Web Resources
- Ready Reference Data
- Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
- Directories
- Current Events
- Biographical Information
- Preprint Servers
- Gateways to Internet Resources
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National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) Physical Reference
(physical constants, atomic and molecular spectroscopy data, and much more)
PACS (Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme): APS classification guide for submitted articles.
Particle Data Group Review of Particle Properties
Table of the Nuclides
National Nuclear Data Center
Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (CRC)
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
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AccessScience:
McGraw-Hill's Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, online. Very useful for introductory information
about topics in physics, and keyword searchable.
Net Advance of Physics: An online encyclopedia mainly of hot topics in physics. Articles are unsolicited but peer reviewed.
How Things Work: Physics in Everyday Life: A companion website to the textbook by Louis Bloomfield. "Call in radio show" website, is an archive of questions submitted by readers with answers by the professor. Answers are at a non-technical level.
ScienceWorld: Dictionary length definitions of scientific terms, created by Eric Weisstein--a professional encyclopediast at Wolfram (makers of Mathematica).
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Physics News Update
(AIP sponsored weekly update of new and interesting research achievements in physics)
Physical Review Focus (Selected Physical Review Letters are summarized for the non-expert physicist. Provides context and explanation of the important features/conclusions of the article)
Physics Web (IoP sponsored weekly update of happenings in the world of physics, with a European bent)
SciCentral: Gateway to the Best Science and Engineering
Biographical/Historical Information
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Emilio Segre Visual Archives
(if you want a picture of a physicist)
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Walk Through Time (evolution of time
measurement, from NIST)
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arXiv: (xxx) preprints in all areas of physics (including history, education of)
SLAC/SPIRES: database (high energy physics only)
OAIster: Open Access database in all subject areas, including many institutional repositories
ADS (Astrophysical Data System)
Superconductivity Papers Database: (Japan)
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PhysicsCentral: Excellent compilation of web resources from the APS.
PhysLINK: Mainly a compilation of websites on many topics, although there is some original content as well.
PhysNet: (Universitat Oldenburg metasite)
