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Articles
Books
InterLibrary Loan
Web Resources
Citation Help
Additional Research Help
ARTICLES
The databases below are especially helpful for accessing articles and citations in your discipline.
If you are off-campus, use the link for off-campus access to our databases provided at the end of each description on the Find Articles page.
Academic Search Premier - large interdisciplinary database, with much fulltext content
AccessScience - McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology online
Cambridge Histories Online - fulltext content on histories of science and other areas
General Science Full Text - large science-related database, with much full-text content
JSTOR - large, interdisciplinary fulltext database
OmniFile Full Text Mega - multi-disciplinary database, with much full-text content
PROLA - Physical Review Online Archive
ScienceDirect - selected fulltext scholarly content from journals published by Elsevier
Wiley InterScience Journals - fulltext scholarly journals in various science disciplines
Here is a list of all Ryan Library databases.
Also try Google Scholar to search for scholarly articles.
BOOKS
The databases NetLibrary Collection andOxford Reference Online have full-text books online.
Below is a representative list of subject encyclopedias held at Ryan Library's reference area.
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Physics
The Penguin Dictionary of Physics
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology
Check Phineas, Ryan Library's online catalog, for more books.
INTERLIBRARY LOAN
Use InterLibrary Loan (LINK+ and ILLiad) to access books and articles not held at Ryan Library.
WEB RESOURCES
Physics & Engineering
arXiv is an e-print service in the field of physics, operated and funded by Cornell University. It is partially funded by the National Science Foundation.
Intuit contains hand selected Web resources for education and research in Science, Engineering and Technology.
American Institute of Physics was created for the purpose of promoting the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics and its application to human welfare
Directories
Librarians' Internet Index
InfoMine
BUBL Link
Search Engines
Google Advanced - provides more options for your search strategy
Google Book Search - Search for books on your topic
Google Scholar - Search for scholarly articles
WorldCat - The world's largest network of library content and services
Zuula - A meta-search engine that searches more than one search engine at a time.
CITATION HELP
Endnote is a Web-based tool for managing and citing references in papers and creating bibliographies. EndNote has numerous citation styles including APA, MLA, Chicago (Turabian). EndNote is available to current members of the PLNU community by using your 8-digit PLNU ID card number.
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH HELP
Doug Fruehling, Librarian to the Physics & Engineering Department
Ryan Library
Room 208D
619-849-2471
DougFruehling@pointloma.edu
Contact the Reference Desk at:
reflib@pointloma.edu
Ask A Librarian IM/Chat
619-849-2337
Also contact members of the Physics & Engineering Department.
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