This subject guide serves as a starting point for your search for scholarly resources in the area of Physical Sciences. Resources listed here include those accessible through our library and on the web. It enables you to access from one point various resources such as books, e-journals, e-databases, theses and dissertations, and other web-based resources. (Please remember that this is not an exhaustive list. You will find many additional resources in the library, such as Reference Books).
We welcome your suggestions to make the guide better suited to your requirements. Please write to us at libniser@niser.ac.in
Resources Available at the Central Library
E-Journals
Note: Library users may check the access period of the subscribed journals using the E-Journals (A-Z) page.
- 2D Materials
- Acoustical Physics
- Acoustics Australia
- ACS Nano
- Acta Mechanica
- Acta Mechanica Sinica
- Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica
- Acta physica Hungarica
- Acta Physica Hungarica. Series A. Heavy Ion Physics
- Acta physica. Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
- Adsorption
- Advanced Energy Materials
- Advanced Materials
- Advances in Natural Sciences: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
- Advances in Optics and Photonics
- Advances in Physics
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- American Journal of Physics
- Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics
- Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics
- Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science
- Applied Composite Materials
- Applied Optics
- Applied Physics A
- Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing
- Applied Physics B
- Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics
- Applied Physics Express
- Applied Physics Letters
- Applied Physics Reviews
- Applied Solar Energy
- Applied Spectroscopy Reviews
- Archive of Applied Mechanics (Ingenieur Archiv)
- Astrophysical Bulletin
- Astrophysics
- Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics
- Atomic Energy
- Australian Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- AVS Quantum Science
- Biointerphases
- Biomedical Optics Express
- Brazilian Journal of Physics
- Bulletin of General Relativity and Gravitation
- Bulletin of Materials Science
- Bulletin of the Lebedev Physics Institute
- Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences: Physics
- Chaos :An International Journal of Nonlinear Science
- Chinese Optics Letters
- Chinese Physics B
- Chinese Physics C
- Chinese Physics Letters
- Classical and Quantum Gravity
- Combustion Science and Technology
- Combustion Theory and Modelling
- Composite Interfaces
- Computing and Software for Big Science
- Contemporary Physics
- Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics
- Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
- Cosmic Research
- Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences
- Crystallography Reports
- Current Optics and Photonics
- Czechoslovak Journal of Physics
- Doklady Physics
- Dynamics and Control
- Electric Power Components & Systems
- Electromagnetics
- Energy Efficiency
- Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects
- Energy Sources, Part B
- Energy Systems
- Engineering Research Express
- EPL
- European Journal of Physics
- Experimental Heat Transfer
- Experiments in Fluids
- Ferroelectric Letters Section
- Ferroelectrics
- Few-Body Systems
- Fiber & Integrated Optics
- Fluid Dynamics
- Fluid Dynamics Research
- Foundations of Physics
- Foundations of Physics Letters
- Free Radical Research
- Frontiers in Energy
- Frontiers of Physics
- Fusion Science and Technology
- General Relativity and Gravitation
- Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics
- Granular Matter
- Gravitation and Cosmology
- Heat and Mass Transfer
- Heat Transfer Engineering
- High Pressure Research, An International Journal
- High Temperature
- Hungarica Acta Physica
- Hyperfine Interactions
- IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine
- IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine
- IEEE Electron Device Letters
- IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine
- IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology
- IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
- IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
- IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
- IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters
- IEEE Microwave Magazine
- IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine
- IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
- IEEE Sensors Journal
- IEEE Sensors Letters
- IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
- IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
- IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems
- IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
- IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
- IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
- IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
- IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing
- IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology
- IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control
- Il Nuovo Cimento
- Il Nuovo Cimento A
- Il Nuovo Cimento B
- Il Nuovo Cimento C
- Il Nuovo Cimento D
- Indian Journal of Physics
- Instruments and Experimental Techniques
- Integrated Ferroelectrics
