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])
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
Information Services & Systems
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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/)
Need help with ISS Resources?
Your Information Specialist is Jamie Halstead