Literature Search:

• Virtual Journal for Nuclear Astrophysics
• NASA Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstract Service
  complete searchable database and electronic access (if subscribed) to all astrophysics papers
• NSR (Nuclear Science References) at Brookhaven Nuclear Data Center
  Complete searchable database of all nuclear physics papers.
• Cornell Reprint Server
  (formelrly LANL reprint server). Has most astrophysics papers, some nuclear theory papers and a few nuclear experimental papers made available prior to publication by the authors (try this for publications where we don't have a subscription yet)
• Sam's special access page to some important journals
• ISI Citation index (MSU library) (select "Web of Science")
  Find all papers for an author, all papers a paper quotes, all papers that quote a given paper