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Primary Computer Science Journal Article Databases
ACM Digital Library (Association for Computing Machinery)
The Digital Library provides online access to all ACM titles from volume 1 - forward. All journals, sigs, conference proceedings, newsletters, transactions, and magazines published by the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), and selected titles published by affiliated organizations are included.
Computer Source
Provides researchers with the latest information and current trends in high technology.
Web of Science
Web of Science provides cover-to-cover indexing in journals from a full range of disciplines, from 1984 to the present. Made up of Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index, each index is a true cited reference index, with citation counts and the ability to trace research forward or backward in time. Links are provided when full-text access is available.
IEEE Computer Society Digital Library
Includes online access to articles from peer-reviewed journals and magazines with archives back to 1988, plus conference proceedings with archives back to 1995.
InfoSci from IGI Global
InfoSci provides full-text chapters from every book and reference work IGI Global has published since the year 2000, as well as thousands of full-text journal articles. Teaching cases and a complete information science dictionary are also included. Topics covered include information/computer science, and technology as applied to business & public administration, engineering, education, medical & health care, and social sciences.
Safari Tech Books Online
Safari is an electronic reference library for programming and IT professionals, providing searchable full-text contents of thousands of books selected for SHSU.
Additional Databases
Academic Search Complete
Provides full text for thousands of academic, social sciences, humanities, general science, education, and multi-cultural journals, along with indexing and abstracts for thousands more.
Business Source Complete
Articles from scholarly (peer-reviewed) journals, including Harvard Business Review, Journal of Management, & Journal of Business Communication. Trade journals and magazines, such as Business Week, The Economist, & Fortune. Datamonitor reports on companies (many with SWOT analysis), industries, and countries. One of the largest business article databases at the Library; most articles are full-text.
Information Science and Technology Abstracts (ISTA)
Information Science & Technology Abstracts is a leading database in the areas of information science. ISTA indexes journal articles, plus books, research reports, and conference proceedings and patents, with ongoing comprehensive coverage of the most important periodicals in this field. Coverage dates back to the mid-1960s.
Internet & Personal Computing Abstracts
IPCA provides abstracts and indexing for literature related to personal computing products and developments in business, the Internet, the home, and all other applied areas. Covers some of the most important trade publications, mainstream computer magazines, and professional journals, including those that focus on specific topics such as Macintosh and Windows platforms, programming, web development and more.
EBSCO eBook Collection (formerly NetLibrary)
Details on downloading and using e-books in this collection.
Huge collection of e-books in all subject areas. Books may be read online or downloaded to certain devices. These e-books are identical to the print versions. Create a free, personal MyEBSCOhost account to save bookmarks, notes, highlighting, etc.
Reference Universe
Reference Universe is a meta-search engine for many of the library's reference books, both online and print. Reference Universe searches the complete index of each reference book. Searches return a hit for every relevant index entry, as well as the title and call number for every reference book containing a hit.
EndNote Web
Introduction & Instructions; Create an account off-campus with PC.
EndNote is a Web-based bibliography and database manager that allows users to create their own personal database by importing references from text files or online databases. They can use these references in writing their papers and automatically format the paper and the bibliography in seconds.
