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These databases will help you find journal, magazine, and newspaper articles, books, book chapters, statistics, and more. If you are not sure of your topic, start with Academic Search Complete.
Academic Search Complete      Remote Access
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Start your search with this interdisciplinary database of journals and magazines with full text available for many. Other Interdisciplinary Databases may also be useful. Specific subject databases are below. Use the drop-down menu above to select other databases by title.

ACM Digital Library      Remote Access
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The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Digital Library is a collection of citations and full text from ACM journal and newsletter articles and conference proceedings and other publications that have been published, co-published, or co-marketed by ACM and other publishers.

Computer Source      Remote Access
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Computer Source provides researchers with the latest information and current trends in high technology. This database offers full text for nearly 300 publications and indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications.

Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library
Contains links to web sites, and other engineering resources, many in full text; also the Engineering E-journal Search Engine (EESE): a searchable database of online journals and newsletters.

IEE Digital Library
Search and browse the tables of contents and abstracts of more than 50,000 technical papers from IEE journals back to 1994. Full text is available for a fee or use our Interlibrary Loan Services.

Information Science and Technology Abstracts (ISTA)      Remote Access
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Indexes journal articles from more than 450 publications plus books, research reports, and conference proceedings and patents, with ongoing comprehensive coverage of the most important periodicals in the field of information science. Coverage dates back to the mid 1960s.

Internet and Personal Computing Abstracts      Remote Access
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Provides abstracts and indexing for literature related to personal computing products and developments in business, the Internet, the home, and all other applied areas. Over 400 of the most important trade publications, mainstream computer magazines, and professional journals are covered, including those that focus on specific topics such as Macintosh and Windows platforms, programming, web development and more.

NSSN: A National Resource for Global Standards
Links to more than 200 U.S. government agency websites focused on standards, regulations, and technical issues.

Science & Technology Collection       Remote Access
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Contains over 800 leading full text journals covering relevant aspects of the scientific and technical community. Topics include aeronautics, astrophysics, chemistry, computer technology, geology, aviation, physics, archaeology, and materials science. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 1,700 publications.

Google Patent Search
Searches the collection of issued patents and millions of patent application from the USPTO—from patents issued in the 1790s through the present, more than seven million patents.


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