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Hello and welcome to the Physics Research Guide! You will find information on how to get started with your research along with available resources at the University of Miami Libraries and beyond. Click on the different tabs at the top of the guide to learn more on each topic. Throughout this guide there are sections labelled, "Diverse Voices." There is a lack of diversity in STEM and the "Diverse Voices" sections highlight resources/contributions from underrepresented groups as well as information regarding the lack of representation in STEM. This guide is not exhaustive and if you find resources you think would be a great addition or if you have questions please email me.
Getting Started
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Through an interlibrary loan you can borrow items outside of UM.
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Are you an undergraduate?
Undergraduate Essentials includes recommended resources at the library for undergraduates, many of which are online.
Are you a graduate?
Graduate Essentials has recommended resources at the library for graduate students, many of which are online.
Are you faculty?
Faculty Essentials includes recommended resources at the library for faculty, many of which are online.
uSearch allows you to discover materials from all University of Miami Libraries.
Need help with uSearch?
The uSearch Guide will help you with searching.
Not finding what you want in uSearch?
Through an interlibrary loan you can borrow items outside of UM.
Is the library open?
Different library hours are posted on this page.
Off Campus?
A Virtual Private Network (VPN) will let you connect to resources while away.
Are you an undergraduate?
Undergraduate Essentials includes recommended resources at the library for undergraduates, many of which are online.
Are you a graduate?
Graduate Essentials has recommended resources at the library for graduate students, many of which are online.
Are you faculty?
Faculty Essentials includes recommended resources at the library for faculty, many of which are online.
Subject Specialist
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Erica Newcome
STEM and Interdisciplinary Research Librarian
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Diverse Voices
Article Types
There are different article types found in the below databases and eJournal collections.
- Peer-reviewed: Procedure where scholarly work is evaluated by experts of the same discipline against a set of criteria to ensure that it meets certain standards necessary for publication.
- Preprint: A version of a scientific manuscript posted on a public server prior to peer review.
- Scholarly: Written by academics and other experts and contributes to knowledge in a particular subject by sharing new research findings, theories, analyses, insights, news, or summaries of current knowledge.
Databases
- arXiv
E-print depository that covers a broader range of physics publications as well as math and computer science. - Web of Science Citation Indexes
Web of Science, published by Thomson Reuters, is a multi-disciplinary database that provides integrated access to over 8,000 key research journals indexed in: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Science Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index.There are two main ways to search the database: --- select General Search to search for articles by subject term, author name, journal title, or author affiliation --- select Cited Reference Search to search for articles that cite an author or article that you specify. Web of Knowledge features citation searching, email alerts, links to the full text of many items. - INSPIRE
Combines database content and e-prints curated at DESY, Fermilab, and SLAC with the Invenio digital library technology developed at CERN. - SCOPUS
Covering the life, physical, health, and social sciences, Scopus is a large abstract and citation database of research literature and web sources.Scopus covers: Over 15,000 peer-reviewed titles from more than 4,000 international publishers, including coverage of: 500 Open Access journals, 700 Conference Proceedings, 600 Trade Publications, 125 Book Series. More than 60% of titles are from countries other than the US Abstracts go back to 1966. References go back to 1996. 80% of content is indexed with controlled vocabularies. 100% coverage of Medline, including unique Medline journals. 28 million abstract records. 245 million references added to all abstracts. Scopus also covers 250 million quality web sources, including 13 million patents. Web sources are searched via Scirus, and include author homepages, university sites and resources such as the preprint servers CogPrints and ArXiv.org, and OAI compliant resources. - Astrophysics Data Center (ADS)
SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a digital library portal for researchers in astronomy and physics, operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), that maintains three bibliographic databases containing more than 13 million records covering publications in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics, and the arXiv e-prints. - Google Scholar
Indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature from many subjects. - Full List of Physics Databases
Library Catalog
Diverse Voices
List of databases to search for articles or authors.
References
Bullock, A., Jennings, C., & Timbrell, N. (2019). Peer review. In A dictionary of publishing. Oxford University Press.
