[madbadgalaxyman (Robert)]

Originally Posted by Astro_Bot

Have you tried Google Scholar? It has limited source sites (as far as I can tell) but might be worth a go: http://scholar.google.com.au/

I sometimes use:
http://scholar.google.com
for finding astronomical papers.

I also look up astronomy and astrophysics preprints at:
http://arxiv.org
This is excellent for finding out what is currently being published in a sub-field within astronomy

However, the best and most comprehensive and the most powerful resource for finding astronomical papers is:
http://adswww.harvard.edu
(at least, once you have learnt how to use the complex and rather confusing search forms)

I like the yandex "date order" search, as it gives me a good indication of what research is currently going on, in relation to a particular astronomical topic.

cheers, bad galaxy man