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Reference guide with examples for citing sources in MLA, APA, and Chicago.
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OneSearch This link opens in a new window
A discovery tool that searches most of the University Libraries' collections, including books, journal articles, newspapers, dissertations, music, and video recordings.

Specialized databases in physics

Use online databases to locate references to journal articles, book chapters, books, and more. Most online databases provide abstracts but many will also link you to full-text resources. Use OneSearch to determine which journal titles you may access at UR.

SciFinderⁿ This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive research tool used to locate and process information on a wide variety of chemistry-related topics. Users must register for an individual login.
The electronic version of Chemical Abstracts, SciFinder Scholar allows structure, substance, and patent searching as well as citation searching in chemistry, the biomedical sciences, physics, engineering, materials science, and agricultural science. Includes Medline.; Citations and abstracts; patents; structure, spectral data
Web of Science Core Collection This link opens in a new window
Citation and keyword index to scholarly journals in the liberal arts & sciences
Comprehensive citation database with multidisciplinary coverage of journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities, as well as international proceedings coverage. The database covers approximately 160 disciplines ranging from Agriculture to Zoology.; Citations and abstracts; 1976 - present; Includes Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index and Science Citation Index Expanded.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Archive of scholarly journal literature
Interdisciplinary journal archive of titles in the arts, botany, business, ecology, general science, history, mathematics, and the social sciences. Many journal runs go back to the 19th century and before with subject coverage going back to the medieval period and up to within 3-5 years of current (depending on journal title).; Full-text and full image; Varies by title; current within 3-5 years; Coverage is constantly expanding with the addition of more scholarly journals to the collection. Moving wall publishes to within 3-5 years of most titles that are still in publication.
Annual Reviews This link opens in a new window
Literature reviews prepared annually providing an overview of primary research material within the Biological, Medical, Physical, and Social Sciences.
Electronic access to the reviews with links into Medline and Web of Knowledge from the bibliographies; Full-text: 1996 - present; Table of Contents: 1986-1995

Background information & key reference works in physics

Use encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks to obtain an overview of your subject, an understanding of basic concepts, a summary of key issues, definitions, and data. Encyclopedia articles frequently include bibliographies and may refer you to other entries on related topics.

AccessScience (the online edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology)
REF Q121 .M3 2007
AIP Physics Desk Reference *
REF QC61 .P49 2003
Aldrich Library of FT-IR Spectra
QC457 .P87 1997
Aldrich Library of Infrared Spectra *
REF QD96 .I5 P67 1981
Aldrich Library of 13C and 1H FT NMR Spectra *
REF QC462.85 .A44 1993
American Institute of Physics Handbook
REF QC61 .A5 1972
Cambridge Atlas of Astronomy
REF QB65 .G6813 1994
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics *
REF QD65 .H3
Dictionary of Physics
REF QC5 .D53 2009
Dictionary of Scientific Units: Including Dimensionless Numbers and Scales
REF QC82 .J4 1992
Encyclopedia of Physics
REF QC5 .E545 2005
Encyclopedia of Physics
REF QC .R596 2004
Facts on File Dictionary of Atomic and Nuclear Physics
REF QC772 .F33 2003
Handbook of Physical Quantities
REF QC61 .H36 1997
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Physics *
REF QC5 .M424 2003
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms *
REF Q123 .M34 2003
NIST Physical Reference Data
NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty
Oxford Reference Online (Dictionary of Physics)
Physically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Physics and Astronomy
REF QC5 .P47 1997
Physics Quick Reference Guide
REF QC61 .C65 1996
Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia
REF Q121 .V3 2008

* Also available in Science Reading Room, Gottwald