Physics
Physics books and textbooks are located the Physics Divisional Library at the North Campus. We also offer you access to electronic journals and specialist databases - from home via eduVPN.
Catalogues
You can find books, journals, databases and a large number of articles from journals in our discovery system GöDiscovery - both from the holdings of the SUB Göttingen and the departmental libraries. By default, the local holdings are searched; the search area can be expanded via the settings to a "global" search which includes external sources.
The Göttingen University Catalogue (GUK) only contains local books, data bases and journals, but no individual journal articles.
Books: print and digital
E-books in general
You can find physics e-books (textbooks and reference books) in the Göttingen University Catalogue (GUK) or GöDiscovery.
If you cannot find the e-book you are looking for, you are welcome to send us a purchase suggestion.
Textbooks
The physics textbooks are located in the textbook collection of the Physics Divisional Library.
Please search via the Göttingen University Catalogue (GUK) or GöDiscovery.
Shelving in the BBP
The vast majority of physics books and books on related subjects are freely accessible in the Physics Divisional Library (BBP).
They are listed systematically in class "R" (starting from "RD") according to the Göttingen Online Classification (GOK).
Books in the stacks
Books from all subject areas can be ordered directly from the stacks to the Physics Divisional Library via the choice of the pick-up location in the catalogues.
Book not available?
If you cannot find a title, you can order the book via interlibrary loan or send us a purchase suggestion for an e-book or a print title.
Journals
Physics journals are available digitally. You can find e- and print editions in GöDiscovery and in the Göttingen University Catalogue (GUK). The Electronic Journals Library (EZB) provides an overview sorted by subject and uses color symbols to indicate access to the full text. Please activate eduVPN for the remote access to all electronic media.
Databases
Databases can be found in the Database Information System (DBIS), organized by subject. The licensed fee-based databases can also be found in GöDiscovery and in the Göttingen University Catalogue (GUK). The free databases can only be found in DBIS. Data resources of various types are listed, in particular subject bibliographies that list articles, as well as full-text databases that contain articles from electronic journals.
The Web of Science provides a search interface for references and citations of scientific literature. In addition, metrics about the journals and authors can be found.
arXiv.org is a preprint server and an open-access archive for scholarly articles in the fields of astronomy, computer science, mathematics and physics as well as related sub-disciplines.
INSPIRE-HEP is a database for literature, authors, conferences etc. in the field of high-energy physics.
Open Science
Publish
We have concluded Read & Publish agreements with the most important publishers. Further information: Publishing agreements.
Our publication funds are available for scientific articles in Gold Open Access journals and books.
Our service for publishing dissertation is eDISS.
You can also file scientific data sets with GRO.publications.
Research data (eRA)
The Göttingen eRA (eResearch Alliance) supports you in research data management.
Central eResearch Services:
Exchange
Scientists and librarians meet quarterly for the "Open Science Göttingen Meet-up" . You are very welcome to participate!
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Physical Societies and National Research Data Infrastructure
- The German Physical Society promotes the exchange of knowledge in physics with conferences, events and publications.
- The European Physical Society (EPS) is an association of European physical societies. Founded in 1968, the scientific society represents over 100,000 physicists in Europe. Its headquarters are in Mulhouse, France.
- DAPHNE4NFDI: Data from photon and neutron experiments.
- FAIRmat: Fair data infrastructure for condensed matter physics and the chemical physics of solids. FAIRmat operates the repository NOMAD
- PUNCH4NFDI: Particles, Universe, Nuclei and Hadrons for the NFDI.
Subject Consultation
If you have any questions about subject-specific literature and database research or individual library tutorials, please contact the subject librarian. Further information on the courses and learning opportunities offered by the SUB Göttingen can be found on the courses page.
Contact
Platz der Göttinger Sieben 1
37073 Göttingen