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Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Academic Journal Articles; Annual Reviews

In publication since 1963, covers the developments in the field including the sun, solar system, cosmology and instrumentation & techniques.
Compendex (Engineering Village)
Academic Journal Articles; Conference Proceedings; Retrospective & Historical Information

Indexing for national and international engineering journals and papers from engineering conference proceedings.
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
Handbooks & Manuals; Properties

Resource for data on chemical substances. This latest edition features interactive tables and reference sections on everything from aqueous solubility of organic compounds, to flash point data of common substances.
INSPEC (Engineering Village)
Academic Journal Articles; Conference Proceedings; Retrospective & Historical Information

Scientific and technical journals and conference proceedings in physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computing and control, and information technology.
lanl.arXiv.org e-Print archive
Academic Journal Articles; Preprints

Resource for full text of publications in the subject areas of physics, mathematics, computer science and nonlinear science.

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