Electronic Journals
Please note that electronic journals must be used in accordance with copyright law in general and the terms and conditions of the individual journal's license agreement in particular. Further electronic publications are accessible from the ESO Libraries Catalog.
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AAVSO Bulletin | Current issue | HTML, plain text and PDF file of Bulletin |
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AAVSO Alert Notice | 1998 and earlier archives | Sign-up for E-mail Mailing lists |
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Advances in Astronomy | 2008 - | A new refereed Open Access journal, launched by Hindawi Publishing Corp. |
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Advances in Optics and Photonics | 2009 - | A new refereed Open Access journal, launched by the OSA Optics Infobase. OSA will provide free introductory access to the journal through 2009,with subscription pricing to be made available for 2010. |
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Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics | 1963 - | Register to get customized email alerts, create favorite lists, save complex searches |
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Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences | 1973 - | Register to get customized email alerts, create favorite lists, save complex searches |
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Applied Optics | 1962 - | Included in OSA Optics Infobase. Register to access Table of Contents (TOC) alert service |
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Applied Spectroscopy | v.1, 1946 - | Included in OSA Optics Infobase |
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Astrobiology | 2001 - | Register to receive TOC alerts |
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Astronomical Journal | 1998 - Earlier issues (since v.1, 1849) available through the NASA Astrophysics Data System service. |
Free e-mail alerting service. |
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Astronomie heute (popular magazine) |
Partial access via 'Archiv' or 'Heftarchiv' | German edition of Sky & Telescope |
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Astronomische Nachrichten / Astronomical Notes | 1999 - |
Contents 1995-1998 (Abstract only); |
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Astronomy (popular magazine) |
Current and next month's issue; Table of contents from 1973 with selected articles online since 2002 |
Sign-up for Astronomy's free e-newsletter. Unlimited access via the library or access code within the journal |
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Astronomy & Astrophysics | 2001 - | Register to access TOC e-mail alert: aa_toc A&A mirror at the CDS: http://cds.aanda.org/ |
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Astronomy & Astrophysics Main Journal |
1996 - 2000 | Earlier issues (1969-1996) available through the servers of ADS and Springer-Verlag |
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Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series | 1996 - 2000 |
Earlier issues (1970-1996) available through the NASA Astrophysics Data System service. |
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Astronomy and Astrophysics Review | 8 (1997) - | Register with Springer to create Table of Content alerts |
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Astronomy & Geophysics (2013 - ) Astronomy & Geophysics (2000 - 2012) |
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Astronomy Letters | v.26, 2000 - | Register with Springer to create Table of Content alerts. |
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Astronomy Now (popular magazine) |
Current issue features (abstract only) and Top stories (HTML) | News archive by month (HTML) |
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Astronomy Reports | v. 44, 2000 - | Register with Springer to create Table of Content alerts. |
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Astronomy Studies Development | v. 1, 2010 - | Astronomy Studies Development (eISSN 2038-9620) is a new Open Access, online-only, peer-reviewed journal published by PAGEPress, Pavia, Italy, publishing articles in all fields of astronomy and astrophysics, with a particular focus on computational astronomy. |
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Astrophysical Journal ApJ Letters ApJ Supplement Series |
ApJ v. 528, 2000 - ApJL v. 510, 1999 - (Letters at ESO e-only from 2009 onwards) ApJS v. 124, 1999 - Earlier issues of ApJ (since v.1, 1895), ApJL (since v.148, 1967) and ApJ Suppl. (since v.1, 1954) available through the NASA Astrophysics Data System service. |
Free e-mail alerting service. |
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Astrophysics and Space Science | v. 247 (1997) - Alternative access through IngentaConnect: |
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Astrophysics and Space Sciences Transactions | v. 1, 2005 - (volumes and issues) Special issues: 2005 - |
Open Access journal: online version free of charge. Sign-up for Alert email services |
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Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables | v. 59, 1995 - | Included in Elsevier ScienceDirect subscription. |
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Bild der Wissenschaft | Current issue | Table of contents only |
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Boundary Layer Meteorology | 2002 - 2004 | Through IngentaConnect |
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Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society | 1996 - | E-only Open Access journal as of 2011. |
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Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India | Current year | BASI home page |
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Bulletin of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory | v. 103, 2007 - v. 105, 2009. Ceased subscription. | Register for Tabe of Contents alerts |
