Research Guides: Physics: Websites & More

Useful Links

arXiv.org arXiv is owned and operated by Cornell University. Provides open access to e-print articles in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance, Statistics, Electrical Engineering and Systems Science, and Economics.
American Physical Society "The American Physical Society (www.aps.org) is a non-profit membership organization working to advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics through its outstanding research journals, scientific meetings, and education, outreach, advocacy and international activities."
AIP Scitation Scitation is the online home of leading Physics journals and conference proceedings from AIP Publishing and AIP Member Societies.
PhysLink The PhysLink.com is a comprehensive physics and astronomy online education, research and reference web site.
Science.gov Science.gov searches over 55 databases and over 2100 selected websites from 13 federal agencies, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information including research and development results.
National Science Digital Library Created by the National Science Foundation, this online library directs users to high-quality science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) resources.
Open Source Physics
Physics Central An engaging interactive multimedia resource created by the American Physical Society.
How Everything Works Explains the physics of everyday life in a question and answer format.

Scientific American: Physics News

Richard Feynman - Ode To A Flower

YouTube Channel: Cub Studio - From the BBC Interview for Horizon 'The Pleasure of Finding Things Out. (bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/broadband/archive/feynman/) Animated by Fraser Davidson (sweetcrude.tv).

Helpful Videos

Khan Academy - Intro to Dimensional Analysis Sal shows how we can treat units of measurement algebraically, and use these tools in order to convert between different units of the same quantity
Crash Chemistry Academy - Unit Conversion Using Dimensional Analysis Tutorial step by step how to set up dimensional analysis calculations explained from a single to multi-step calculations for unit conversion problems
Tyler DeWitt - Converting Units with Conversion Factors How to convert units using conversion factors and canceling units.
CrashCourse - Unit Conversion & Significant Figures

Practice Problems

Texas Gateway for Online Resources - Dimensional Analysis

Helpful Videos:

Bozeman Science - Vectors & Scalars Mr. Andersen explains the differences between scalar and vectors quantities. He also uses a demonstration to show the importance of vectors and vector addition.
Khan Academy - Intro to Vectors & Scalars Distance, displacement, speed and velocity. Difference between vectors and scalars. Created by Sal Khan.
Math and Science In this lesson, you will about the difference between Vectors and Scalars and why these quantities are important in Physics, Math, and Engineering.
The Organic Chemistry Tutor - Vectors This precalculus video tutorial explains the basics of vectors.

Practice Problems

Special Topics

Measurements: Constants, Units, and Uncertainties
Measurement Reference resource provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). NIST is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, was founded in 1901 as the nation's first federal physical science research laboratory. NIST's mission is to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life.
Astrophysics
This is a NASA-funded project which maintains three bibliographic non-full text databases containing more than 9.7 million records: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics, and arXiv e-prints.
NIST Physical Reference Data
Physical Reference Data, published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, features online data and datasets for physics research and data activities.

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The Feynman Lectures on Physics

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