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    Core Physics & Astronomy Databases
INSPEC via Web of Knowledge. 1898 - present. Includes Physics Abstracts. UCB only
Compendex. UCB only. 1884--present.
Web of Science. UCB only. 1900--present.
ADS/Astrophysics Data System (NASA). UCB only. 1975--present.
ArXiv. E-print archive (Cornell / Los Alamos). ArXiv is owned, operated and funded by Cornell University & NSF
For off-campus access UC Berkeley faculty, registered students, & staff use the Proxy Server or VPN.
For additional information consult the Physics-Astronomy Librarian. 
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1. Academic Search Complete. UCB only. Full text. Coverage: 1865-present. 10,000+ journals
2. ACM Digital Library. UCB only. Coverage: 1954–present
Provides full-text access to publications by the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM). Includes access to the Guide to Computing Literature.
3. AIAA Electronic Library.  UCB only. Coverage: 1963–present
Provides full-text access to meeting papers & articles published by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
4. ARIBIB: Astronomisches Rechen-Institute BIBliographical Database. References to astronomical literature from 1899-1968 on the printed bibliography "Astronomischer Jahresbericht' (AJB) and 1969-mid-2000 on the printed bibliography 'Astronomy & Astrophysics Abstracts' (AAA).
5. BIOSIS Previews. UCB only. Coverage: 1926–present
Indexes 6,000+ journals, books, and conference proceedings on a variety of biological and biomedical topics. Includes citations from Biological Abstracts and Biological Abstracts/RRM.
6. Business Source Complete. UCB only. Coverage: 1965–present
Covers nearly every area of business including management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and marketing. Provides full text for more than 7,400 scholarly business journals and other sources, including nearly 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications.
7. CERN Document Server (CDS) . Coverage: dates vary
8. CINDAS UCB only properties for thermal, mechanical, electrical, physical and other various materials. in the Thermophysical Properties of Matter Database (TPMD), in the Microelectronics Packaging Materials Database (MPMD). Coverage: current
9. Compendex. UCB only. 1884--present.
10. Computing Reviews.  UCB only. Coverage:1985–present
Reviews of computing literature, written by experts in the Computer Science field and qualified by the Association for Computing Machinery. Includes reviews of journals, conference proceedings, books, and book chapters.
11. Dissertations and Theses (Dissertation Abstracts) 1861 - present. Indexes graduate dissertations from over North American, and selected European, graduate schools and universities. UC dissertations 1996-- are free for downloading. Other titles can be borrowed through interlibrary loan or purchased online in a variety of formats.
12. DOE Information Bridge. 1996--present.
13. Earthscape. UCB only. 1973--present
14. Energy Citations Database Includes citations from Nuclear Science Abstracts. 1948--present
15. Engineered Materials Abstracts. UCB only. 1986-present
16. Faculty of 1000.  UCB only.
Highlights and reviews the most interesting papers published in the biological sciences, based on the recommendations of a faculty of well over 1,000 selected leading researchers.
17. GeoRef. UCB only. The database is produced by the American Geological Institute. 1693-present for N. America; 1933- for other.
18. Google Scholar. Indexes journal articles & other scholarly publications from selected online resources.
19. GreenFile. UCB only. Coverage: 1941–present
Provides access to scholarly, government, and popular articles on environmental issues including green building, renewable energy, pollution, recycling, sustainable agriculture, and more. Full text is available for some titles.
20. HEPDOC. One-search database for high-energy physics related documents received at CERN, DESY, KEK, and SLAC.
21. History of Science, Technology, and Medicine UCB only. 1975--present.
22. IEEE Xplore UCB only. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. 1988--present
23. INSPEC via Web of Knowledge. Includes all issues, 1898 - present. & Physics Abstracts. UCB only. INSPEC Guide
24. International Nuclear Information System (INIS)
Produced by the International Atomic Energy Agency and provides access to scientific literature published worldwide on the peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology. International coverage of technical reports, conference papers, journal articles, books, patents, laws, standards, and more. Some full text.
25. JSTOR - UCB only. Includes full text of 600+ scholarly journals.
26. Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe. UCB only. 1979--present. (Dates vary)
27. Materials Research Society Proceedings Library. UCB only. Coverage: 2000–present
Provides access to over 14,000 peer-reviewed papers from the Materials Research Society Proceedings from 2000 to the present, with selected papers from 1998 and 1999.
28. MathSciNet UCB only. Produced by the American Mathematical Society. 1940--present.
29. National Technical Reports Library (NTRL).  UCB only.
NTRL is the gateway to indexes, abstracts, & technical reports of the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). The NTIS archives reports from the Departments of Defense, Energy, Transportation, Agriculture, Health and Human Services, and other government agencies. Some full text available.
30. NED Telnet. -- NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. (Login: ned; no password)
 
31. NTRS: NASA Technical Report Server. Coverage: 1920–present
Indexes technical reports, conference papers, journal articles, and other publications sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). Some reports are available in full text online.
32. Physical Review / Physical Review Letters Index. author index. Online only. Indexes all APS journals.
33. PROLA search (APS) Facilitates links to external resources (SPIN, INSPEC, SPIRES). 1893--present.
34. PubMed. UCB only. 1950--present
35. Science Collections. Search articles published in the journal Science in broad subject categories / AAAS. 1995--present.
36. SciFinder Scholar. Web edition. UCB access only. Coverage: 1907- present.
First time UC users must register at the UC SciFinder Scholar page. After you register: login with your userid & password and then you can go directly to the web version. Client software is still available to download. Restricted to current UC faculty, staff and students. Off-campus access use the proxy server or VPN network.
37. Scitation.Scitation AIP online journal hosting platform publications. Free registration is required to use Scitation's features. Searching is also available via Spin Web. Coverage: varies. Allows search of AIP Conference Proceedings.
38. SPIE Digital Library. UCB only. The International Society for Optical Engineering, Digital library. 1990--present.
39. SPIN - Searchable Physics Information Notices. Access to physics, astronomy, engineering journals & proceedings. The SPIN database differs from Scitation - it includes articles that are hosted on other online platforms. While anyone can search Scitation, searching the SPIN database requires a subscription - either personal or institutional - to one of the publications hosted on Scitation. Links from SPIN to source journals are available for off-platform articles. Allows search of AIP Conference Proceedings. Coverage - varies
40. SPIRES HEP Database. High Energy Physics articles received by SLAC and/or DESY libraries. 1974--present.
41. Superconductivity Papers Database. Available in English & Japanese. 1987--present.
42. Web of Science. UCB only. 1900--present.
43. Zentralblatt Math. UCB only. 1868--present. Indexes 2300+ serials and journals in pure and applied mathematics.

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