Goddard Library: Physics: Home

Online Tutorials

These 3 tutorials will explain why you should use library resources, how to navigate the website, what constitutes a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal article, and tips on searching for articles and narrowing your results to find an article that best suits your needs.

They are best watched in order.

Introduction to Goddard Library (3:39)
Why should you use library resources? How do you find the library website? How do I know where to find materials on my topic? How can I get help?
This short tutorial will answer these questions.
Identifying Scholarly Articles (1:35)
From UW-Madison, this tutorial explains what constitutes a scholarly article.
Finding a Quality Research Article (8:26)
Need to find a quality research article? This tutorial will show you how to choose an article database, search for an article, apply limiters to your results, save and cite your article, and how to get help from a librarian.

Find Articles, Journals, Magazines, Newspapers

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Journals, magazines, and newspapers in almost every subject area.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Journal articles in science, engineering, social sciences, and humanities.
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
Journals, magazines, and newspapers in all subject areas. It also contains dissertations, OECD papers, company reports and more.
Science Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Science encyclopedias, reference books, images, and journals..

Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
This database, funded by NASA, searches for information about astronomy, astrophysics, instrumentation, physics, and geophysics. Users can search for articles, books, conference proceedings and pre-prints (the author's version of an article before it goes through peer-review).
ArXiv
Open access to 1,143,950 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics

Proquest U.S. Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Domestic newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites.

Find Books and Videos in the Library

RCTC Catalog- Search for books and videos all at once. Use limiters to refine your results.

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Ebsco eBook collection This link opens in a new window
Books on a wide variety of subjects and topics.
Gale Ebooks This link opens in a new window
Books on a wide variety of subjects and topics.
Proquest Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
Books in almost all subjects.

Additional Sources

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Dictionairies, encyclopedias, and handbooks in almost every subject..
Britannica Academic Edition This link opens in a new window
Articles and images in almost every subject area.

Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Educational films and documentaries in all subject areas.
Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
Documentaries, educational films, and news clips in many subject areas.

Citation Resources

APA Tips 7th edition

MLA citation guide from the OWL at Purdue

MLA 8th edition citation guide

Citation Builder

Online Writing Lab (OWL)
An excellent site for writing, research and citation assistance.

Find an Article by a Journal Title

Journal Finder
Search by Journal title or use the Citation Linker.

Print Journals - Leaf through these print Journals in the Library: American Journal of Physics, American Journal of Science, Physics Teacher, Popular Science, Science, Science News, Scientific American, and Sky Calendar.

New Books

The Physics Behind by Russ Swan
ISBN: 9780228100898
Publication Date: 2018-09-08
What Is Real? by Adam Becker
ISBN: 9781541698970
Publication Date: 2019-09-03
Physics Problems for Aspiring Physical Scientists and Engineers by Ken Riley
ISBN: 9781108701303
Publication Date: 2019-01-10
The Road to Einstein's Relativity by David Lyth
ISBN: 9780367002534
Publication Date: 2019-01-25