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Library Catalog This link opens in a new window

OneSearch This link opens in a new window
A discovery tool that searches most of the University Libraries' collections, including books, journal articles, newspapers, dissertations, music, and video recordings.

Specialized databases in computer science

Use online databases to locate references to journal articles, book chapters, books, and more. Most online databases provide abstracts but many will also link you to full-text resources. Use Journal Locator to determine which journal titles you may access at UR.

ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Provides access to the core works on computing from the Association for Computing Machinery.
Citations, abstracts, reviews, and some full-text; Last 50 years
Computing Reviews This link opens in a new window
Provides access to current research, theory, and applications in all subdisciplines of computing through critical review of core publications in computing.
Full-text review articles; 1960 - present
MathSciNet This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive index to mathematics literature
Provides access to citations, abstracts, and reviews for much of the mathematical sciences literature. 100,000+ items are added annually and classified by the Mathematics Subject Classification. 40,000+ reviews are added each year. Citation data is also provided.; Citations, abstracts, and reviews; 1800s - present
Science Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive citation index to scholarly scientific journals
Data from over 3,700 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals across 100 disciplines, including agricultural, biological, and environmental sciences, engineering, technology, applied science, medical and life sciences, and physical and chemical sciences. Provides cited reference searching to locate articles citing an earlier publication allowing you to navigate forward in time from a key article.; Citations and abstracts; 1976 - present
Web of Science Core Collection This link opens in a new window
Citation and keyword index to scholarly journals in the liberal arts & sciences
Comprehensive citation database with multidisciplinary coverage of journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities, as well as international proceedings coverage. The database covers approximately 160 disciplines ranging from Agriculture to Zoology.; Citations and abstracts; 1976 - present; Includes Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index and Science Citation Index Expanded.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Archive of scholarly journal literature
Interdisciplinary journal archive of titles in the arts, botany, business, ecology, general science, history, mathematics, and the social sciences. Many journal runs go back to the 19th century and before with subject coverage going back to the medieval period and up to within 3-5 years of current (depending on journal title).; Full-text and full image; Varies by title; current within 3-5 years; Coverage is constantly expanding with the addition of more scholarly journals to the collection. Moving wall publishes to within 3-5 years of most titles that are still in publication.
Annual Reviews This link opens in a new window
Literature reviews prepared annually providing an overview of primary research material within the Biological, Medical, Physical, and Social Sciences.
Electronic access to the reviews with links into Medline and Web of Knowledge from the bibliographies; Full-text: 1996 - present; Table of Contents: 1986-1995

Background information & key reference works in computer science

Use encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks to obtain an overview of your subject, an understanding of basic concepts, a summary of key issues, definitions, and data. Encyclopedia articles frequently include bibliographies and may refer you to other entries on related topics.

AccessScience (the online edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology)
REF Q121 .M3 2007
Computer Dictionary
REF QA76.15 .S64 1993
A Dictionary of Computing
REF QA76.15 .D526 1997
Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology
REF QA76.15 .H43 2009
Encyclopedia of Database Technologies and Applications
e-book
FOLDOC - Free Online Dictionary of Computing
Jargon: An Informal Dictionary of Computer Terms
REF QA76.15 .W56 1993
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Computers
REF QA76.15 .M33 1992
Oxford Reference Online (Dictionary of Computing)