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Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy | v. 67, 1997 - Alternative access through IngentaConnect: |
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Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics | v. 19, 1995 - | Included in Elsevier ScienceDirect subscription. |
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Chinese Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics | v. 19, 1995 - 2009 onwards: continued as Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics |
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Chinese Optics Letters | v.1, 2003 - | Included in OSA Optics Infobase. |
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Ciel et Espace | Current issue (TOC) | Subscribe to the Newsletter (click on 'Recevez la newsletter') |
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Computing in Science & Engineering |
1999 - | Peer-reviewed articles from the archival Journal Section of Computers in Physics for the years 1997 and 1998 only are freely available at this location Subscribe to the E-mail Alerting service |
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Earth and Planetary Science Letters | 129 (1995) - 300 (2010). Ceased subscription. | Included in Elsevier ScienceDirect subscription. |
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Earth, Moon and Planets |
76 (1997) - | Register with Springer to create Table of Content alerts |
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European Journal of Physics Incl. in IOPScience |
1980 - | |
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Europhysics Letters Incl. in IOPScience |
1986 - | |
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Europhysics News |
v. 31, 2000 - (Use SpringerLink to access 1997 - 1999 issues) |
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Experimental Astronomy |
v. 7, 1997 - | Register with Springer to create Table of Content alerts |
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High Altitude Medicine and Biology | 2000 - | Sign-up for the Table of Contents (TOC) Alerting service This journal is e-access only |
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IAU Circulars (recent IAUCs) | No. 2700, 1974 - | |
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Icarus | v. 113, 1995 - | Included in Elsevier ScienceDirect subscription. |
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IEEE Xplore Digital Library | Access to almost 3 million full-text documents from journals and confererence proceedings published by IEEE and its partner organizations. | |
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Information Bulletin on Variable Stars (IBVS) | 1961 - | Search the IBVS (Table of contents, full text, IBVS holdings of the ADS). E-only starting with issue 6001 (2011). |
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Infrared Physics and Technology | 36, 1995 - 53. (2010). Ceased subscription. | Included in Elsevier ScienceDirect subscription. Register to create Search Alerts, Volume/Issue Alerts and Citation Alerts. |
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International Journal of Astrobiology | 1 (2002) - 8 (2009). Ceased subscription. | Sign-up for E-mail alerting service |
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International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves |
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International Journal of Modern Physics D | 2001 - | Register to receive content updates through email |
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IOPScience | 2009 - Archival access |
Access to 60+ journals published by IOP, see list of current titles. |
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Journal for the History of Astronomy | 2007 - (through IngentaConnect) |
Issues more than 24 months old will shortly be freely available through the ADS at http://adsabs.harvard.edu/journals_service.html and through the publisher's website at www.shpltd.co.uk |
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Journal of Applied Remote Sensing | v. 1, 2007 - |
Electronic-only journal. Included in SPIE Digital Library. |
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Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation |
v. 1, 2012 - |
Open access journal. |
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Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy | v. 1, 1980 - (Ind. Acad. Sci.) | Open Access journal. Earlier issues (1980-2001) also available through the NASA Astrophysics Data System, 1980 - present from the Indian Academy of Sciences. In addition, published by Springer (subscription-based!) |
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Journal of Cosmology | v. 1, 2009 - |
Astronomy - Astrobiology - Earth Sciences - Life. Peer reviewed, electronic-only, open access journal for scholars, scientists and the public. |
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Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (JCAP) Also incl. in IOPScience |
2003 - |
Electronic-only journal. |
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Journal of Display Technology | v.1, 2005 - | Included in OSA Optics Infobase. |
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Journal of Geophysical Research / E: Planets | 101 (1996) - | Access until end of 2012: http://www.agu.org/journals/je/ |
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Journal of Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves | v. 18, 1997 - v. 30, 2009. Ceased subscription. Alternative access To Int. J. Infrared Mill. Waves through IngentaConnect: |
Formerly: International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves. |
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Journal of Lightwave Technology | v.16, 1998 - | Included in OSA Optics Infobase. |
