Major Research Tools

ACM Digital Library

Full-Text, Index

Coverage: 1947-present

"Full text of every article ever published by ACM and bibliographic citations from major publishers in computing."


CiteSeerx

Full-Text, Index

A digital library and search engine for journal articles, conference papers, and technical reports in computer and information science. The autonomous citation indexing feature executes a citation search similar to Science Citation Index.


IEEE Xplore

Full-Text, Index

Database of all IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) journals, transactions, conference proceedings, and standards, as well as resources from IEEE's "publishing partners."


USENIX Conference Proceedings

Full-Text, Index

Coverage: 1993 to present

Full-text proceedings from conferences, symposia, and workshops sponsored by USENIX, the Advanced Computing Systems Association.


Web of Science: Science Citation Index

Index
Coverage: 1955-present

Index covering the journal literature of science and technology. Allows you to search for a topic, an author, or for articles that cite a known author or work.


Other Suggested Research Tools

arXiv.org e-Print archive

Full-Text
Coverage: 1991-present

Searchable archive of research papers in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering and systems science, and economics. Hosted by Cornell University under an agreement with the National Science Foundation.


Derwent Innovations Index

Index

Coverage: 1963-present (patents); 1973-present (patent citations)

Database of information on international patents in chemical, electrical and electronic, and mechanical engineering. Allows for patent citation searching.


MathSciNet

Index
Coverage: 1940-present

Electronic version of Mathematical Reviews, which indexes and abstracts books and journals covering pure and applied mathematics. Includes indexing of some computer science journals.


Oxford Encyclopedia of the History of American Science, Medicine, and Technology

Full-Text, Reference

Articles covering key individuals, institutions, and organizations responsible for major developments in science, medicine and technology in the U.S. as well as the concepts, practices, and processes underlying these developments.


Patent Public Search

Full-Text

Full text of all U.S. patents issued since 1976, and full-page images for all U.S. patents issued since 1790. (Note: Full-page images can be viewed using pat2pdf.org, which generates PDFs based on patent numbers)


Scholarpedia

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Scholarly encyclopedia articles covering topics within the fields of mathematics and sciences including physical, biological, behavioral, and social sciences.