Resources

External Links

Conference Listings

All Fields of Physics

• American Physical Society Meetings
• American Institute of Physics
• PhysNet Conferences
• Conference Service Listings
• IEEE Conferences
• Gordon Research Conferences
• ITP UCSB Conferences
• IUPAP Conferences - Int. Union of Pure and Applied Physics

Atomic and Plasma Physics

• Conferences on Atomic and Plasma Physics
• Plasma Conferences

High Energy Physics

• Spires Conference Database (HEP and Particle Physics)
• CERN HEP Events

Condensed Matter

• Neutron Scattering Conferences

Neutrino Physics

• Conferences in Neutrino Physics

Nuclear Physics

• NuPECC Conference Listing
• Nuclear Physics Conferences

Physics Education

• Physics Education Conferences
• Gordon Research Conference on Physics Research and Education
• AAPT Conferences

Discussion Boards

• Chronicle of Higher Education - Idea Lab
• PhinisheD bulletin board
• Tomorrow's Professor Listserv

Physics Education

In addition to the links below you may also want to check out the following sites on the APS website:

• APS Forum on Education
• APS Education Programs
• APS Physics
• PhysicsCentral

Graduate School Resources

• The Dissertation Doctor
• Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
• Peterson's Guide to Graduate Programs

Tutorial and Study Aids

• Dr. Physics science and mathematics education resource
• Contemporary Physics Education Project
• Eric's Treasure Trove of Physics
• Physics Web Physics Web

Graduate Student "Survival Guides"

Should I go to Graduate School?

If you haven't decided this yet, talk to some current graduate students to find out what your next few years will be like. Learn from others about the experience.

• Should you go to Graduate School?, University of Michigan
• Should you go to Grad School?, gradschool.about.com
• Should I Go to Grad School?, OGI School

Getting through Graduate School

Once you decided to go to graduate school you may face a few challenges along the way to your degree. Again, it is useful to hear what others have experienced.

• Books on Graduate School Survival
• PhinisheD, Discussion and Support Group for PhD Students
• Graduate Students Support Group Yahoo Group

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Research 

Journals

• AIP Journals
• APS Journals
• nature
• Physics Today
• PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
• Physics Reports
• Science Magazine
• Scientific American

Government links

• AFOSR: Air Force Office of Scientific Research
• ARPA-E: Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy
• DARPA: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
• DOE: Department of Energy
  • National Laboratories
• NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• NIST: National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • NIST Physics Laboratory
• NRL: Naval Research Laboratory
• NSF: National Science Foundation
• Office of Science and Technology Policy
• United States Patent and Trademark Office

Societies

• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Institute of Physics
• American Mathematical Society
• American Nuclear Society
• American Physical Society
• European Geosciences Union
• European Physical Society
• Electrochemical Society
• Federation of American Scientists
• IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• International Union of Pure & Applied Physics
• Materials Research Society
• SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering
• Society of Physics Students
• Sigma Pi Sigma
• Sigma Xi
• The Institute of Physics

Web Resources

• AIP Science News and Media Services
• Databases for Atomic and Plasma Physics
  • The Opacity Project
• NASA Tech Briefs
• Nobel Prize
• physlink
• physicsworld
• PhysNet - Physics Departments & Documents Network
• Physics Today Buyers' Guide
• PhySH: Physics Subject Headings

Other Resources

• American Physical Society
• American Educational Research Association (AERA)
• Association for the Support of Graduate Students
• Graduate Student Association at Fermilab
• National Association of Graduate-Professional Students
• Yahoo: Graduate Students Support Group
• Young Particle Physicists