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Physics and Liquid Crystals: Databases

Subject Guide for Physics

Key Databases

Web of Science Core Collection
Provides access to three multidisciplinary databases covering selected journal literature and conference proceedings in the areas of the arts and humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
arXiv
Open access to e-prints in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, and statistics.
SciFinder
Comprehensive database of chemistry and chemical engineering journals, patents, books, dissertations, technical reports, and more. Contains large collection of organic and inorganic substance information.
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Provides integrated access to CAPlus, CAS registry, CASREACT, CHEMLIST, and CHEMCATS, which are produced by Chemical Abstracts Service; and to MEDLINE, which is produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
SPIE Digital Library
The SPIE Digital Library provides online access to SPIE journals and conference proceedings.

Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
ADS is a digital library portal for researchers in astronomy and physics, containing more than 13 million records covering publications in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics, and the arXiv e-prints.
INSPIRE
INSPIRE is an Open Access digital library for the field of high energy physics (HEP). It is the successor of the Stanford Physics Information Retrieval System (SPIRES) database.
Mathematical Physics Preprint Archive (mp-arc)
mp_arc is an electronic archive for research papers in Mathematical Physics and related areas.