ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries C&RL News ■ March 2000 / 199 INTERNET RESOURCES P h y s i c s An ann ota te d lis t o f key re so u rce s o n the In te rn e t by Laur P hysicists have been using the Internet since its earliest days. The Department of Energy’s high-energy physicists created HEPnet, developed in the 1970s along with other specialized nets. This group also helped develop the foundation of the World Wide Web in 1989- A physics laboratory (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center) was the first U. S. Web site. There are an incredible number of Internet sites related to physics. An AltaVista search on the word “physics” will pull up more than 2.7 million hits. The sites identified here will get you started in locating the most useful physics sites on the Internet. General physics metasites • Resources in Physics. The Physics-As tronomy-Mathematics (PAM) division of the Special Libraries Association maintains this site, which provides links to physics resources organized around the following areas: people, professional societies, institutions, reference, eprints, and pathfinders. Access: http:// pantheon, yale. edu/~dstern/ρhys. html. el Kristick • The Internet Pilot to Physics. This site is the result of an international effort to im prove the use of information technology and the Web in physics research and education. It is aimed at promoting physics not only to scientists but also to the industry, schools, students and any individuals interested in physics and natural science. It includes an Internet search engine that focuses on phys ics sites, physics-related Java applets, and physics discussion forums. Access: http:// physicsweb.org/TIPTOP/. • Yahoo! Science: Physics. Metasite for Internet resources, organized by physics dis cipline. Access: http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/ Physics/. • WWW Virtual Library—Physics. Links to several sections of the Virtual Library re lated to physics. The Virtual Library is the oldest catalog of the Web, started by Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of html and the Web itself. It is run by a loose confederation of volunteers. Access: http://vlib.org.Physics, html. Specialized physics Web indexes There are many sites that list key Internet sites for various physics subjects. This is just a sample; many others can be found in the general indexes section above. About the author Laurel Kristick is the physical sciences coordinator for Collection Development at Oregon State University; e-mail: laurel. kristick@orstedu http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/ http://vlib.org.Physics 2 0 0 / C& RL N e w s ■ M a r c h 2 0 0 0 • O n lin e Particle Ph ysics In fo rm atio n . This g u id e o rga n izes o n lin e catalogs, databases, d irectories, W e b p ages, etc., w h ic h a re o f v a lu e to th e p a rticle p h y sic s c o m m u n ity a n d p r o v id e s d escription s o f e ac h reso u rce ’s s c o p e and c o n te n t to assist research ers in c h o o s in g th e righ t s o u rc e to fit th eir in fo rm a tio n n ee d s. T h e S tan ford L in ea r A c c e le r a to r C e n te r’s P article D a ta G r o u p m a in ta in s it. Access: h ttp :// w w w .sla c.sta n fo rd .ed u / lib ra ry / p d g / . • G e n e ra l Relativity a ro u n d the W o rld . T