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Physics and Astronomy Databases

INSPEC (EBSCOhost)
Includes scientific and technical journals and conference proceedings in physics and other disciplines from 1898 to the present.
Web of Science
Coverage: 1900-present
Includes books, journal articles, and conference proceedings from across all scientific disciplines and provides comprehensive citation searching. Also includes coverage articles in Social Sciences (1900-present) and Arts & Humanities (1975-present).

arXiv
Houses pre-publication copies of papers in many disciplines, including physics, astronomy, mathematics, computer science, and statistics.
SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System
A digital catalog for physics and astronomy articles. Covers topics in astronomy and astrophysics, as well as physics more generally.

SciFinder-n (CAS)
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A key source of chemical information. Includes articles in physical chemistry and data on the physical properties of chemical compounds. Note: You must register for an account in order to use SciFinder.
GeoRef (EBSCOhost)
As the name implies, this database focuses on journals and reports in geology, which includes geophysics and atmospheric physics.
SPORTDiscus with Full Text (EBSCOhost)
Indexes materials covering all aspects of sport, including the physics of sport and human biomechanics.

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Academic Search Complete
Provides full text for nearly 5,300 journals in a variety of disciplines, including more than 4,400 peer-reviewed titles.
JSTOR
Holds digitized back-runs of journals in multiple fields, but typically doesn't include the most recent 3-5 years.
OhioLINK EJC
Search for full-text articles available via OhioLINK.

Google Scholar
Finds scholarly sources across the web. You may find different types of sources compared to traditional databases, but search tools are limited.
Internet Archive Scholar
Search the Internet Archive's vast collections to find scholarly articles that may no longer be openly accessible on the web.
RefSeek
Searches the web for academic pages or documents. RefSeek also provides a nice directory of online reference sources.
Microsoft Academic Search
Similar to Google Scholar, with some additional ways to explore the literature.