Study Guides: Physics: Home

Welcome

This guide will help Physics students find the information they need for their studies. This guide will cover:

how to plan your search
finding books, articles and reports
APA 7th referencing

Key resources for Physics

Reference Materials

Access Science Access Science is an electronic encyclopedia that you can use as a general reference for science and technology topics.
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics This book provides reference information of chemistry and physics.
Encyclopedia of Applied Physics Encyclopedia of Applied Physics demonstrates the synergy between physics and technological applications.
Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics This book covers all aspects of transport phenomena on the nano- and micro-scale.
Patty's Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology Patty's Industrial Hygiene presents valuable information on the recognition and evaluation of chemical agents, physical agents, and biohazards in the workplace, as well as engineering control of exposure and personal protection.

Databases

IEEE Xplore IEEE Xplore provides web access to more than four-million full-text documents from some of the world's most highly cited publications in electrical engineering, computer science and electronics.
ProQuest Science & Technology Provides journal articles, conference papers, theses, books, and reports.
SciFinderⁿ Provide access to articles of chemical engineering, industrial chemistry, materials science, biochemistry, pharmacology and medicine. The database also includes patents, conference papers, pre-prints and reviews.
Scopus A multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers.

You can also view the Library's complete collection of Physics Databases by clicking the link below:

Physics Databases A link to UTS Library's collection of physics databases.

Resource types

There are a range of information types that will be useful to you. Your job is to decide what your information needs are and to find the right information to fill that need.

The table below summarises some of the types of information that will help you, and the following pages in this guide go into further detail on ways to find this information.

Books

Useful for providing an overview of a topic or issue. Contains background information and context and is very useful as a starting point for research, especially if you are new to the topic.

Journal Articles

Contains the latest research on very specific topics and often contains in-depth analysis. Journal articles are published more quickly than books so can be used to find more up to date information.

Policies & Reports

This includes government policies, guidelines, industry reports and statistics. They often contain an overview of an issue as it applies to a specific industry, region, state, country or worldwide.

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