h e N C S A R e la tiv ity G r o u p m aintains this site that p ro v id e s links to In tern et re so u rce s o n re la tivity. Access: http://jean- l u c . n c s a . u i u c . e d u / W o r l d / w o rld .h tm l. • P a rticle-S u rface P h y sics R eso u rces o n th e In tern et. A n n o ta te d list o f In te rn e t re so u rce s m a in ta in e d b y M ark S h a p iro at C a li fo r n ia State U n iv e r s ity in F u llerto n . Access: h ttp :/ / c h a o s .fu lle rto n .e d u / m h s lin k s .h tm l. Professional societies • A m e ric a n Institute o f Ph ysics (A IP ). A I P w a s fo u n d e d in 1931. It cu rren tly has ten m e m b e r s o c ie tie s , in c lu d in g th e A m e r ic a n P h y s ic a l S o c ie ty ( h ttp :/ / w w w .a p s .o rg / ), th e O p tic a l S o c ie ty o f A m e r ic a ( h ttp :/ / w 3 .o s a . o rg/ ), a n d th e A m e ric a n A s s o c ia tio n o f P h y s ics T ea ch e rs ( h ttp :/ / w w w .aap t.org/ ). T h e s e s o c ieties h a v e m o r e than 129,000 m e m b ers . A c cess: h ttp :/ / w w w .a ip .o rg / . • Institute o f Ph ysics (IO P ). IO P, b a s ed in B ritain , has m o r e th an 26,000 m e m b e rs w o r ld w id e a n d p u b lish e s 34 jou rn als in p h y s ics a n d re la te d areas. T h e ta b le o f c o n ten ts o f th e se jou rn als are a v a ila b le to th e p u b lic fro m this site. Access: h ttp :/ / w w w .io p .o rg / . • R e so u rc e s o f S c h o la rly Societies— Ph ysics. A n u p -to -d a te site m a in ta in e d b y the U n iv e rs ity o f W a te rlo o , w ith lin k s to p h y sic s p ro fe ss io n a l an d sch o la rly s oc ie tie s a rou n d th e w o r l d . Access: h t t p : / / w w w . lib . u w a t e r lo o . c a / society/ p h ysics_so c.h tm l. Laboratories • E u ro p e a n O rg an izatio n fo r N u c le a r R esea rch (C E R N ). T h e C E R N L a b o ra to ry p r o v id e s state-of-th e-art s c ie n tific fac ilities f o r re search ers to use. It has 3,000 e m p lo y e e s an d m o r e th an 6,500 research ers fr o m a ro u n d th e w o r ld that u se th e facility. T h e ir W e b site has a g re a t d e a l o f in fo rm a tio n o n th e re search b e ing c o n d u c t e d at th e la b o r a t o r y . Access: h ttp :/ / w w w .c e m .c h / . • F erm i N atio n al A ccelerato r L a b o ra to ry (F e rm ila b ). A U.S. D e p a rtm e n t o f En e r g y n ation al la b o ra to ry f o r research e x p lo r in g th e fu n d a m e n ta l n atu re o f m a tter a n d e n ergy. Site in clu d es a c y b e rto u r o f F erm ila b w ith in fo rm a tio n o n h ig h -e n e rg y p h y sic s a n d th e r e s e a r c h d o n e at th e la b o r a t o r y . Access: h ttp :/ / w w w .fn a l.g o v / . • S tan fo rd L in e a r A c c e le ra to r C en ter (S L A C ). S L A C d a te s b a c k t o 196 2. T h e s ite h a s a v ir tu a l V is it o r ’s C e n t e r p a g e w it h an in t r o d u c t io n t o S L A C , a n d a lo t o f i n fo r m a tio n f o r s tu d e n ts a n d te a c h e r s . Access: h t t p : / / w w w 2 . s l a c . s t a n f o r d . e d u / v v c / h o m e .h tm l. • Ph ysics D ep artm en ts W o rld w id e . T h e U n iversity o f O ld e n b e r g in G e rm a n y m aintains this site o f p h y sic s d ep a rtm e n ts a ro u n d the w o r ld w ith lists b y c o n tin en t/ co u n try a n d a s e a r c h o p t i o n . A ccess: h