Selected Resources for: Computer Science
![]() | Subject Librarian: Janet Fransen E-Mail: frans005@umn.edu Subject Description:This subject covers: the study of computer hardware, software (programming), and theoretical aspects of high-speed computing devices, and with the application of these devices to a broad spectrum of scientific, technological, and business problems. |
Abstracts and Indexes
* Premier Resources *IEEE Xplore ![]() Full-text access to the transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Includes all current IEEE Standards. Remote access available for University of Minnesota -- Twin Cities students, staff and faculty [more information] [ |
INSPEC ® ![]() Provides comprehensive coverage of scholarly literature in the fields of physics and astrophysics, electrical engineering, electronics, computing and control, and information technology. Indexed are primarily journal articles and conference papers, with some books,technical reports, and dissertations. The database provides bibliographic citations plus abstracts. [more information] [ |
Academic or Scholarly Articles Subject Indexes
ACM Digital Library ![]() Bibliographic information, abstracts, reviews, and the full-text for articles published in ACM periodicals and proceedings since 1985 are available in the library together with works published by affiliated organizations. [more information] [ |
| ACM Guide to Computing Literature More than 750,000 citations from 3,000+ publishers, including ACM. Covers books, journal articles, and conference proceedings. [more information] [ |
Applied Science and Technology Abstracts ![]() Indexes over 300 major English-language periodicals in a wide variety of technology subjects ranging from aeronautics, chemistry, and computers to physics, plastics, and transportation. Many recent citations include abstracts. The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 4 users at any one time. If you get a busy signal, please wait a few minutes and try accessing the site again. [more information] [ |
Compendex and Engineering Index ![]() Provides extensive indexing of scholarly and technical periodicals, conference proceedings, and report literature in all engineering disciplines including applied physics, electronics, materials science, and related fields in science and management. Indexes nearly 3000 sources worldwide. [more information] [ |
Web of Science (ISI) ![]() Web of Science is the Web interface for the ISI Citation Index products which cover over 11,000 international journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Titles of the print equivalent are: Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index, and Social Sciences Citation Index. Coverage runs from 1975 to the present. Basic truncation symbol is the asterisk: *. [more information] [ |
General Indexes to Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles
Academic Search Premier ![]() This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost. [more information] [ |
Catalogs and Bibliographies
Catalogs| MNCAT Classic Search with MNCAT Classic to find books, journals, etc. owned by the library. Search by keyword, subject, title, or author for materials on your topic. MNCAT Classic lacks the faceted searching of MNCAT Plus, but can be easier to use if you already have a good idea of what you're looking for. [more information] [ |
General Reference Sources
Biographical Sources| American Men & Women of Science Provides brief factual information on approximately 130,000 living scientists in biology, physical sciences, public health, mathematics, statistics, and computer science. Includes birthdate, education, professional career, and honors received. [more information] [ |
Conferences and Proceedings
Lecture Notes in Computer Science ![]() Provides the full text of significant conference proceedings in the field. [more information] [ |
| Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences Annual conference on trends in computer science and information technology with an emphasis on the management of information systems. [more information] [ |
Dictionaries
| FOLDOC Free On-line Dictionary of Computing FOLDOC is a searchable dictionary of acronyms, jargon, programming languages, tools, architecture, operating systems, networking, theory, conventions, standards, mathematics, telecoms, electronics, institutions, companies, projects, products, history, in fact anything to do with computing. The dictionary has been growing since 1985 and now contains over 13000 definitions [more information] [ |
| McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms Contains definitions, synonyms, acronyms and abbreviations for over 105,000 scientific terms. Also provides some illustrations, and photographs. [more information] [ |
| Microsoft Press Computer Dictionary [more information] [ |
| TechWeb Technology Encyclopedia Provides "over 10,000 definitions to technology terms and concepts," With an emphasis on computer-related subjects. [more information] [ |
Directories
| CorpTech Corptech Directory of Technology Companies on CDROM lists 50,000 public and private high technology companies in the United States. Includes basic directory information, ownership, executives, revenue growth, year established, employees, product descriptions. Detailed indexes for products, industries, locations, business size, and other criteria allow for customized searches and lists. [more information] [ |
| Scholarly Societies -- Computer Science A well-selected set of internet links to scholarly societies, associations, institutes, interest groups, and consortia in the field. [more information] [ |
Encyclopedias
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online ![]() Concise as well as scholarly articles on a wide range of subjects. Also includes links to related Internet resources, and the Britannica Book of the Year. Search tip: When combining words in search, capitalize AND. For example: revolution AND 1848 [more information] [ |
Handbooks and Manuals
Internet Resources
Gateways & MegasitesPeriodical and Newspaper subscriptions
Electronic Journal CollectionsIEEE Xplore ![]() Full-text access to the transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Includes all current IEEE Standards. Remote access available for University of Minnesota -- Twin Cities students, staff and faculty [more information] [ |
Style Manuals and Writing Guides
Bibliography SoftwareRefWorks: Personal Citation Manager ![]() RefWorks is a web-based citation manager that allows you to create your own databases of citations by importing references from MNCAT and other databases, and then in seconds automatically generate bibliographies in all major styles (MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago, etc.). [more information] [ |
Writing Guides
| <i>How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper</i> Concisely covers all aspects of science writing, from choosing a title to acknowledgments and references: submission strategies; other forms of science writing (book reviews, theses, presentations, posters); English language usage. [more information] [ |
Library Information
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