Research Guides: Physics and Astronomy: Physics/Astronomy (OSU Libraries)

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Can I post my articles on my private webpage??

The SHERPA/RoME O site provides a quick and easy way to determine publisher copyright and self-archiving policies for virtually all journals. Simply search by journal title to see specific rules pertaining to a given journal.

Off-Campus Access to library resources

There are multiple ways to access library resources from off campus.
Information on e-book access

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Below are some of the most popular physics and astronomy research databases.
Complete list of Physics and Astronomy Databases
Information on using databases

Web of Science Web of Science searches over 10000 journals from over 45 different languages across the Sciences. Citation and literature from 1900-present. Also includes Derwent Index. (For Science and Engineering literature, limit to "Science Citation Index Expanded" under "More Settings." )
SciVerse Scopus SciVerse Scopus is an abstract and citation database of peer reviewed literature with an emphasis on physical, life and health sciences. (1960-present)
SPIE Digital Library The SPIE Digital Library is a collection of papers on optics and photonics from SPIE. Allows for access to more than 200,000 technical papers from SPIE journals and conference proceedings.
arXiv arXiv provides open access to >700,000 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics.
IEEE Xplore IEEE Xplore provides full text access to technical literature in engineering and technology.
INSPIRE INSPIRE is a high energy physics literature database, built by CERN, DESY, Fermilab and SLAC.
SOA/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) The SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a Digital Library portal for researchers in Astronomy and Physics, operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) under a NASA grant.
SciFinder SciFinder is a research discovery tool for for biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science, agricultural science, and more. (1905-present). First time users must register.
More on SciFinder (registration, tutorials, ChemDraw)
Springer Materials (aka Landolt-Bornstein) Springer Materials (aka Landolt-Bornstein)is a resource for Physical & Chemical Data in Materials Science: 250,000 Substances & Material Systems, 3,000 Properties, and 1,200,000 Literature Citations.
NIST/TRC Web Thermo Tables This web application provides access to a collection of critically evaluated thermodynamic property data for pure compounds with a primary focus on organics.

American Science and Technology 1664-1819, Historic Database More than 7,000 works about early American Science and Technology 1663-1819, featuring text and data analysis tools, author biographies, and suggested search paths for easy browsing and discovery.

Shown below are some popular science, physics and astronomy journals available online through OSU Library subscriptions. For a complete listing of all OSU Library e-journals, visit the OSU Libraries' Online Journals List (or search for print and e-journals in the OSU catalog.) More on OSU e-journals .

For e-textbooks, please scroll down page.

Shown below is a small sampling of available e-reference books. Some of these eBooks are available through our subscription to Knovel, a collection of science and engineering eBooks,which allows full-text searching of all titles. SpringerLink is an additional valuable resource for eBooks. SpringerLink eBooks will appear in the OSU catalog, but there is a delay between acquisition and appearance in the catalog. Therefore, going directly to the SpringerLink site is advised. The National Academies Press makes all its books freely available.

All OSU eBooks (and print books) are searchable by title through the OSU Library Catalog.

OSU has access to many e-dissertations and theses through Proquest. (For best results, use the Advanced Search.)

Details for finding dissertations and theses from all over the world (including OSU).

About Data:

Data Management Basics

DMP Tool (software for creating data management plans)

Data Repositories (find and/or store data):

Dryad

Cornell Data Storage Finder

PSDS (Physical Sciences Data-Science Service)

Open Access Directory Data Repositories

Registry of Research Data Repositories (re3data.org)

e-Textbooks

Note: Some e-texts have a restriction on the number of simultaneous users.

Graduate Students

General resources for science and engineering graduate students (copyright, scientific writing, etc.) can be found at the General Resources for Graduate Students in the Physical Sciences and Engineering.

(through ILLiad) Request free electronic delivery of journal articles not available through OSU Libraries' subscriptions.

If you are publishing articles, you should have an ORCiD Identifier.

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OSU holds a site license for LabArchives electronic lab notebooks, available to all faculty, staff and students.
Instruction Material for LabArchives

Federal Agency Public Access Plans

The U. of Wisconsin's Ebling Library provides up-to-date, user-friendly information on Federal Agency Public Access Compliance (arising from US OSTP Memo of February 2013 which requires open access publishing of research funded by US Gov agencies).