t t p : / / m a r v i n . p h y s i k . u n i - o l d e n b u r g . d e / E P S / P h y s N e t / p h y s d e p .h tm l. Preprint sites P r e p r i n t s a n d t h e i r e l e c t r o n i c v e r s i o n (e p r in t s ) a r e a c ritic a l p a rt o f th e s c h o la r ly c o m m u n ic a tio n p r o c e s s in p h y s ic s . T h e y are p a p e r s th a t h a v e b e e n s u b m itte d f o r c o m m e n t a n d r e v i e w a m o n g p e e r s , f o r p u b lic a tio n in jo u rn a ls, o r p r io r t o p r e s e n ta tio n at c o n fe r e n c e s . T h e y a re o ft e n th e first c h o ic e o f p h y s ic is ts l o o k in g f o r in fo r m a tio n o n c u r re n t re se a rch . • A rX iv e .o rg E p rin t Server. F o u n d e d b y P au l G in s p a rg , th is e p rin t a r c h iv e b e g a n w ith a fo c u s o n H ig h E n e rg y P h y sic s (H E P ). Started in A u g u s t 1 9 9 1 , a r X i v . o r g ( f o r m e r l y x x x . la n l. g o v ) is a fu lly a u to m a te d e le c tr o n ic a r c h iv e a n d d istrib u tio n s e r v e r f o r re s e a rc h p a p e rs . C o v e r e d area s in c lu d e p h y s ic s a n d re la te d d is c ip lin e s , m a th e m a tic s , n o n lin e a r s c ie n c e s , c o m p u ta tio n a l lin gu istics, a n d n e u ro s c ie n c e . Access: h ttp :/ / x x x .la n l.g o v / . • P h y s ic s P r e p r in t s , A b s tra c ts , R e p o rts. In d e x s ite m a in ta in e d b y th e C e n te r f o r S c ie n tific C o m p u tin g in F in lan d . T h is site has lin k s to p re p rin t sites f o r v a rio u s p h y s ic s d iscip lin es. Access: h ttp ://w w w .csc.fi/p h ysics/ P rep rin ts .h tm l. http://www.slac.stanford.edu/library/pdg/ http://jean- http://chaos.fullerton.edu/mhslinks.html http://www.aps.org/ http://w3.osa http://www.aapt.org/ http://www.aip.org/ http://www.iop.org/ http://www.lib.uwaterloo http://www.cem.ch/ http://www.fnal.gov/ http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/vvc/ http://marvin http://xxx.lanl.gov/ http://www.csc.fi/physics/ C& RL N e w s • M a r c h 2 0 0 0 / 20 1 Reference sources • NIST Ph ysical R eferen ce Data. N ation al Institu te o f Standards a n d T e c h n o lo g y (N IS T ) s ite m a in tain e d b y th e P h ysics L a b o ra to ry o p e ra tin g unit. A sea rch a b le re s o u rc e c o n ta in in g p h y s ic a l c on sta n ts, s p e c t r o s c o p y d ata, a n d o th e r d ata. Access: h ttp :/ / p h y s ic s .n is t.g o v / PhysR efD ata/. O th e r N IS T d atabases re la te d to p h ysics, in c lu d in g n u c lea r p h y sic s data an d c o n d e n s e d m a tter data, a re a v a ila b le at http:// p h ysics.n ist.gov/ P h ysR efD ata/ con ten ts.h tm l. NIST Physics Laboratory • E ric W e isste in ’s T re a s u re T ro v e o f Physics. O n lin e e n c y c lo p e d ia o f p h y sic s c re a ted b y E ric W eisstein , a P h .D . in p la n eta ry scie n ce . A n e x c e lle n t re s o u rc e fo r d e fin itio n s o f p h ysics term s. Access: h ttp :/ / w w w .treasu re- troves.co m / p h ysics/ p h ysics.h tm l. • A -B o m b B ib lio g ra p h y . A n e x te n s iv e b ib lio g r a p h y o f re so u rce s re la te d t o th e d e v e l o p m e n t o f th e a to m ic b o m b , m a in ta in e d b y T. M . Sanders at th e U n iv e rs ity o f M ic h ig a n fo r his c o u rs e o n Physicists a n d th e B o m