Physics Databases

The most important licensed databases:

• INSPEC
  International database of literature in Physics,
  Electronics, Computer Science
  from 1969 – today
  Unavailable since 01 Jan 2008 due to cost.
• Lexikon der Physik
  Electronic encyclopaedia of Physics (German only)

Selected free databases:

• ADS Abstract Service
  Search for Astronomy and Physics literature online
• ADS Article Service
  Scanned articles from Astronomy and Physics journals and books
• Biographies Index
  Biographies of a large number of scientists
• CERN Document Server
  Full text documents and files in Particle Physics/ CERN
• Computer Index of Nuclear Reaction Data CINDA
  IAEA
• Free Patents Online
  Search for free patents online
• NASA technical report server NTRS
  Database of NASA publications
• National Nuclear Data Center
  Brookhaven National Laboratory
• Nuclear science references NSR
  Bibliography for Nuclear Physics
• SIMBAD on the web
  Astronomy database
• SkyView
  NASA's virtual telescope for "any part of the sky"
• SPIRES HEP Literature Database
  Database of literature in High-Energy Physics