1. Information Services & Systems
ISS Literature Search Training Session
Natural and Mathematical Sciences
Department of Physics
Useful Resources
Unless a web address is provided, all resources in this information sheet can be
accessed from the log-in page for the University Portal, Onespace:
http://onespace.kcl.ac.uk (Click the link for Databases on the right hand side of the
screen).
ATHENS
Athens is a system to access databases, e-journals and other ISS resources on or off
campus.
It is NOT a resource on its own, simply a gateway.
To use Athens you need your Athens Username and Password
Passwords can be reset by the ISS Enquiry Desks
(or by contacting us by telephone: 020 7848 2430 or e-mail: issenquiry@kcl.ac.uk)
ISS databases (For searching for journal articles)
• Web of Knowledge (including INSPEC)
• Sciverse / Scopus
• IEEE Xplore
• MathSciNet

2. • Zetoc (British Library Table of Contents Database)
• OCLC First Search
Free databases (For searching for journal articles)
• Scitopia (http://www.scitopia.org)
• Scitation (http://scitation.aip.org/)
• Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.co.uk/)
Online journal packages / archives
• Science Direct (search for Sciverse and click on the link at the top of the screen)
• IOP Science (http://iopscience.iop.org/)
• American Institute of Physics Journals (http://journals.aip.org/)
• Wiley Online Library
• InformaWorld
• SpringerLink
• Cambridge Journals Online
• JSTOR
Pre-prints / E-prints / Open Access
• arXiv.org (http://arxiv.org/)
• INSPIRE (http://inspirebeta.net/)
• Directory of Open Access (http://www.doaj.org/)
Searching for books & using other libraries
• King’s College ISS Catalogue (http://library.kcl.ac.uk/ or from the OneSpace log-in page)
• Senate House Library Catalogue (http://catalogue.ulrls.lon.ac.uk/)
• Access other London University Libraries (see the access agreement & information regarding
the colleges and institutes) (http://www.london.ac.uk/libraries_agreement.html)
• British Library (http://searchbeta.bl.uk/) (and reader registration information
http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/inrrooms/stp/register/stpregister.html)
• COPAC (http://copac.ac.uk/)
• M25 Catalogue (http://www.inform25.ac.uk/Link/)
• Google Books (sometimes useful) (http://books.google.co.uk/)

3. Need help with ISS Resources?
Your Information Specialist is Jamie Halstead
E-Mail: jamie.halstead@kcl.ac.uk