Literature Search Training Session Handout (Physics 2nd Years)

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ISS Literature Search Training Session Natural and Mathematical Sciences Department of Physics Useful Resources Unless a web address is provided, all resources in this information sheet can be accessed from the log-in page for the University Portal, Onespace: http://onespace.kcl.ac.uk (Click the link for Databases on the right hand side of the screen). ATHENS Athens is a system to access databases, e-journals and other ISS resources on or off campus. It is NOT a resource on its own, simply a gateway. To use Athens you need your Athens Username and Password Passwords can be reset by the ISS Enquiry Desks (or by contacting us by telephone: 020 7848 2430 or e-mail: [email protected] ) Information Services & Systems

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ISS Literature Search Training Session

Natural and Mathematical Sciences

Department of Physics

Useful Resources

Unless a web address is provided, all resources in this information sheet can be

accessed from the log-in page for the University Portal, Onespace:

http://onespace.kcl.ac.uk (Click the link for Databases on the right hand side of the

screen).

ATHENS

Athens is a system to access databases, e-journals and other ISS resources on or off campus.

It is NOT a resource on its own, simply a gateway.

To use Athens you need your Athens Username and Password

Passwords can be reset by the ISS Enquiry Desks

(or by contacting us by telephone: 020 7848 2430 or e-mail: [email protected])

ISS databases (For searching for journal articles)

Web of Knowledge (including INSPEC)

Sciverse / Scopus

IEEE Xplore

MathSciNet

Zetoc (British Library Table of Contents Database)

OCLC FirstSearch

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Free databases (For searching for journal articles)

Scitopia (http://www.scitopia.org)

Scitation (http://scitation.aip.org/)

Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.co.uk/)

Online journal packages / archives

Science Direct (search for Sciverse and click on the link at the top of the screen)

IOP Science (http://iopscience.iop.org/)

American Institute of Physics Journals (http://journals.aip.org/)

Wiley Online Library

InformaWorld

Springer Link

Cambridge Journals Online

JSTOR

Pre-prints / E-prints / Open Access

arXiv.org (http://arxiv.org/)

INSPIRE (http://inspirebeta.net/)

Directory of Open Access (http://www.doaj.org/)

Searching for books & using other libraries King’s College ISS Catalogue (http://library.kcl.ac.uk/ or from the OneSpace log-in page)

Senate House Library Catalogue (http://catalogue.ulrls.lon.ac.uk/)

Access other London University Libraries (see the access agreement & information regarding the colleges and institutes) (http://www.london.ac.uk/libraries_agreement.html)

British Library (http://searchbeta.bl.uk/) (and reader registration information http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/inrrooms/stp/register/stpregister.html)

COPAC (http://copac.ac.uk/)

M25 Catalogue (http://www.inform25.ac.uk/Link/)

Google Books (sometimes useful) (http://books.google.co.uk/)

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