Computer Science Databases

Getting Started:

• Academic Search Elite
  Index to over 8 million articles published in over 3000 periodicals, including 2500 peer-reviewed journals representing all disciplines. Also includes the full-text of the artices from over 1500 peer-reviewed journals and 500 general periodicals.
  
  
• Safari Tech Books Online
  Full text of 317 books published by O'Reilly & Associates. The books cover a wide range of IT topics, including networking, operating Systems (Windows, Linus, Unix, Macintosh), programming, and Internet topics (Web, Java, XML, etc.). (Alternate interface that is ADA Compliant)

Most Comprehensive:

• ACM Guide to Computing Literature
  Descriptions of over 1 million publications in computer science, including articles published in 1000 different journals, as well as conference proceedings, books, and dissertations.
  
  
• ACM Digital Library
  Full-text of 40 computer science journals and trade publications, as well as proceedings from 80 conferences. Includes issues published from the 1950s to the present.
  
  

Other Useful Databases:

• ScienceDirect
  Full-text access to over 900 journals in the fields of science and social science, with coverage from 1998-present.
  
  
• Wiley InterScience
  Full-text access to over 300 journals published by John Wiley & Sons. The journals focus mainly on the field of science, and the coverage is from 1997-current.

See Also:

• Mathematics Databases