Astronomy, Astrophysics, & Planetary Science  

• Preprints/E-prints
• New Books
• Organizations
• News
• Reference Sources

Physics Research Guide

List of other science research guides

RSS, Email & Table of Contents Alerts

Find new journal articles about your research topic!

There are a number of services via email and RSS for accessing tables of contents of new journal issues and research alerts (results of literature searches you construct, run periodically).

This site will provide links to these services, as well as an explanation of what RSS is and how it works. 

Journal articles and conference papers

• INSPEC - info - video
• GeoRef - info
• Web of Science - info - video

Preprint servers

• arXiv - info
• SAO/NASA ADS - info

Handbooks, data, and other reference

• Gale Virtual Reference Library - info
• Landolt-Bornstein Group VI
• NASA Extragalactic Database - info
• SIMBAD - info

Other useful general databases

• Dissertations and Theses: A and I - info
• DSpace at MIT - info
• WorldCat - info

Michael Noga
Earth and Planetary Sciences Librarian

Contact Info:
Hayden Library
14S-200
617-253-1290
mnoga@mit.edu

Christine Sherratt
Interim Physics, and Nuclear Science & Engineering Librarian

Contact info:
Hayden Library
14S-134
617-253-5648
gcsherra@mit.edu