- Interdisciplinary Science Reviews
- Interface Science
- International Applied Mechanics
- International Journal of Ambient Energy
- International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics
- International Journal of Fracture
- International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
- International Journal of Modern Physics A
- International Journal of Modern Physics E
- International Journal of Thermophysics
- Ionics
- Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
- JETP Letters
- Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology
- Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics
- Journal of Applied Metalworking
- Journal of Applied Physics
- Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition
- Journal of Computational and Theoretical Transport
- Journal of Contemporary Physics (Armenian Academy of Sciences)
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
- Journal of Display Technology
- Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications
- Journal of Electronic Materials
- Journal of Energetic Materials
- Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics
- Journal of Engineering Thermophysics
- Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics
- Journal of Friction and Wear
- Journal of Fusion Energy
- Journal of Heat Treating
- Journal of Instrumentation
- Journal of Laser Applications
- Journal of Lightwave Technology
- Journal of Low Temperature Physics
- Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B
- Journal of Materials Engineering
- Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance
- Journal of Materials for Energy Systems
- Journal of Materials Science (Full Set)
- Journal of Materials Science Letters
- Journal of Materials Shaping Technology
- Journal of Mathematical Fluid Mechanics
- Journal of Mathematical Physics
- Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering
- Journal of Modern Optics
- Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation
- Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology
- Journal of Optical Technology
- Journal of Optics
- Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion
- Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data
- Journal of Physical Society of Japan
- Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
- Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
- Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
- Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
- Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
- Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy
- Journal of Russian Laser Research
- Journal of statistical physics
- Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism
- Journal of the Optical Society of America
- Journal of the Optical Society of America A
- Journal of the Optical Society of America B
- Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
- Journal of Thermal Science
- Journal of Thermal Spray Technology
- Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A
- Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B
- Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies
- La Rivista del Nuovo Cimento (1971-1977)
- La Rivista del Nuovo Cimento (1978-1999)
- Laser Physics
- Laser Physics Letters
- Lettere Nuovo Cimento
- LEUKOS: The Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society
- Low Temperature Physics
- MAPAN
- Materials at High Temperatures
- Materials Research Innovations
- Materials Science
- Materials Science and Technology
- Materials Technology (Advanced Performance Materials)
- Matter and Radiation at Extremes
- Measurement Techniques
- Meccanica
- Mechanics of Composite Materials
- Metal Science and Heat Treatment
- Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A
- Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B
- Metallurgist
- Metals and Materials International
- Metrologia
- Microchimica Acta
- Microfluidics and Nanofluidics
- Mineralogy and Petrology
- Moscow University Physics Bulletin
- Multifunctional Materials
- Nano Research
- Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering
- Nanotechnologies in Russia
- Nanotechnology and Precision Engineering
- Nature Astronomy
- Nature Computational Science
- Nature Photonics
- Nature Physics
- Nature Review Materials
- Nature Review Physics
- Neutron News
- Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation
- Nonlinear Dynamics
- Nuclear Fusion
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Nuclear Physics News
- Nuclear Science and Engineering
- Nuclear Technology
- Optica
- Optical and Quantum Electronics
- Optical Review
- Optics & Photonics News
- Optics and Photonics News
- Optics and Spectroscopy
- Optics Express
- Optics Letters
- Optoelectronics Letters
- OSA Continuum
- Phase Transitions, A Multinational Journal
- Philosophical Magazine
- Philosophical Magazine Letters
- Photonics Research
- Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Applications
- Physica Scripta
- Physical Mesomechanics
- Physical Review A
- Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
- Physical Review Applied
- Physical Review B
- Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
- Physical Review C
- Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
- Physical Review D
- Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and Cosmology
- Physical Review E
- Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, Biological, and Soft Matter Physics
