that attempts to be "the ultimate physics resources on the Web"; provides basic reference information on numerous topics and links to physics journals, news, history, career opportunities, physics departments around the world and more.

Physics 2000 http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/index.pl

Interactive introduction to modern physics developed by Prof. Martin V. Goldman at University of Colorado, Boulder; requires JAVA.

PubSCIENCE http://pubsci.osti.gov/

Modeled after the National Institutes of Health's PubMed, this database allows users to search across peer-reviewed journal literature in the physical sciences and other energy related disciplines. Currently there are over 1000 scientific and technical journals indexed. Citations and abstracts are available at no cost. Links are provided to the full-text of articles (fee-based) at the publishers' sites. Developed by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/vvc/home.html

Begun in 1962, SLAC sites includes virtual Visitor's Center with introduction to SLAC; information for students and teachers; brief biographical entries and descriptions of discoveries are inlcuded the Stanford library's Nobel Laureates in Physics, 1901-2000  http://www.slac.stanford.edu/library/nobel.html.

Visual Quantum Mechanics http://phys.educ.ksu.edu/

Designed to "introduce quantum physics to high school and college students who do not have backgrounds in modern physics or higher level math"; Uses Shockwave plug-in to provide visuals and animations; properties of light emitting diodes, tunneling diodes, solar cells and even glow-in-the-dark toothbrushes are explored.

What Is Physics? http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/physics.html

Defined by Physics Department of University of Sydney (Australia); other good information and related links.

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