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Web of Science   1973+   BU-px
This database includes an electronic version of Science Citation Index,
and allows you to search for cited references in journal articles.

INSPEC via Engineering Village   1969+   BU-px
Covering electrical engineering and electronics, computers and
control engineering and information technology, INSPEC is one
of the most comprehensive bibliographic databases in the area
of physics.

The Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System      WWW
Hosted by Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
the Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a NASA-funded
project which maintains three bibliographic databases
containing more than 5.3 million records. Coverage includes
astronomy and astrophysics, instrumentation, physics and
geophysics and article preprints.

SIMBAD      WWW
The SIMBAD astronomical database provides basic data,
cross-indentificatons and bibliographic references for
celestrial objects outside the solar system.

NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED)      WWW
The NED database contains positions, basic data and names
for extragalactic objects, as well as bibliographic references to
published papers, and notes from catalogs and other publications.

ArXiv.org e-Print archive      WWW
A fully automated multidisciplinary electronic archive
and distribution server for research papers.

AstroWeb:      WWW
Maintained by a consortium of seven institutions, this database
attempts to provide the most comprehensive lists of astronomy
and astrophysical resources on the internet.

Science.gov      WWW
Gateway to selected science information and research
and development results by U.S. Government agencies.