- Physical Review Fluids
- Physical Review Letters
- Physical Review Materials
- Physical Review Online Archive(PROLA)
- Physics
- Physics Education
- Physics in Medicine & Biology
- Physics in Perspective
- Physics Letters A
- Physics Letters B
- Physics of Atomic Nuclei
- Physics of Fluids
- Physics of Metals and Metallography
- Physics of Particles and Nuclei/ Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters
- Physics of the Solid State
- Physics of Wave Phenomena
- Physics Reports
- Physics World
- Physics-Uspekhi
- Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
- Plasma Physics Reports
- Plasma Science and Technology
- Plasma Sources Science and Technology
- Powder Metallurgy
- Pramana
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Science Tier -3
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section A: Physical Sciences
- Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics
- Quantitative InfraRed Thermography Journal
- Quantum Electronics
- Quantum Science and Technology
- Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids
- Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics
- Refractories and Industrial Ceramics
- Reports on Progress in Physics
- Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Research in Nondestructive Evaluation
- Reviews of Modern Physics
- Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics
- Rheologica Acta
- Russian Journal of Nondestructive Testing
- Russian Physics Journal
- Science
- Semiconductor Science and Technology
- Semiconductors
- Sensing and Imaging
- Silicon
- SMALL
- Soft Matter
- Strength of Materials
- Structural Dynamics
- Superconductor Science and Technology
- Surface Engineering
- Synchrotron Radiation News
- Technical Physics
- Technical Physics Letters
- Tectonophysics
- The European Physical Journal A
- The European Physical Journal B
- The European Physical Journal D
- The European Physical Journal E
- The European Physical Journal H
- The European Physical Journal Plus
- The European Physical Journal Special Topics
- The Journal of Chemical Physics
- The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
- The Nucleus
- Thermophysics and Aeromechanics
- Tribology Transactions
- Waves in Random and Complex Media
- Zeitschrift für Physik A Hadrons and Nuclei
- Zeitschrift für Physik B Condensed Matter
- Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields
- Zeitschrift für Physik D Atoms, Molecules and Clusters
E-Databases
E-Books
- Astrophysical Concepts (Martin Harwit)
- Astrophysics Processes (Hale Bradt)
- Concepts in Quantum Field Theory (Victor Ilisie)
- Modern Optics (R.D. Guenther)
- Photonics (Vittorio Degiorgio; Ilaria Cristiani)
- The Quantum Theory of Fields (I, S. Weinberg)
- Theoretical Fluid Dynamics (Achim Feldmeier)
- Topics and Methods in Condensed Matter theory (Michele Cini)
Books
The Central Library uses Universal Decimal Classification system to classify books.
A call number is a number used to identify and locate books in the library. It includes the Classification number, the Author Code (first three letters of the Author’s name), and the book's Accession number (serial number).
For example-> Solid State Physics by ASHCROFT/MERMIN
539 is the Class Number for Physical Science
ASH-S is the Book Number
G800 is the Accession Number
The library has a sizable collection of books and reading material on physics. These books are classified under the following Class Numbers:
- 52 Astronomy, Astrophysics, & Space Research
- 523 Solar System
- 524.5 Interstellar medium & Galactic nebulae
- 53 Physics
- 530 Principles of Physics
- 531 Mechanics
- 532 Fluid Mechanics
- 533.9 Plasma Physics
- 531.112 String Theory
- 535 Optical Physics
- 536 Heat and Thermodynamics
- 537 Electricity and Magnetism
- 538.9 Physics of Condensed Matter
- 539.1 Nuclear Physics, Atoms physics, & Molecular physics
Note: To locate the books on Physics, please search the Library Web OPAC page.
Institutional Digital Repository
Most Publishing Journals
Mostly published articles by SPS Faculty Members & Research Scholars in the below Journals:
- Applied Physics Letters
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Astrophysical Journal
- ChemPhysChem
- Crystal Growth & Design
- CrystEngComm
- EPL
- European Journal of Physics
- IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
- International Journal of Modern Physics E
- Journal of Applied Physics
- Journal of Instrumentation
- Journal of Lightwave Technology
- European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
- Journal of Optics
- Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
- Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
- Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
- Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
- Langmuir
- Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Optics Letters
- Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Applications
- Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
- Physical Review A
- Physical Review Applied
- Physical Review B
- Physical Review C
- Physical Review D
- Physical Review Letters
OER – Open Educational Resources (Freely Available)
E-Journals
E-Books
ETD Resources (e-Thesis)
- Networked Digital Library of Thesis and Dissertations (NDLTD)
- Shodhganga : a reservoir of Indian Thesis
- World Bank: Open Knowledge Repository
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