b . A c cess: h ttp :/ / tm s .p h y s ic s .ls a .u m ic h .e d u / 2 l4 / oth er/ b ib lio / in d ex .h tm l. • A IP Ph ysics N ew s. A m e ric a n Institute o f P h ysics ( A I P ) w e e k ly b u lle tin o f p h y sic s n e w s w ith a s e a rch a b le arch iv e. It is a d ig e s t o f p h y sic s n e w s item s arisin g fr o m p h y sic s m e etin g s, p h y sic s journ als, n e w s p a p e rs a n d m a ga zin e s , a n d o th e r n e w s sou rces. Access: h ttp :/ / w w w .aip .org/ p h y sn e w s / u p d a te / . Electronic journals M a n y o f th e s o c ie ty p u b lish ers o f p h y sic s jou r n als p r o v id e e le c tr o n ic a c c e s s t o th e ir jo u r n als t o in stitu tion s s u b s c rib in g t o th e p a p e r v e rs io n s . In stitu tio n s in te re s te d in p u rs u in g th is a c c e s s s h o u ld c o n s u lt th e s o c ie tie s ’ W e b p a g e s (s e e a b o v e f o r a c c es s p o in ts ). T h e f o l lo w in g jo u rn a ls h a v e fr e e a c c e s s t o th e fu ll text. • N e w J o u rn a l o f P h ysics. A p e e r - r e v ie w e d , a ll-e le c tro n ic jo u rn a l p u b lis h in g o r ig i n al re s e a rc h in all area s o f p h y s ic s , p r o d u c e d b y th e In s titu te o f P h y s ic s . Access: http:// w w w .io p .o r g / E J / w e lc o m e . • J o u r n a l o f H ig h E n e r g y P h y s ic s (J H E P ). A p e e r - r e v ie w e d e le c tr o n ic jo u rn a l s p o n s o r e d b y C E R N . Access: h ttp :/ / jh e p . m se.jh u .ed u / . Educational resources • B U B L L in k — P h y s ic s E d u c a tio n . A c a ta lo g o f In te rn e t re s o u rc e s in p h y s ic s e d u c a t io n . Access: h tt p :/ / b u b l.a c .u k / lin k / p / p h y s ic s e d u c a tio n .h tm . • C olle g e Ph ysics fo r Students o f B io l o g y a n d C hem istry. H y p e r te x tb o o k w ritten f o r first-year u n d ergrad u a te p h y sic s students, w ritte n b y K e n n e th R. K o e h le r a n d R a y m o n d W alters C o lle g e at th e U n iv ersity o f C incinnati. R e q u ir e s J A V A 1.1 o r la t e r v e r s i o n a n d M ath em atica o r M a th R e a d e r s o ftw a re . Access: h t t p : / / w w w .r w c .u c .e d u / k o e h le r / b io p h y s / text.htm l. • L e a rn Ph ysics T oday. O n lin e p hysics tu to r ia l d e v e l o p e d b y f a c u lt y at C o l e g i o F ran klin D . R o o s e v e lt in Lim a, Peru. R eq u ires J A V A t o ru n t h e tu to r ia l. Access: h ttp :/ / library.thinkqu est.org/10796/. • Ph ysics 2000. A n in te rac tiv e in tro d u c tio n to m o d e m p h y sic s d e v e lo p e d b y P r o fe s s o r M artin V. G o ld m a n at the U n iversity o f C o lo ra d o , B o u ld e r. R e q u ire s JAVA. Access: http:// w w w .c o lo ra d o .e d u / p h y s ic s / 2 0 0 0 / in d e x .p l. • Ph ysics A pp lets. U n iv ersity o f O r e g o n ’s c o lle c tio n o f JAVA a p p lets fo r u se in p h ysics, astron om y, o r e n v iro n m e n ta l scie n ce s courses. Access: h ttp :/ / jersey.u oregon .ed u / vla b / . People in Physics • PEERS. Institute o f P h y sic s site; a lo o k u p s e rv ic e fo r physicists a n d o th e r scientists. Access: h ttp ://w w w . i o p . org/ cgi-b in / P E E R S / m ain. • W h o ’s W h o In A to m ic a n d P lasm a Ph ysics. S ea rc h a b le site at th e P lasm a L a b o ratory at th e W eizm a n