To Find Books
Use the MERLIN Library Catalog and the MOBIUS Union Catalog to find resources relevant to your research. Relevant works can be found using subject headings (Library of Congress) such as:
To find the location of a book in Miller Nichols Library, see the Location Guide.
To Find Articles
Remote (off-campus) access to databases is available only to UMKC students, faculty, and staff. All other users must access online resources within the Libraries. Begin searching by selecting a database. After selection you will be prompted to provide a UMKC Single Sign-On user name and password OR a 9-digit UMKC ID number followed by the letter k (example: 0123456789k) and last name, as needed.
Before you do your research, you may want to read a little about how science and scientists publish the information they discover in the course of their research and why one source of information may not be as good as another. Sence about Science.
- American Institute of Physics 1975 - present.
Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text. - Physics and allied fields.
- arXiv.org is an archive for over 350,000 electronic preprints of scientific papers in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science and biology which can be accessed via the internet. The site is hosted and operated by Cornell University. A majority of the preprints are submitted to journals for publication, but some work, including even very influential papers, remains purely as e-prints and is never published in a peer-reviewed journal.
- Annual Reviews (Annual Reviews) 1996 - present. Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text 1996 - present.
Full-text access to selected Annual Review publications containing authoritative, analytic reviews of primary research in 30 focused disciplines within the biomedical, physical and social sciences.
- PROLA
(Physical Review Online Archive) 1893 - present Save to del.icio.us
Full text 1893 - 1999; selected full text 2000 - present. - Physics and allied sciences.
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CSA Technology Research Databases Save to del.icio.us (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
1962 - present.
- Materials science, aeronautics, computer & information technology, electronics, physics, engineering.
- ACM Digital Library 1954 - present. Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text 1954 - present; coverage varies by title. - Computer science.
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Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) 1975 - present. Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text 1975 - present.
This multidisciplinary database indexes and abstracts journals in a broad range of subjects. Full text is available for a large proportion of the titles. A high percentage of titles are peer-reviewed. Dates of coverage vary widely by title. All content of Academic Search Elite is included in this resource.
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Applied Science & Technology Index (1958-1997)
Ref Index Wall 1 Z 7913 .I7
Indexes 335 English-language periodicals in aeronautics, chemistry, computer science, earth science, electronics, engineering, mathematics, physics, and other science subjects.
- Current Contents (Ovid) July 1993 - present. Save to del.icio.us
Links to full text 1998 - present. -
Dissertations
& Theses (ProQuest) 1861 - present. Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text 1963 - present (Includes UMKC dissertations and theses only).
"The ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses. It is the database of record for graduate research, with over 2.3 million dissertations and theses included from around the world. Each dissertation published since July 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts. Bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1861, and more than 60,000 new citations are added to the database every year." Selected full text for UMKC dissertations and theses is available. [Source: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Database information page; accessed January 3, 2007.] - General
Science Index
Ref Index Wall 1 Z7401 .G46
Indexes over 100 English-language general science periodicals. Not available remotely. - INSPEC (Ovid) 1969 - present. Save to del.icio.us
INSPEC (Ovid) 1987 - present. Save to del.icio.us - ISI Web of Science
Note: This database is no longer be available.
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Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1996 - present. Save to del.icio.us
Full text October 1996 - present.
Full-text access to the weekly science magazine. -
ScienceDirect Save to del.icio.us (Elsevier) 1823 - present; coverage
varies by title.
Selected full text 2000 - present; Clinics of North America titles 1996 - present.
New Additional journals are now available with the addition of the Freedom Collection.
This database indexes scholarly journals published by Elsevier on all subjects, but primarily in the sciences and social sciences. It includes 2500+ journals (2000+ with full text from the Freedom Collection). Much of the newer material (since the 1970s) is also searchable in Scopus. Books (6000+) are also indexed (no full text). - ScienceNOW (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1996
- present. Save to del.icio.us
Full text 1996 - present.
An online news service from Science magazine. Articles are posted daily except U.S. holidays. -
Scirus 1920
- present. Save to del.icio.us
Large in scope with a user-friendly interface, this search engine is an excellent research tool for finding scientific information on the Internet. It indexes more than 167 million web pages as well is a number of online article citation collections. The citations often link to full text, but a subscription to the specific journal might be required to access the document. - Science Citation Index (Online) SeeISI Web of Science
Note: This database is no longer be available.. - Wiley InterScience (Wiley) 1946 - present; coverage varies by title. Save to del.icio.us
Full text 1996 - present; coverage varies by title.
University Libraries Photocopying and Printing Services
Selected Journals
This list includes journals available in the University Libraries (check the MERLIN Library Catalog for holdings and location information). To identify additional related journals, search MERLIN by subject or keyword.
Print Journals Available at Miller Nichols Library:
(links to electronic versions, if available, are found on the MERLIN record site)
- American Journal of Physics (through 1957)
- Physical Review (through 1969)
- Physics Teacher
- Physics Today
Print Journals Available at Linda Hall Library (www.lindahall.org):
Select Search Leonardo and search by "All Titles Alphabetical" to see Linda Hall Library's holdings for the following journals:
- Advances in Physics
- American Journal of Physics
- Applied Physics Letters
- Current Physics Index
- Journal of Applied Physics
- Journal of Physics
- Physics Abstracts
- Physics Letters
- Physical Review
- Science Citation Index - (1961-present).
