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Web of science (Thomson Reuters)
Multidisiplinary reference- and citation database. Large overlap with Scopus in both content and functionality, but Web of Science still has better coverage back in time.
IEEE Xplore
IEEE Explore contains fulltext articles, e-books and conference proceedings from IEEE, IET, IBM and VDE Verlag, in addition to IEEE Standards Dictionary. Covers applied physics and computing with a special focus on electrical engineering.
Scopus (Elsevier)
Multidisiplinary reference- and citation database started in 2004. Large overlap with Web of Science in both content and functionality, but Scopus contains a greater number of entries.
arXiv.org (1991-)
Arxiv is an open access electronic archive for articles and preprints within physics, mathematics, computer technology etc. Particularly strong in theoretical physics.
Google scholar
Search engine for scientific information. See Fulltext@UBO for accessing articles or to order a copy.
Books
- Where are the physics books in the library?
- Subject heading search in science (only in Norwegian)
New physics books
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The ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer : and the birth of the modern arms raceMcMillan, Priscilla J (Viking, 2005)Received in the library 11 March.
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American Prometheus : the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert OppenheimerBird, Kai (Alfred A Knopf, 2005)Received in the library 11 March.
Journals
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LaTeX and bibliography management
- LaTeX and companions, a list of resources compiled by Dag Langmyhr (in Norwegian only)
- A local guide to LaTeX and BibLaTeX by Knut Hegna and Dag Langmyhr