Physics journals

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Electronic/Print journals	Current journal issues	Binding	Journals in other libraries
New journal subscriptions	Journal abbreviations and lists of journals	Journal impact factors

Electronic Journals

To locate a known full text electronic journal accessible to the University of Adelaide staff and students, search the Library's catalogue using the "Journal or Newspaper Title" option. The Library holds all the titles from ScienceDirect( except for a few), Springer, Wiley, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, JStor (backset of journals), IEEE publications, IOP electronic journals (on order 2/2/10)

Similarly to find print journals in the Library, search the Library's catalogue using "Journal or Newspaper Title" search option.

Current journal issues

Many databases and electronic journals provide a free alerting service that will send updated results of a research topic search or tables of contents of a new journal issue to your email address or use RSS feeds (what's this?) to distribute the information

The following publishers will also email to you the contents of new issues at or before publication or let you save search profiles to run regularly

American Mathematical Society Journals Email Alerting Service
Annual reviews - see Email content delivery under each journal
Cambridge University Press Journals Online Alerting - needs personal registration
CSIRO Journals Early Alert Service
Elsevier through Contents Direct
Oxford University Press Table of Contents E-Mailing Service
PNAS CiteTrack - topic, author or citation based email alert service covering PNAS and other participating journals
Seismological Society of America
Springer Link Alert
Wiley Saved search via Personal Home Page

The Library catalogue subscription summary screen shows the most recent issue of a print journal received.
Document delivery can supply articles not available electronically or in the Library.

Binding

Unbound journal issues take about 6 weeks to be bound. The Copy status screens in the catalogue show volumes at the binders with 'Binding' in the Status column of the volume. The Binding list option on the library catalogue menu shows the due date of return from binders.

Journals in other libraries

Where a journal is not held by this library or is at binding, use the Document Delivery Services to get journal articles from other libraries or the Intercampus loan service for journals from the Waite or Roseworthy campuses.

Check the following catalogues to find which libraries hold the journal:

Libraries Australia

Locations for journals held in Australian libraries including most State, university, government department, TAFE and public libraries. Includes a directory of libraries.

Flinders University, the University of South Australia and the State Library of South Australia catalogues

via the Other catalogues option on the Library Catalogue main menu.

Other Australian and overseas library catalogues

New journal subscriptions

Requests for new subscriptions should be given to your Research librarian. The number of new subscriptions each year is restricted.

Journal abbreviations and lists of journals

Ulrich International Periodicals Directory: A database containing publication details of current journals including price and subscription/editorial addresses.

PubList: Internet directory of publications

A comprehensive searchable directory of journal and newspaper publication details including online availability, links to publishers&undefined; web sites. Information is derived from Ulrich&undefined;s International Periodicals directory and other sources.

Alkire, L.G. Periodical title abbreviations.14th ed.

Research Help Desk 050.148 A415p.11

Leistner, O. ITA: Internationale Titelabkurzungen von Zeitschriften, Zeitungen, wichtigen Handbuchern, Worterbuchern, Gesetzen usw. (International title abbreviations of periodicals, newspapers, important handbooks, dictionaries, laws, etc.)

3. erw. Aufl. 1981

BSL Main Collection 050.148 L532.3

Useful for European abbreviations.

Journal impact factors

Journal Citation Reports is a comprehensive, and unique resource for journal evaluation, using citation data drawn from scholarly and technical journals worldwide. It gives rankings and impact factors for multidisciplinary and international journals