Electronic Journals on the Web:
- PhysicsWeb
(physicsweb.org) - CASI (Center for AeroSpace
Information) Technical Report Server
(www.sti.nasa.gov/RECONselect.html) - IOP - Institute of Physics
Restricted to University of Delaware users. Full text access for all the IOP journals that are available at the DU Library. The table of contents for journals which are not subscribed to can also be browsed.
(www.iop.org) - The Virtual
Review
This informal "journal" is a community collection of active hot lists.
(www.het.brown.edu/physics/review/index.html) - Virtual Physics
A forum for virtual meetings of scientists and students involved in a research activity on contemporary physics.
(www.swin.edu.au/chem/complex/vp.html) - E-print Archive
From Los Alamos National Laboratory - the most comprehensive physics e-print archive with searchable form interface.
(xxx.lanl.gov)
Reference Sources: Encyclopedias, Handbooks, Directories, Statistics, Bibliographies
Reference sources are useful for locating background information, definitions, general descriptions, and basic facts. Use these books to help you select or focus your research topic.
All call numbers in this guide refer to the UMKC Miller Nichols Library, unless otherwise noted.
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
| A Dictionary of Physical Sciences | Ref Q123 .D5 |
| Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology | Ref Q121 .M3 |
| Encyclopedia of Physics | Ref QC5 .E546 |
| Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Physics | Ref QC5 .E54 |
| McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology | Ref Q121 .M3 |
Handbooks
| AIP Style Manual | Ref QC5.45 .A45 |
| The Cambridge Handbook of Physics Formulas | QC61 .W67 |
| Concise Handbook of Mathematics and Physics | Ref QC61 .A4813 |
| CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics | Ref QD65 .H32 |
| Fundamentals of Physics | QC21.2 .H35 |
| Macmillan's Chemical and Physical Data | Linda Hall Library |
| Physics Quick Reference Guide | Ref QC61 .C65 |
Government Publications
All call numbers in this guide refer to the UMKC Miller Nichols Library, unless otherwise noted.
- Fedworld
Established by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) this site provides a starting point for searching, locating, and aquiring federal government and business information.
(www.fedworld.gov) - National Science Foundation
Site has full-text information on grants and funding, relevant readings in chemistry, funding opportunities, programs/awards, proposal and submission formats, and evaluation criteria.
(www.nsf.gov) - Science.gov
A gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results.
(Science.gov) - U.S. National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Develops and applies technology measurement standards, CSTL physical and chemical properties.
(www.nist.gov) - U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (1976-)
Front page information and AIDS patent database full-text with images. Site includes patent information, guides for filling design patents, examining procedures, and patent rules and regulations.
(www.uspto.gov)
Web Resources
- Acronym Finder
(www.acronymfinder.com/) - Atomic Physics on
the Internet
(plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/API.html) - Contributions of 20th Century
Women to Physics
(www.physics.ucla.edu/~cwp) - Physics Resources
(www.lib.duke.edu/mathphy/physics.htm) - ChemCenter
American Chemical Society
(www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/home.html) - Community of Science Web Server
(www.cos.com) - International
Dimensions of NSF Research and Education
(www.nsf.gov/sbe/int/pubs/02overview/overview.htm) - Mathematics
Information Servers
Penn State Mathematics Department
(www.math.psu.edu/MathLists/Contents.html) - Particle-Surface Resources
on the Internet
California State University, Fullerton
(chaos.fullerton.edu/mhslinks.html) - Physics and Advanced Technologies
(www-phys.llnl.gov) - Physics Internet
Resources
(www.het.brown.edu/physics/index.html) - Science Net
Toronto Public Library (geared to undergraduates and high school level students)
(sciencenet.tpl.toronto.on.ca) - WWW Virtual Library:
- Biochemisty,
Molecular Biology and Biophysics
(mcb.harvard.edu/BioLinks.html) - Chemistry
(www.chem.ucla.edu/chempointers.html) - Energy
(www.crest.org/) - High Energy
Physics
(charm.physics.ucsb.edu/hep_homes.html) - Nuclear
Physics
(www.rarf.riken.go.jp/rarf/np/nplab.html)
- Biochemisty,
Molecular Biology and Biophysics
Use search engines linked on the Internet Search Tools page to identify additional Web resources.
Professional Organizations and Conferences
- Advanced Composition Explorer -
ACE
(www.srl.caltech.edu/ACE) - American Astronomical Society -AAS
(www.aas.org) - American Institute of Physics -
AIP
(www.aip.org) - The American Physical Society -
APS
(www.aps.org/) - Bartol Research Institute -
BRI
(www.bartol.udel.edu) - Center for Theoretical Physics
(www-ctp.mit.edu) - CERN
The European Laboratory for Particle Physics - the birthplace of the World Wide Web
(www.cern.ch) - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
(www.fnal.gov) - High Energy Physics Information Center
(www.hep.net) - Institute of Physics -
IOP
(www.iop.org) - International Society for Optical Engineering -
SPIE
(www.spie.org) - Materials Research Society
(www.mrs.org) - NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(www.nasa.gov) - National Institute of Standards and Technology -
NIST
(www.nist.gov) - National Science Foundation
(www.nsf.gov) - Optical Society of America
(www.osa.org) - Resources
of Scholarly Societies - Physics
(www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/physics_soc.html)
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