n Institute o f S cien ce w ith m o r e th an 980 e n tries o f physicists w o r k in g in a to m ic a n d p la s m a p h y sic s. Access: http:// p la s m a -g a te .w e izm a n n .a c .il/ c g i-b in / w w a p p / • H E P V irtual P h o n e b o o k . T h is H ig h E n e rg y Physics d irec to ry has links to p h o n e b o o k s a n d d ire c to rie s o f H E P sites o r e x p e rim e n ts a ro u n d th e w o r ld c o m p ile d b y th e H E P N e t w o r k R e s o u r c e C e n t e r . A ccess: h ttp :/ / w w w .h e p .n e t/ s ite s / d ire c to rie s .h tm l. • F am ous Physicists. Y a h o o ’s in d e x o f sites o f fa m o u s p h ysicists, su ch as R ich a rd F e yn m a n , N ie ls B ohr, a n d M a rie Cu rie. A c cess: h ttp :/ / d ir.y a h o o .c o m / S c ie n c e / P h y s ic s / Physicists/. • N o b e l Laureates in P h ysics, 1901— 1999. S ta n fo r d L in e a r A c c e le r a t o r C e n te r Library’s resou rce o n N o b e l laureates, w ith b r ie f http://physics.nist.gov/ http://www.treasure- http://tms.physics.lsa.umich.edu/2l4/ http://www.aip.org/physnews/update/ http://www.iop.org/EJ/welcome http://jhep http://bubl.ac.uk/link/p/ http://www.rwc.uc.edu/koehler/biophys/ http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/index.pl http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/ http://www http://www.hep.net/sites/directories.html http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Physics/ 2 0 2 / C& RL N e w s ■ M a r c h 2 0 0 0 b io g ra p h ic a l e n tries a n d a d e s c rip tio n o f the d is c o v e ry that e a rn e d th e N o b e l P rize . Access. h t t p : / / w w w . s l a c . s t a n f o r d . e d u / l i b r a r y / n o b e l.h tm l. • Contributions o f 20th Century W om en to Ph ysics. A n a rc h iv e o f m o r e th an 80 cita tio n s o f w o m e n w h o c o n trib u te d to p h y sic s in th e 20th cen tu ry c rea te d b y th e U C L A D e p a rt m e n t o f P h y s i c s . A ccess: h t t p : / / w w w . p h y sics.u cla.ed u / ~ cw p / . History of Physics • C en ter fo r the H isto ry o f Physics. This cen ter, a s e c tio n o f th e A m e ric a n Institute o f P h ysics, has a m issio n to p re s e rv e a n d m a k e k n o w n th e h is to iy o f m o d e rn p h ysics a n d al lie d field s, in clu d in g a s tron o m y, g e o p h y s ic s , optics, a n d the lik e. Access- h ttp://w w w .aip.org/ history/. • H isto ry o f Ph ysics G ro u p . Th e Insti tu te o f P h ysics esta b lish e d this g r o u p in 1984 to s ec u re th e w ritten , oral, a n d instrum ental re c o rd o f British p h y sic s f o r p o s te rity an d to e x p lo r e w a y s in w h ic h h isto ry ca n b e u s e d m o r e e ffe c tiv e ly in th e u n d erstan d in g, te a c h in g, a n d g e n e ra l c o m m u n ic a tio n o f physics. Access: h ttp :/ / w w w .io p .o rg / IO P / G rou p s / H P / . “Scholarly Comm. ” co n t.fro m page 186) A g r e e m e n t w a s re a c h e d o n th e fo llo w in g to p a v e a p ath fo rw a rd : • th e m in im a l D ie n s t p r o to c o l set w ill b e im p le m e n te d f o r all arch iv es that w e r e re p r e s e n te d at th e m e etin g . T h is w ill a llo w fo r a first ro u n d o f e x p e rim e n ta tio n w ith th e c re atio n o f e n d -u s e r s e rv ic e s la y e i'e d o v e r e xis t in g arch ives; • th e re is an u rgen