Introduction to Areas of Study (HC)

The Physics Buzz blog in PhysicsCentral (a project of the American Physical Society) covers fun and fascinating developments in the world of physics.

A collective blog hosted by Physics World, the member magazine of Institute of Physics.

Physics Today’s online staff summarize the most important and interesting news about science from the world's top media outlets.

From the Institute of Physics

Extensive site on top science news of the day. Articles are from academic and industry sources going back 10 years. Helpful citations for the story and each story links to the original source.

Science News online features daily news, blogs, feature stories, reviews and more in all disciplines of science.

Physics Reports is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, a review section of Physics Letters that has been published by Elsevier since 1971. The journal publishes reviews on all aspects of physics. These reports aim to make their main points intelligible to non-specialists.
Contact science librarian for access to full articles in this journal.

Sister journal to Physical Review, Physical Review Letters publishes shorter articles of broader interest.

Physical Review is an American peer-reviewed scientific journal established in 1893 by Edward Nichols. Part A publishes original research as well as scientific and literature reviews on general physics.

Reviews of Modern Physics (RMP), a part of the Physical Review journals since 1929, serves students and established researchers in physics and related fields. RMP brings the broad fundamental physics literature in established topical areas together and places it within the context of current trends in research and applications.

This is an umbrella organization that supports a number of member physics organizations. Good source of statistics about the profession.

APS works on behalf of the physics community to improve physics education, inform the public and policy leaders about the importance and excitement of physics, increase the diversity of the field, and reach out to physicists around the world.

A scientific society with international members numbering 50,000, working together to advance physics education, research and application. Its outreach to policymakers includes promoting public awareness and understanding of the value of physics.