Is There a Medline Equivalent for Physics Research Papers?

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In the discussion, participants explore the availability of comprehensive research databases in physics, similar to Medline in medicine and biology. Key resources mentioned include SPIRES and arXiv, which focus on particle physics but may have biases. ArXiv is highlighted for its open access to full articles. The Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is recommended for physics searches, noting the need to select 'physics' to avoid defaulting to astronomy. Web of Science is identified as a major commercial database, while Google Scholar is recognized as a valuable and free alternative for accessing research papers.
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In medicine and biology they have Medline which is a complete database of research papers---kind of a complete search engine of research papers in medicine and biology---which has free access to public. Is there anything comparable to this in physics---?

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SPIRES and arXiv, but they are a bit biased towards particle physics and related fields.
Maybe you can find more here.

The nice feature of arXiv is the open access to the full articles.
 
Web of Science is probably the biggest of the commercial databases.
However, Google Scholar is also quite good and usually sufficient (and free)
 

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