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ACM Digital Library
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Provides access to all Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) publications, 1954-present
1954-present; the
ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) Digital Library
is a collection of citations and full text from ACM journal and newsletter articles and conference proceedings. Access is also provided to the ACM guide, which is a collection of bibliographic citations and abstracts of works published by ACM and other publishers. Citations for all ACM published works are included in the guide.
MathSciNet
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Access reviews, abstracts, and bibliographic information for mathematical sciences literature, 1940-present.
1940-present; an index to the international research literature in mathematics, math-related research in computer science, statistics, econometrics, and other disciplines, produced by the American Mathematical Society.
MathSciNet
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interface. For help using MathSciNet see
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Web Of Science
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Provides access to scientific, social science, and humanities research; along with forward and backward citation searching capabilities, 1900-present
National Science Foundation Public Access Repository (NSF-PAR)
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Database containing final peer-reviewed manuscripts of journal articles and conference proceedings resulting from NSF-funded research.
arXiv.org
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Open access repository for scholarly articles in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering and systems science, and economics
Current; an e-print service in the fields of physics, mathematics, non-linear science, computer science, and quantitative biology. The contents of arXiv conform to Cornell University academic standards. arXiv is owned, operated and funded by Cornell University, a private not-for-profit educational institution. ArXiv is also partially funded by the National Science Foundation. [This resource is publicly available.]
IEEE Xplore
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Provides access to technical literature covering engineering and technology.
IEEE
Xplore
is a digital library providing full text access to technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics. IEEE
Xplore
contains full text documents from IEEE journals, transactions, magazines, letters, conference proceedings, standards, and IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology) publications. Content: IEEE journals, transactions, letters, and magazines from 1988 with select content back to 1913, IEEE conference proceedings from 1988 with select content back to 1953, IEEE standards from 1948, IET journals, letters, and magazines from 1988 with select content back to 1965, and IET conference proceedings from 1988.
Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies
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Archived collection of bibliographies of scientific literature in computer science from various sources, covering most aspects of computer science. Ceased operation in July 2023, no longer updated.
Current; a collection of bibliographies of scientific literature in computer science from various sources, covering most aspects of computer science. The bibliographies are updated weekly from their original locations such that you'll always find the most recent versions here. The collection currently contains references (mostly to journal articles, conference papers and technical reports), clustered in about 1500 bibliographies, and consists of more than 2.3 GBytes (530MB gzipped) of BibTeX entries. Many of the references contain crossreferences to citing or cited publications. Many references contain URLs to an online version of the paper. [This resource is publicly available.]
eBooks & Proceedings
ACM Books
is a ebook series of scholarly research books and graduate-level texts, authored by computer scientists and practitioners
O'Reilly for Higher Education
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Provides access to more than 40,000 books on software, programming, and business
Current; access to the most current knowledge, trends, conversations, and real-world experiences in business and technology. OReilly includes tech and business content from more than 250 publishers - along with videos, case studies, expert-curated learning paths and self-assessments on exclusive O'Reilly-produced content from world-renowned innovators and corporate leaders.
Springer E-books, Textbooks, and Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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Access to ebook and textbook titles in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Synthesis series, among others
Knovel Library
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Provides access to books, conference proceedings, and databases of major science and engineering publishers, current.
Current; Knovel aggregates the content (books and databases) of major science and engineering publishers. The resource is searched like a database for book titles, topics, and, more importantly, specific data within interactive tables and graphs.
ProQuest Ebook Central
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Provides access to more than 790,000 books and imprints from more than 650 publishers across all subject areas
Ebook Central
is an ebook platform that integrates the strengths of ebrary and EBL, plus adds new functionality. At the core of
Ebook Central
is an exhaustive selection of authoritative, scholarly content 790,000 titles and 1,350 imprints from more than 650 publishers on one platform. An average of 100,000 newly published titles will be added each year.
EBSCO eBook Academic Subscription Collection
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A large selection of multidisciplinary ebooks from all disciplines
EBSCO eBook Academic Subscription Collection
is a growing ebook subscription package containing a large selection of multidisciplinary ebook titles representing a broad range of academic subject matter. It contains more than 113,000 titles; all titles are available with unlimited user access. Subject coverage includes art, business & economics, education, language arts & discipline, literary criticism, medicine, performing arts, philosophy, poetry, political science, religion, social science, and technology & engineering.
ScienceDirect
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Offers access to scientific, technical, and medical research, current.
Current; source for scientific, technical and medical research that provides access to 2,000 journals across 16 fields of science, including the social sciences.
Theses & Dissertations
Recent Brown University Dissertations, Master's Theses & Honors Theses
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This collection contains current and recent digital dissertations to at least 2008, Master's to at least 2017, and honors to at least 2018.
Brown Theses and Dissertations
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Search or deposit Brown dissertations and theses.
The
Brown University Theses and Dissertations
database includes over 15,000 records for dissertations written and submitted in fulfillment of Brown University degree requirements from 1893 to 2000. Included are undergraduate honors theses, master's theses, and doctoral dissertations. Records include the author's name, thesis title, degree awarded, year, granting department, and when available, thesis advisor. [This resource is publicly available.]
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global
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A global collection of dissertations and theses, 1637-present.
1637-present;
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global
is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses.
PQDT Global
includes more than 2.5 million dissertation and theses citations from around the world from 1861 (with a few older) to the-present day together with over one million full text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full text coverage for older graduate works. Each dissertation published since July 1980 includes a 350 word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150 word abstracts. Bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1637. Where available,
PQDT Global
provides 24-page previews of dissertations and theses.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text
also offers researchers unlimited access to digital copies from their own institutions as well as affordable copies from others.
Getting Started Researching a Topic
Synthesis Lectures on Computer Science
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Short books on general computer science topics
Foundation and Trends (FnTs)
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High-level introduction to a new area. Primarily published as a monograph-style journal, each FnT issue comprises a state-of-the-art review (50-200 pages) of its subject written by research leaders.
Springer Reference Books
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Brief in-depth overviews of computer science topics
Oxford Handbooks
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Authoritative and state-of-the-art survey of current thinking and research on many topics
Oxford Very Short Introductions
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Concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects
BruKnow Library Catalog
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BruKnow is the Brown University Library's simple and powerful search tool for finding books, ebooks, articles, journals, videos, digital media, and more
Research Tutorials
Forming Research Questions
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Reading a Scholarly Article
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Conducting a Literature Review
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Sage Research Methods
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Provides access to 1000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos by world-leading academics, current.
Current;
SAGE Research Methods
is the ultimate methods library with more than 1000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos by world-leading academics from across the social sciences, including the largest collection of qualitative methods books available online from any scholarly publisher. The site is designed to guide users to the content they need to learn a little or a lot about their method. The Methods Map can help those less familiar with research methods to find the best technique to use in their research.
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