t n e e d to discuss th e m e c h a n is m s u s e d to su b m it m a terial t o ar c h iv e s; • it is im p o rta n t to h a v e p resen tation s and/ o r w o r k s h o p s at u p c o m in g d ig ita l lib rary c o n fere n ce s ; • th e e x p e rim e n ta l, n o n -p ro d u c tio n p r o to ty p e that w a s p re s e n te d at th e m e e tin g w ill te m p o r a r ily b e a v a ila b le f o r e x p lo r a t io n at h ttp://u p s.cs.odu .edu . T h e re p res en ta tiv e s o f O ld D o m in io n U n iversity, Los A la m o s N a tion al L a b o ra to ry R esea rch Library, a n d th e U n iv e r sity o f G h e n t e x p re s s e d th eir in terest in c o n tin u in g this p r o to ty p in g w o r k ; an d • th e U P S In itia tiv e h as b e e n re n a m e d . It is n o w re fe rre d to as th e O p e n A r c h iv e s In itia tive. Discussion groups A k e y m a ilin g list f o r p h y s ic s lib raria n s is P A M n e t, th e d is c u s s io n list f o r th e P h ysics, A s tr o n o m y a n d M a th e m a tic s (P A M ) D iv is io n o f th e S p e c ia l L ib rarie s A s s o c ia tio n . T h e p u r p o s e o f P A M n e t is t o p r o v id e a fo r u m f o r th e d iscu ssio n o f lib rary a n d in fo rm a tio n re s o u rc e issu es re le v a n t to p h y s ic s , a s tro n o m y , an d m a th em atics. P A M n e t m a y b e u s e d t o s e e k h e lp w ith r e fe r e n c e q u e s tio n s a n d in o b ta in in g m a terials, b u t o n ly w h e n th o s e m a terials a re n o t a v a ila b le th ro u g h a lib ra ry ’s n o rm a l IL L o r d o c u m e n t d e liv e r y s u p p lie rs o r w h e n tim in g is critical. T h e list is o p e n to n o n -P A M d iv is io n m e m b e r s . T o s u b s c r ib e , c o n t a c t D a v id Stern, th e list o w n e r , at d a v id .e .s te rn @ y a le .e d u . O th e r m a ilin g lists re la te d to p h y sic s can b e fo u n d in th e P h ysics s e c tio n o f “T h e D ire c to ry o f S ch o larly a n d P ro fe s s io n a l E -C o n fe r e n c e s ,” m a in ta in e d b y D ia n e K o v a c s . Access: h t t p : / / w w w . n 2 h 2 . c o m / K O V A C S / S 0 1 0 6 . html. T h e r e is a p h y s ic s h ie r a r c h y o f d is c u s s i o n g r o u p s in U s e n e t . T h e s e i n c l u d e s c i . p h y s i c s , s c i . p h y s i c s . r e l a t i v i t y , a n d sc i.p h y s ic s .re s e a r c h . ■ Some issues and questions T h e in itia tive d isc u s se d a b o v e raises sev era l s o c ia l issues c o n c e r n in g s c h o la rly c o m m u n i c ation . A m o n g th e issues o f r e le v a n c e to aca d e m ic a n d re search institutions a re th e f o llo w ing: • W ill th e institu tion p r o v id e o r s u p p o rt a d ep a rtm e n ta l o r in stitu tional e-p rin t a rc h iv e o f au th ors a ffilia te d w ith th e institution? I f so, w ill it a d o p t o r in c o rp o ra te th e Santa F e p ro to c o ls to g a in w id e r e x p o s u re an d in terop erab ility? • H o w w ill rese arch lib raries p a c k a g e an d d e liv e r a ccess to e -p rin t literature? • W ith th e re s o lu tio n o f e -p rin t a rc h iv e in te ro p e ra b ility te c h n ic al issues, w h a t w ill b e th e p ro c e s s o f r e s o lv in g th e s o c ia l issues c o n n e c te d w ith te n u re a n d pub lish in g? 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