Physics and Astronomy Research Guide   Tags: physics astronomy  

This guide will assist you in locating physics and astronomy research materials. The MSU Libraries offer a wealth of books, journals, databases and other electronic resources in these subject areas.  

arXiv e-Print server open access e-print server (formerly LANL Physics E-Prints Archive) condensed matter, general relativity, high energy physics, mathematical physics, nuclear physics, general physics, quantum physics, mathematics, nonlinear sciences, and computer science.  Cornell University

General Science Abstracts  - Covers some 140 titles, including areas of astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, earth science, environmental issues, mathematics, medicine, physics, and zoology (1984 - )

ScienceDirect - ScienceDirect (from Elsevier) provides access to the full text of over 2,000 journals, from 1995 to present (with extended coverage for some titles). It also contains electronic books. Coverage includes strong content in the physical sciences. Personalization options for table of contents alerts, saving searches, etc., are available.   

Web of Knowledge (Web of Science databases, aka Science Citation Index) leading citation database with multidisciplinary coverage of over 10,000 high-impact journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities, as well as international proceedings coverage for over 120,000 conferences. Powerful tools include cited reference searching, Citation Maps, and the Analyze Tool.

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Read the inaugural issue of AIP's Open Access journal, AIP Advances!  

Physical Review X - Physical Review X (PRX) is a new, global, online-only, open access, primary research journal covering all of physics and its application to related fields

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Abrams Planetarium

Department of Chemistry  

Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB)

National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory

SOAR Telescope  (consortium)