Research Guides: Physics Research Guide: Finding Journal Articles

Literature Databases

The list below is a small subset of the databases on the Articles and Databases page of the Princeton University Library website. The full list of physics databases is available at the Physics Databases Listing.

Web of Science (ISI) This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary index to journal literature in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Offers the option to find cited references, which are the authors lists of articles used in their research. Journal coverage in the social sciences, arts, and humanities is not comprehensive. Includes conference proceedings in the sciences and social sciences.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
International coverage of journal articles, selected web sites, and patents in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities; provides citation tracking for 1996+ (select coverage for earlier periods) and cited reference searches back to 1970. 1996+
Princeton's Institutional ID (needed for Papers software): 51401.
INSPEC This link opens in a new window
Major bibliographic database concentrating on physics, electrical and electronic engineering, information technology, computer and control systems, and manufacturing, production engineering, and information technology. 1896+
MathSciNet This link opens in a new window
Bibliographic database with reviews of journals, conference proceedings, and books of mathematics research
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Index of full-text and scholarly materials.

Citation Searching

Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar all provide citation searching. Citation searching allows you to easily see who has cited an article.

Scopus Cited Reference Tutorial
This tutorial demonstrates how to view the references that appear in Scopus documents, including how to find and view citing documents.