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Journal of Modern Optics | 1 (1954) - 56 (2009). Ceased subscription. | |
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Journal of Optical Communications and Networking | v.1, 2002 - | Included in OSA Optics Infobase. Until 2009: Journal of Optical Networking. Register to access Table of Contents (TOC) alert service |
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Journal of Optical Technology | v.66, 1999 - | Included in OSA Optics Infobase. Journal of Optical Technology is an English-language translation of Opticheskii Zhurnal |
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Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics Also incl. in IOPScience |
1999 - |
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Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data | 28 (1999) - 38 (2009). Ceased subscription. | Sign-up for E-mailAlerting service. |
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Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate (SWSC) | 1 (2011) - | Open access journal. E-only. |
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Journal of the AAVSO | 1984 - |
Search the ADS for Abstracts, tables of contents, and full scanned articles from JAAVSO volumes 13-28 (1984-2000) |
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Journal of the British Astronomical Association (fulltexts for members only) |
Dec 2002 - (Earlier issues (v.12, 1981-one year ago) available through the NASA Astrophysics Data System service.) |
Archive (1995-2000) |
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Journal of the Optical Society of America (JOSA) A | 1. 1984 - | Included in OSA Optics InfoBase Register to access Table of Contents (TOC) Alert service |
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Journal of the Optical Society of America (JOSA) B | 1. 1984 - | Included in OSA Optics InfoBase Register to access Table of Contents (TOC) Alert service |
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Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada | 1907 - 2001 available through the NASA Astrophysics Data System service.) | Back issues (1998-2002) available in PDF format |
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Laser & Photonics Reviews | 2007 - | Free online access starting in 2007 |
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Living Reviews in Solar Physics | 2004 - | Open Access journal; e-only. Sign-up for the E-mail notification list |
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Memorie della Società Astronomica Italiana | Vol. 74 (2003) - | Table of Contents and pdf articles |
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Memorie della Società Astronomica Italiana - Supplementi | N. 1 (2003) - | Table of Contents and pdf articles |
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Mercury | 2008 - | Online-only as of 2008. Pre-2008: Table of Contents and select excerpts |
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Messenger (The ESO Messenger) | 1995 - | Issues in PDF format Detailed Table of Contents with links to individual abstracts and papers |
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Meteoritics and Planetary Science | April - December 2002 (vol. 37, #4 - #12, suppl.) | To access the articles, click on "Electronic issues". To obtain user ID and password, please contact the librarians. |
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Minor Planet Circulars (recent MPECs) |
MPC Archive 1979 - | CBAT/MPC/ICQ Index |
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) (2013 - ) Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) (1998 - 2012) |
2013 - : Oxford University Press 1998 - 2012: Wiley Earlier issues (1827-2001) available through the NASA Astrophysics Data System service. Alternative access through IngentaConnect: |
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society : Letters (2013 - ) Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society : Letters (2005 - 2012) |
2013 - : Oxford University Press 2005 - 2012: Wiley Online-only Letters section of MNRAS |
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Nature | 1997 - News@Nature: Sept. 06 - |
Register for free access to searchable abstracts, customised e-mail alerting services and web-only content |
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New Astronomy | v. 10 #3, 1995 - | Included in Elsevier ScienceDirect subscription. Register to create Search Alerts, Volume/Issue Alerts and Citation Alerts |
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New Astronomy Reviews | v. 42, 1998 - | Included in Elsevier ScienceDirect subscription. Register to create Search Alerts, Volume/Issue Alerts and Citation Alerts |
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New Journal of Physics Also incl. in IOPScience |
1998 - |
Open-access, electronic-only journal. Register for E-mail Alerting service and other user options This journal is e-access only |
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New Scientist | Selected articles of current issue | Selected articles Sign-up to free e-zines, the NewScientist.com e-zine every Thursday, and the print edition e-zine every Monday |
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Il Nuovo Cimento B | Free access to all articles for 30 days from the date of online publication |
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Observatory (The) | Scanned articles (1877-2003, individual volumes missing) available through the NASA Astrophysics Data System service |
Contents tables (1999- ) and Author/Subject indexes (1994- ) available from the The Observatory journal pages |
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Optical Engineering | v. 29, 1990 - | Included in SPIE Digital Library, AAO (Astronomy and Astronomical Optics) segment. Sign-up for E-mail alerts |
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Optics and Photonics News | v.11, 2000 - | Included in OSA Optics Infobase. |
