Periodical n. a publication such as a magazine, newspaper or journal, published at regular intervals offering:
Current events, news, opinion
Focused, narrow topics
Context
Multiple perspectives
Research studies
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Phys. Rev. Lett.
Nucl. Phys.
Phys. Rev.
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Database n. a specialized search engine for finding articles, typically provided by a library. Most allow keyword and subject searches to find full-text articles and citations to articles.
Many databases offer both full-text (yay!) and citations (grr!). Options when the full-text is not available: