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Databases by Subject - Computer Science

See also Science & Technology and General & Multidisciplinary.

advanced | off campus | For databases searched, see below

Database Title	In Quick Find	Description	Coverage	Some Full Text	Restricted to...†
Academic OneFile		Search full-text articles on physical science, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more. Full Text Titles Included	1980-	Y
ACM Digital Library		Citations and full text from Association for Computing Machinery journal and newsletter articles and conference proceedings. Titles Included | Search Tips	1968-	Y
Blackwell Synergy		Search Blackwell Synergy for access to more than 770 full text journals on many topics areas: science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and humanities. Titles Included | Search Help	1879-	Y
Books 24x7		Full text online of more than 7,000 computer, information technology, and engineering books from many publishers. To connect, users must register for an account using their @wpi.edu email. Visitors may use on public workstations near reference desk. Help | Search Tips	Varies	Y
Computing Reviews		Identify the best new articles and books in all areas of computer science. Quick Start Guide	1985-	N
Emerald Computer Abstracts International Database		Search abstracts of articles on computer science topics, a part of the Emerald Library search. Journals Indexed	1987-	N
Encyclopedia of Information Ethics and Security		Search full text on a wide range of themes, including computer crime, information warfare, privacy, surveillance, intellectual property and more.	Varies	Y
Engineering Village		Abstracts from Compendex and INSPEC databases, with links to full text articles, patents, standards and handbooks in scientific, applied science, technical and engineering disciplines.Search Tips	1969-	Y
ENGnetBASE		745+ Engineering handbooks published by CRC Press. Search Help	Current	Y
Gartner IntraWeb		Full text research and analysis reports on computer hardware, software and related information technology industries.	Current	Y
Google Scholar		Google search for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports on all topic areas. Use to find articles from academic publishers, professional societies, prepublication repositories and universities.	Varies	Y	For best results, use Proxy
HighWire Press		From Stanford University, includes Web versions of 920+ journals in biological, physical, medical, and social sciences. Titles Included | Search Tips	Varies	Y
IEEE Xplore		Full text of all IEEE and IET journal articles, conference papers, and standards. Titles Included | FAQ Tips | User Guide	1913, 1988+ for most	Y
Knovel		Collection of 900+ science and engineering handbooks. Titles Included | Help Center	Current	Y
Lecture Notes in Computer Science		Searchable full text access to the Springer book series Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) a major publication of new developments in computer science. Includes the subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI).	1975+	Y
Safari Tech Books Online		900+ computer and information technology books from O'Reilly and Associates. Other publishers books are searchable but we do not have access to the full text. For these, users will see "PREVIEW -Additional content appearing in this section has been removed." Search Tips	Varies	Y
ScienceDirect		Full text access to Elsevier Science scholarly journals. Search Tips | Tutorial	Varies	Y
SpringerLink		Access to a variety of scholarly science journals published by Springer. Titles Included	Varies	Y
Wiley Interscience		Search journals published by Wiley. WPI subscribes to many titles in various topic areas. Titles | Search Tips	1946-	Y

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