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Information Strategy

Information Strategy
A basic guide for tracking down relevant, high-quality information needed for papers, lab reports, discussions, and other purposes.

Define

Define...
... a topic by gathering background/overview information; help formulate your question.

AccessScience Off-campus access
The online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and Yearbooks and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, and more.

Macmillan Encyclopedia of Physics
Call Number: Science Library Reference QC5 .M15 1996 (3 volumes)

Handbook of Physics
Call Number: Science Library Reference QC61 .T3713 2002

Oxford Reference Online (ORO) Off-campus access
Provides full text of a wealth of facts, figures, definitions, and translations from 175+ Oxford reference titles, many of which are in-depth, scholarly entries.

Identify

Identify
... specific sources of information about the defined topic--to answer your question

Databases

Applied Science & Technology Abstracts Off-campus access
1-popular

Academic Search Premier Off-campus access
Dates vary. An extensive multidisciplinary database providing full text for thousands of publications, including thousands of peer-reviewed journals.

LexisNexis Academic Off-campus access
Useful for coverage of newspapers and some popular magazines 1980's-present; use the Power Search.

Access World News Off-campus access
Mostly 1990's-present online resource that provides full-text information from over 1,000 United States and international newspapers and news services.

Applied Science & Technology Index
Call Number: Offsite Storage Facility
Covers 1958-1993

Industrial Arts Index
Call Number: Z7913 .I7
Covers 1924-1957

Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature (Annual)
Call Number: Burling 1st Floor, Reference Area--ask at the circulation desk for help locating.
An index of the most popular, general-interest periodicals published in the United States, reflecting the history of 20th century America.

PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) International Off-campus access
2-popular/primary For another perspective--spanning 1972-present, this database includes scholarly and non-scholarly articles, books, government documents, reports and more, covering global public policy and social issues.

PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) Archive Off-campus access
1915-1976. Includes scholarly and non-scholarly articles, books, government documents, reports and more, covering global public and social policies and international relations.

SPIN/Scitation
3-primary Provides the most current indexing and abstracting of major American and Russian physics and astronomy journals.

arXiv
1991-present; an e-print service which presents papers in physics and related disciplines, mathematics, nonlinear science, computer science, and quantitative biology.

APS Journal Search
American Physical Society; search and retrieve the full text of APS journals from 1893-present.

PROLA (Physical Review Online Archive)
Covering 1893 up to the current 4 years, PROLA is The American Physical Society's Physical Review Online Archive.

INIS
International Nuclear Information System, International Atomic Energy Agency; provides a "comprehensive information reference service for literature on the peaceful applications of nuclear science and technology."

Grinnell College Libraries
Books, media, Web sites, databases, art work, and more

INSPEC
4-primary Contact Kevin Engel for access to INSPEC. Covers over 4,100 journals, book reviews, conference proceedings, and dissertations in the areas of physics, electronics, and computer science.

WorldCat Off-campus access
Before 1000 B.C. to the present. The OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other materials held in libraries worldwide. Contains millions of records.

Science Abstracts
Call Number: Offsite Storage Facility
Covers 1898-1902

Science Abstracts. Section A, Physics
Call Number: Offsite Storage Facility
Covers 1903-1940

Science Abstracts. Section A. Physics Abstracts
Call Number: Offsite Storage Facility
Covers 1941-1971

Science Citation Index
5-primary Contact Kevin Engel for access to the Science Citation Index. A unique database that allows you to discover who has cited (referred to) a particular article or book since it was originally published.

Reference Sources

Elemental Data Index
Retrieve online scientific data for a specific element; NIST.

International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology
Contains numerical data on inorganic and organic compounds, and pure substances. Covers physics, chemistry, and technology. The 1000-page index is hyperlinked to each entry's appropriate page.

Physical Constants, Units, and Uncertainty

NIST Online Scientific Databases

Smithsonian Physical Tables--9th Revised Edition
Originally published by Smithsonian Institution Press, this classic reference source comprises 901 tables of general interest to scientists and engineers, and of particular interest to those involved with physics.

AP images (Associated Press) Off-campus access
Provides 24/7 access to over 4.9 million primary source photos from 1825 to the present. Additionally, provides audio, video, graphics and interactives. Constantly updated, AP Images is an important resource for virtually every discipline. This database may be used for educational purposes only. Images may not be posted on the Web or otherwise made available electronically to anyone outside the Grinnell College community. These images may not be republished or distributed in newspapers, newsletters, magazines, brochures, catalogs, yearbooks, calendars, posters, or similar materials.

Locate

Locate
... the publications identified above at Grinnell or elsewhere--get your information

Grinnell College Libraries
Books, media, Web sites, databases, art work, and more

Journal Finder
Journals, magazines, and newspapers available through the Grinnell College Libraries.

Interlibrary Loan

Other Library Catalogs

Iowa State University Library Catalog

University of Iowa Libraries Catalog

Evaluate

Evaluate
...the validity, objectivity, and usefulness of the information