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INSPEC - The most comprehensive coverage of the Physics literature available. Covers 1969 to present.
Spin (+ Scitation) - A fully searchable, continually updated database of over one million research records in the physical sciences from 1975 to the present.
Engineering Village - Citations with abstracts to literature in engineering and technology, excluding patents (1970-present)
Web of Science - includes Science and Social Sciences Citation indexes.

Dissertation Abstracts - Ph. D. dissertations and selected masters theses accepted in the US.
Dissertations Full-text - University of Mississippi dissertations online, 1997-

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Employment Resources

American Association for the Advancement of Science: Science Careers- from Science.
Chronicle of Higher Education Career Network - job listings in academia
Occupational Outlook Handbook : Physicists and Astronomers - career information
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PhysicsJobs - from PhysicsWeb
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