Libraries, U. of T. (2015, November 5). What counts as a scholarly source? https://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/faq/what-counts-scholarly-source
Preprints. (n.d.). PLOS. Retrieved August 9, 2022, from https://plos.org/open-science/preprints/
Libraries, U. of T. (2015, November 5). What counts as a scholarly source? https://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/faq/what-counts-scholarly-source
Preprints. (n.d.). PLOS. Retrieved August 9, 2022, from https://plos.org/open-science/preprints/
eBooks
- Ebook Central (ProQuest)
Provides access to a growing collection of academic titles across many disciplines. Users will be prompted to authenticate both on campus and off campus. Books may be viewed online using the EBook Central reader. Many titles are also available to download for reading offline. Windows and Mac users will use Adobe Digital Editions to view the downloaded titles (freely available at "http://www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions/#download"). iPad users will use the Bluefire Reader app to view the downloaded titles. - Ebook Collection (EBSCOHost)
Provides access to over 20,000 academic titles across many disciplines. Books may be viewed online using the EBSCOhost Full Text reader. Many titles are also available to download for reading offline. Users will be prompted to create / log in to their own EBSCOhost account to access the download functionality. Windows and Mac users will use Adobe Digital Editions to view the downloaded titles (freely available at "http://www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions/#download"). iPad users will use the Bluefire Reader app to view the downloaded titles. - SAGE Research Methods
SAGE Research Methods is an online tool for research designed to guide users through every step of the research process. It includes more than 1000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos by world-leading academics from across the social sciences, while the Methods Map is meant to help find the best research technique, with answers that range from a quick answer found in a dictionary to case studies, teaching datasets, and full-text titles. - Wiley Online Library
A multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities. It delivers seamless integrated access to Wiley journals, books, and reference works.
eReferences
List of dictionaries, encyclopedias, and handbooks.
- Knovel
- Online reference shelf including handbooks, dictionaries, and datasets covering the full range of engineering and science discipline
- CRC Press Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
Access Science: Science
Online encyclopedic resource that contains incisively written, high-quality reference material that covers all major scientific disciplines. - Broad coverage of science, technology, and medical resources.
- Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia
- Since 1938, the Van Nostrand’s Scientific Encyclopedia has enjoyed a reputation as one of the most important and comprehensive general scientific references available, suitable for both academic and professional environments.
What is a dissertation or thesis?
Dissertation: A lengthy, formal written treatise or thesis, especially an account of scholarly investigation or original research on a specialized topic, submitted to a university in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Ph.D. degree (for most United States universities).
Thesis: A proposition advanced and defended in a formal disputation, especially by a candidate in partial fulfillment of university requirements for a master's degree (for most United States universities).
Thesis: A proposition advanced and defended in a formal disputation, especially by a candidate in partial fulfillment of university requirements for a master's degree (for most United States universities).
Database
- Dissertations & Theses Global (ProQuest)
The world's most comprehensive collection of full-text dissertations and theses. Includes millions of searchable citations to dissertations and theses from 1861 to the present day together with over a million full-text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full-text coverage for older graduate works. It also includes PQDT UK & Ireland content. - Dissertations & Theses @ University of Miami
This database gives access to the dissertations and theses produced by students at the University of Miami. - Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
Contains full-text theses and dissertations from colleges and universities around the world. The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) is an international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination and preservation of electronic analogues to the traditional paper-based theses and dissertations. - Center for Research Libraries: Foreign Doctoral Dissertations
An international consortium of university, college, and independent research libraries that supports original research and inspired teaching in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences by preserving and making available primary source materials from all world regions. - PhdData
Holds a database of doctoral dissertations in progress around the world.
Library Catalog
References
Reitz, J. (2013, January 10). About ODLIS. In ODLIS About. Retrieved August 19, 2022, from http://products.abc-clio.com/ODLIS/odlis_about
Podcast
- Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe
A fun-filled discussion of the big, mind-blowing, unanswered questions about the Universe. - Math & Physics Podcast
Two University of Toronto students in the math and physics program discuss interesting topics in the field. - Physics World Weekly Podcast
Unique insight into the latest news, breakthroughs and innovations from the global scientific community.
Video
- JoVE
Free access until June 15, JoVE is a peer-reviewed, PuMed indexed video methods journal covering STEM subjects - advanced biology, biochemistry, genetics,neuroscience, corona & virus protocols to name a few. - Brown University Department of Physics
Official channel of the Department of Physics at Brown University. - Academic Video Online
AVON is a streaming video platform providing more than 79,000 titles spanning a wide range of subject areas, including anthropology, business, history, music, and more. The platform allows users to to organize and bookmark clips, create and share playlists, personalize folders, and manage their entire collection.
X
Tip: To accces the X handles below you must first login to X to view them.
@AIP_HQ
Advancing the physical sciences with a unifying voice of strength from diversity.
@NASA
There's space for everybody.
@PhysicsToday
Physics Today is the world's most popular physics magazine.
