Communication Systems

Databases: find journal articles, technical reports, standards, etc.

• Academic Search Premier. Provides full text for over 3,200 scholarly publications.
• Bitpipe.com. IT professional's guide to information technology resources. Browse this free online library for the latest technical white papers, webcasts and product information to help you make intelligent IT product purchasing decisions.
• Business Source Premier. Provides full text for over 2500 business journals.
• Citeseer.com. Scientific Literature Digital Library. NEC Corp. Indexes Postscript and PDF research articles on the Web. Has citation searching component.
• IngentaConnect (Formerly UnCover). Coverage is 1988 - Present.
• MasterFILE Premier. Provides full text for over 1,830 general reference, business, consumer health, general science. Full text extends back to January, 1990. Indexing and abstracts is available for an additional 1,000 journals.
• MInd: The Meetings Index. Provides a free databases of future national and international conferences, regional meetings, and short courses.  
• National Technical Information Service (NTIS) Database. 1990 to present.
• Networked Computer Science Technical Reference Library (NCSTRL). Computer science technical reports from over 100 institutions worldwide. Over 20,000 reports are available in full text.
• National Standards Systems Network (NSSN).
• TechStreet: Technical Information Superstore. Most comprehensive index for engineering standards. Also indexes books, materials physical property data, software and free professional trade magazines.
• Science.gov. New improved gateway to U.S. government publications and web sites. 12 major science agencies are collaborating on this project. They have recently added relevancy-ranked order to the results of a search. It includes 30 databases and over 1700 web sites.
• U.S. Patent Database. See also the Patent and Trademark Depository Library web site.

Library Catalogs

• URSUS. University of Maine System catalog.  
• MaineCat. College, university, and major public libraries in Maine.  
• Library of Congress. Online catalog.
• British Library. Catalogue.
• Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI) Catalog.

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

• Access Science. Online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. Includes over 8,500 online encyclopedia articles and 15,000 illustrations from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 10th Edition and regularly updated, fully-searchable media-rich content, terms, images and video.Includes over 8,500 online encyclopedia articles and 15,000 illustrations from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 10th Edition and regularly updated, fully-searchable media-rich content, terms, images and video.
• Infoplease.com. Encyclopedia, almanac, atlas, dictionary and thesaurus in one resource with good science and technology coverage. Nobel and science awards page. 
• Telecommunications: Glossary of Telecommunications Terms.

Electronic Journals

• CIO: Corporate Information Officer.
• Telecommunications Magazine.

Maine Resources

• Maine Public Utilities Commission.
• Telephone Association of Maine.
• University of Maine. Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Professional Societies

• Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS).
• American Electronics Association (AEA).
• BICSI: A Telecommunications Association.
• Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA).
• Competitive Telecommunications Association.
• Consumer Electronics Association (CEA).
• European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
• Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE). British society.
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
• National Association of Radio and Telecommunications Engineers (NARTE).
• National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA).
• National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC).
• Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA).

Government Agencies

• Federal Communications Commission.
• National Telecommunications and Information Administration.

Internet Directories

• INFOMINE. Scholarly internet resources. University of California, Riverside.

Raymond H. Fogler Library University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 207-581-1661

Updated: 04/29/2009
by Martin Wallace