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Optics and Spectroscopy | v. 88, 2000 - |
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Optics Express | v. 1, 1997 - | Included in OSA Optics Infobase / Open Access. Sign-up for the free e-mail alerting service and receive the table of contents bi-weekly |
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Optics Letters | v.1, 1977 - | Included in OSA Optics InfoBase. Register to access Table of Contents (TOC) Alert service |
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Physica Scripta |
1970 - | |
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Physical Review A, B, C, E back vols in PROLA Archive; access starting in 2009 |
1970 until 3 years ago included in PROLA Archive | Sign-up for E-mail Alerting service |
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Physical Review D (see also: PROLA Archive; access starting in 2009) |
v. 73, 2006 - v. 80, 2009 1970 until 4 years ago included in PROLA Archive |
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Physical Review Letters included inPROLA Archive; access starting 4 years ago |
1958 until 4 years ago included in PROLA Archive |
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Physical Review Series I and II back vols in PROLA Archive; access starting in 2009 |
1893 - 1912; 1929 until 4 years ago | Sign-up for E-mail Alerting service |
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Physical Review X (PRX) |
2011 - | E-only, open access journal published by the American Physical Society (APS) |
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Physics Today | Rolling access to past 5 years | |
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Physics World | v. 1, 1988 - present; 3-month embargo for latest issues | Selected content available from http://physicsworld.com/ |
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Planetary and Space Science | v. 43, 1995 - | Included in Elsevier ScienceDirect subscription. |
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Public Understanding of Science | vol. 8, 1999 - | Sign-up for E-mail Alerting Service This journal is e-access only |
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (PASA) (2013-) Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (PASA) (1997-2012) |
2013 - : Cambridge University Press 1998 - 2012: CSIRO Earlier issues (1967-2003) available through the NASA Astrophysics Data System service. |
Sign-up for Early Alert for the latest journal issue contents Online access only |
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan (PASJ) | 2001 - |
Earlier issues (1949-2000) available through the NASA Astrophysics Data System service |
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (PASP) |
1998 - Earlier issues (since v.1, 1889) available through the NASA Astrophysics Data System service. |
Papers recently submitted to PASP Subscribe to PASP-TOC -- PASP Tables of Contents |
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Recherche (La) | 1996 - | Access via the library to selected articles |
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Reports on Progress in Physics Incl. in IOPScience |
1934 - | Sign-up for E-mail Alerting service |
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Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics | 2009 - ... |
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Reviews of Modern Physics included in PROLA Archive; access starting 4 years ago |
1929 until 4 years ago included in PROLA Archive | Sign-up for E-mail Alerting service |
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Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica (Main journal and Conference Series) | 1. 1974 - | Open access journal |
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Science | 1997 - | Issues prior to October 1995 only have access to tables of contents. Subscription also includes access to ScienceNOW. Science Express papers are only available through a seperate subscription. |
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Science in School | 2006 - | Sign up for Email Alert serice via http://www.scienceinschool.org |
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Scientific American | Selected articles | Browse journal (2001 - ) at http://www.scientificamerican.com/sciammag/issues.cfm. Subscribe to Science Newsletters and Alerts |
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Sky & Telescope | Free online index from the first issue in 1941 to the present | Sign-up for Astronomy news by e-mail Name index to Sky & Telescope, maintained by Kevin Krisciunas. |
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Solar Physics | v. 1 (1967) - v. 169 (1996): access through the NASA Astrophysics Data System service. | Sign-up for Alert email services |
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Space Science Reviews | v.79 (1997) - 2002 - 2004: alternative access through IngentaConnect http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/klu/spac |
Register with Springer for Table of Content alerts. |
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Access to the AAO (Astronomy and Astronomical Optics) segment. SPIE papers by ESO authors from selected conferences: |
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SPIE Letters | 2007 - | SPIE Letters is an open-access, online collection of rapid communications, covering topics of significant originality and interest, from the four journals published in the SPIE Digital Library. SPIE Letters presents a virtual table of contents with links to abstracts and free, full-text downloads of all letters in their parent journals. |
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Sterne und Weltraum | Current issue | Archive search from May 2002 |
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Vistas in Astronomy | v. 39 (1995) - v. 41 (1997) | Issues prior to 1995 available in the ESO Libraries (print version). Journal ceased publication; continued as New Astronomy Reviews. |