Librarian
Sean Leahy
Contact:
4th Libe - Room 465
507-222-5179
smleahy@carleton.edu
507-222-5179
smleahy@carleton.edu
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Recommended Open Sources
The Internet holds a wide variety of scientific information and misinformation, ranging from popular press coverage to scholarly communications to advertisements to science buff sites. You should always thoughtfully evaluate the sources you use in your research; refer to the slides at the bottom of this page for questions to consider as you evaluate research sources.
- ArXiv.org This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations and the full text)
This is a pre-print and e-print archive of research papers in physics, engineering, mathematics, and computing. While many of the papers on the server are high quality, be aware that they are not peer-reviewed. ArXiv does moderate the submissions for relevance and appropriateness, and has recently implemented and endorsement system for some submissions. However, this is not the same as peer-review.
- Google Advanced SearchMany colleges and universities have a lot of good information on their web pages. Use the advanced search interface of google.com to limit your search to academic sites only (.edu, .ac.uk, etc). You can also try Google Scholar which tries to limit searches to scholarly papers.
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations and the full text)
Use Google's special academic search to locate scholarly articles from across disciplines. On campus, the preferences are set to indicate the Library's full-text access to what you find (links on the right). Use the "cited by" link to see who has cited a particular work you're interested in.
- NIST Physical Reference DataThe National Institute of Standards and Technology maintains this website, and it is very current. You can find numerical data, reference information and information on papers that have been published relating to the data.
- PhysicsWorldThis site is brought to you by the institute of physics. The site includes news, resources, company information and job listings.
- Science.govSearches documents from all science-related agencies in the US government. A great place to look for governmental reports or research if you're not sure which agencies might be involved.
Q&A About Searching the Physics Literature
- Q&A About Searching the Physics LiteratureAnswers to questions submitted by students in PHYS 342: Contemporary Experimental Physics
