Using ENDNOTE WEB for while researching your project/thesis will permit you to keep track of your resources, insert notes as you write, and create a perfectly formatted bibliography with the press of a button. To use ENW, you will need to create your own account from a campus computer. Go to the Endnote Web site and register as a new user. You will need to create a password, and then you will be able to access your stored citations whenever you log in to the site.
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Physics 094/180 : Physics Research Project/Honors Thesis (SC)
Finding Definitions & Basic Information:
These reference resources, both electronic & in print (shelved in Cornell's Reference section on the 1st floor), are good sources of definitions and background information as you begin your research.
AccessScience @ McGraw-Hill
Provides full-text access to articles, dictionary terms, biographies, research updates and links to related websites in all areas of science and technology. Covers 2000-present.
Building blocks of matter
Publisher: New York : Macmillan Reference ; c2003.
Cornell Reference QC793 .2 .B85 2003 -"A supplement to the MacMillan Encyclopedia of Physics."
Encyclopedia of laser physics and technology
Contains basic terms and principles of laser physics and technology, including general optics and optoelectronics, nonlinear optics, quantum optics, fiber optics, and optical communications.
Encyclopedia of physics
Publisher: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH ; 2005.
Cornell Reference QC5 .E545 2005 v. 1 & 2
Springer handbook of acoustics
Publisher: New York, N.Y. ; Springer, c2007.
Cornell Reference QC225.15 .S67 2007
Finding Books:
Tripod library catalog.
The library catalog of Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges. QC is the Library of Congress category for PHYSICS books & journals.
Ebrary
Academic Complete includes more than 30,000 current e-books from leading publishers, including life and physical sciences (2,400 titles). It spans all subjects.
Note: If you plan to PRINT from eBrary titles, you will be restricted to printing only TWENTY pages at a time, and FORTY pages in one session. If you need to print more than forty pages, you will need to close the browser & then open a new window (but copy the URL of the e-Book before you close, so you can paste it into the new browser window).
WorldCat
Provider: OCLC
A catalog of the holdings of books, journals, and other materials held by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) member libraries. Includes manuscripts, maps, films and sound recordings. Covers works published before 1,000 BC-present. You can request books via Interlibrary Loan directly from Worldcat.
Finding Journal Articles:
Look for the 
button and click on it to see if you can get online access to the citation's article. If Swarthmore does not have access to the online article, you will be given the option to check Tripod for print access, or it will populate an InterLibrary Loan request form for you.
If you are planning to do any research off-campus, you will need to log in to EZ-PROXY, which is Swarthmore's proxy server. Once you have logged in through the proxy server, your access to IP-linked resources will be allowed.
button and click on it to see if you can get online access to the citation's article. If Swarthmore does not have access to the online article, you will be given the option to check Tripod for print access, or it will populate an InterLibrary Loan request form for you.If you are planning to do any research off-campus, you will need to log in to EZ-PROXY, which is Swarthmore's proxy server. Once you have logged in through the proxy server, your access to IP-linked resources will be allowed.
Web of science
Provider: ISI
This multidisciplinary database can be searched by subject, author, and journal title. Articles that CITE a known author or work can also be searched. Cited reference searching helps identify more recent articles on the same topic. Coverage for the Science Citation Index in WofS now goes back to 1900!
NASA astrophysics data system
This Digital Library for Physics & Astronomy is the database most of the faculty in Swarthmore's Physics/Astronomy Department use for research. Look for the F in the citation for PDFs and G for GIFs. Note: The 'Find It' button does not appear in this database.
ProQuest Research Library
Provider: ProQuest
Provides citations and full-text magazine and journal articles in a wide variety of disciplines, both scholarly and popular in scope. Often a good place to begin your research. Covers 1971-present.
ArXiv.org e-print archive
Provides an electronic archive of research papers in full-text for physics and related disciplines, including mathematics, computer science and quantitative biology. Covers 1991-present.
Inspec
Provider: ISI
Provides access to technical literature in physics, electronics, communications, control computing, information technology, and more. Covers 1969-present.
Note: Swarthmore no longer subscribes to INSPEC, so if you want to use this database, you will need to go to HAVERFORD, the only TriCo library that still subscribes...
Note: Swarthmore no longer subscribes to INSPEC, so if you want to use this database, you will need to go to HAVERFORD, the only TriCo library that still subscribes...
Google scholar
Google Scholar often digs up good resources that the other databases don't. So it is a good database to use in addition to the others. Use the "Check Tripod" and "Find it @ Swarthmore" links to see if we have access to full text.
SPIN Web
Provider: AIP
This American Institute of Physics-sponsored site provides an online version of the SPIN (Searchable Physics Information Notices) database. Offers citations and abstracts of articles from major physics, astronomy, and engineering journals. Also includes conference proceedings. Covers 1975-present, plus full access to PROLA, the Physical Review Online Archive (1893-2001)
ScienceDirect
Provides full-text,online access to journal articles in the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences. Full-text is available only for journals to which the TriColleges subscribe. Full-text access for most journals goes back to 1993. Abstracts are available for non-subscribed journals.
Inspec
Provider: ISI
INSPEC used to be the main database that Physicists used, but now ADS, Google Scholar and Web of Science are used more often. Swarthmore cancelled its subscription to INSPEC a few years ago, but Haverford still subscribes to it. So if you want to use INSPEC, you will need to go to Haverford and access it in one of their libraries. Covers 1969-present.
Finding Web Sites:
Scirus
Searchable database of scientific resources found on the World Wide Web.
Note: You can turn on the FIND IT! button in Scirus by going to SEARCH PREFERENCES. Select ENABLE next to ‘Library Partner Links’, then select Swarthmore College Library from the drop-down menu. Then select the SAVE PREFERENCES button.
Note: You can turn on the FIND IT! button in Scirus by going to SEARCH PREFERENCES. Select ENABLE next to ‘Library Partner Links’, then select Swarthmore College Library from the drop-down menu. Then select the SAVE PREFERENCES button.
InterLibrary Loan & TriCollege Borrowing:
While Cornell Library has a really good collection, obviously there will be times when we don't actually own something you've located in your research. That is when you'll need to borrow from other libraries and to do this you will need Inter-Library Loan (ILL).
Tri-College ILL - BOOKS: If you want a book from Bryn Mawr or Haverford, simply press the REQUEST button at the top of the Tripod screen. Enter your name & barcode, and select WHERE you want to pick up the book. Delivery takes approximately one day library to library.
Non-TriCollege ILL - BOOKS: For books NOT available in Tripod, try E-Z Borrow and request books directly from nearby Pennsylvania & NJ libraries. Books usually arrive within a few days.
JOURNAL ARTICLES: For articles in journals not available from the main libraries in TriCo*, use the online ILL form. You must put the COMPLETE JOURNAL TITLE in your request - do not use abbreviations, or your request will most likely be sent back to you. For complete journal titles, check the book behind the Circulation Desk, or go to Journal Abbreviation Sources.
* Journals DO circulate from main libraries, so if you need an article from a non-science library journal, place a hold on the actual journal volume in Tripod and it will be sent via TriCo van!
Citing Information:
There is no one standard format for Physics, so be sure to ask your Thesis Advisor if s/he has a bibliographic style preference. If you use Endnote Web, your footnotes & bibliography will be formatted according to the style you select. If you are using Endnote Web has AIP Style Manual and IOP Vancouver as standard physics styles.