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

Tips for Scientific Writing (Undergraduates)

OSU Library Links

OSU Libraries' Catalog

OSU Course Reserves (Textbooks)

Locations & Hours

Research Databases List

Online Journals List

Interlibrary Loan/Article Express

OhioLINK

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

Search OSU Libraries' Catalog

Title Search Subject Search Author Search Libraries' Homepage

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

American Science and Technology 1664-1819, Historic Database

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).

Data Management Basics

Registry of Research Data Repositories (re3data.org)

Open Access Data Repositories

DMP Tool (software for creating data management plans)

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).