Research guides: PHYB10 Library Guide: Find Physics Research

Key databases and repositories

These databases are useful places to find scholarly information for your assignment:

Web of Science: Core Collection
Scopus
Abstract and citation information for peer-reviewed scientific research, including journals, books, and conference papers.
INSPEC
Engineering citation information including abstracts, and full-text access to journal articles, conference papers, videos, and books.

Web of Science help

Scopus help

Browse/search articles by popular journals

Find articles by citation

Article Finder
Useful if you have a citation for a journal article (from a reference list or other source), and only want to find that particular paper.

Finding Fulltext

When searching for articles in research databases, look for the button* to link to the article's FREE full-text online. If we don't have an electronic copy of the article, it will also let you look for print versions of the article, or request it via Interlibrary Loan.

If there is no"Get it!" link, or you experience problems, simply search for the journal in the U of T Library Catalogue. When full-text is not readily available online, make sure you use the title of the journal (not the article title or author).

Alternatively, enter the citation information in the "Article Finder" found on the library's homepage.

*Different databases have different full-text buttons so you might want to also look for buttons labelled full-text or PDF.