@AIP_HQ
Advancing the physical sciences with a unifying voice of strength from diversity.
@NASA
There's space for everybody.
@PhysicsToday
Physics Today is the world's most popular physics magazine.
Diverse Voices
Diverse Voices
Tip: For any X handles below you must first login to X to view them.
@BlackWomenSTEM
An online community for self-identified Black women in STEM.
@LGBTSTEM
Improving LGBTQ+ visibility in STEM.
@VanguardSTEM
Encouraging conversations between emerging & established women of color in STEM.
@BlackWomenSTEM
An online community for self-identified Black women in STEM.
@LGBTSTEM
Improving LGBTQ+ visibility in STEM.
@VanguardSTEM
Encouraging conversations between emerging & established women of color in STEM.
Data
- Astronomy Image Explorer
Convenient and efficient tool for researchers working in the fields of Astronomy and Astrophysics to gain access to images published in peer-reviewed journals. - Dataverse Project: Physics
- Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR)
Quality-assured global directory of academic open access repositories. - Figshare: Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Science
- Figshare: Physics
- National Nuclear Data Center (NNDC)
Collects, evaluates, and disseminates nuclear physics data for basic nuclear research and for applied nuclear technologies. - Registry of Research Data Repositories (re3Data.org): Physics
- Zendo
Part of the OpenAIRE project, Zendo is a CERN-hosted repository for researchers, scientists, EU projects and institutions to share, preserve and showcase multidisciplinary research results (data and publications) that are not part of the existing institutional or subject-based repositories of the research communities.
Data Management
- Learn more about data management and DMPs.
Learn more about what data management and DMPs are and their importance.
Library Data Specialists
Email: criopelle@miami.edu
Call: 305.284.3257
Call: 305.284.3257
What is a technical report?
Technical Report: A scientific paper or article describing research or other significant developments in a field of the applied sciences.
Technical Reports
- National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
Mission: "Provide innovative data services to federal agencies, through joint venture partnerships with the private sector, to advance federal data priorities, promote economic growth, and enable operational excellence." - Technical Report Archive & Image Library (TRAIL)
Identifies, acquires, catalogs, digitizes and provides unrestricted access to U.S. government agency technical reports. - Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
Mission: "To aggregate and fuse science and technology data to rapidly, accurately and reliably deliver the knowledge needed to develop the next generation of technologies to support our Warfighters and help assure national security." - National Technical Reports Library
Mission: "Provide innovative data services to federal agencies, through joint venture partnerships with the private sector, to advance federal data priorities, promote economic growth, and enable operational excellence." - Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Techincal Report Server
Provides access to aerospace-related scientific and technical information (STI) created or funded by NASA. - Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)
Collects, preserves, and disseminates both unclassified and classified scientific and technical information emanating from government-funded research and development activities at the Department of Energy's national laboratories, scientific facilities, universities, and other institutions nationwide.
Library Catalog
Reference
Reitz, J. (2013, January 10). About ODLIS. In ODLIS About. Retrieved August 19, 2022, from http://products.abc-clio.com/ODLIS/odlis_about
Definitions
The below conference databases contain conference papers, proceedings, and gray/grey literature.
- Conference Paper: An original paper at a formal gathering of peers which may be subsequently published in its proceedings.
- Conference Proceeding: The published record of a conference, congress, symposium, or other meeting sponsored by a society or association.
- Gray/Grey Literature: Documentary material in print and electronic formats, such as reports, preprints, internal documents, memoranda, newsletters, market surveys, theses, dissertations, conference proceedings, technical specifications, standards, or trade literature.
Library Catalog
Conference Proceedings
- SPIE Digital Library
SPIE Digital Library includes resource on optics and photonics, providing access to more than 260,000 technical papers from SPIE Journals and Conference Proceedings from 1990 to the present. More than 17,000 new research papers are added annually. - AIP conference proceedings
We've recently switched to all-electronic for AIP's conference proceedings so look here for the latest information. - INSPIRE
Combines database content and e-prints curated at DESY, Fermilab, and SLAC with the Invenio digital library technology developed at CERN. - Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) - U.S. Department of Energy
Collects, preserves, and disseminates both unclassified and classified scientific and technical information emanating from government-funded research and development activities at the Department of Energy's national laboratories, scientific facilities, universities, and other institutions nationwide.
References
Reitz, J. (2013, January 10). About ODLIS. In ODLIS About. Retrieved August 19, 2022, from http://products.abc-clio.com/ODLIS/odlis_about