Computer Science
Databases: find journal articles, technical
reports, standards, etc.
- Academic
Search Premier. Provides full text for over 3,200 scholarly publications.
- ACM Digital Library. Registration
is free, but full-text is for ACM members only. 1985 to present.
- IEEE Xplore. Index to IEEE and IET publications
in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics. Full
text of IEEE and IET journals, conference proceedings and standards is available at Fogler Library.
-
Lecture
Notes in Computer Science. From Springerlink.
-
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.
- Citidel: Computing and Information
Technology Interactive Digital Educational Library. Guide to internet
tools and research resources developed by a university consortium.
- CogPrints. CogPrints
is an electronic archive for papers in many areas of Computer Science.
Full text of the cited references is available.
- Collection
of Computer Science Bibliographies. Some links to the online fulltext.
- Computing Research
Respository (CoRR). Preprints in computer science. Mechanisms for
searching, downloading and submitting preprints are provided.
- Directory
of Computing Science Journals. Table of contents and index for 522 journals in the field of computer science, many publishers are
represented.
- Defense Technical Information
Center (DTIC) Scientific and Technical Information Network. PARTIAL FULL TEXT DATABASE. Access to all unclassified, unlimited citations to documents added
from late December 1974 to present, many from 1998 to present in
full text.
- E-Print Network. Maintained
by the Dept. of Energy. Allows simultaneous searching of a variety of
preprint servers.
- Engineering E-journal Search
Engine. Full-text from over 150 trade e-journals. Do not confuse
this site with Compendex (Engineering Index).
- Google
Scholar. Beta version, under construction. Indexes
scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers,
theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports.
Google Scholar includes
articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional
societies, preprint repositories and universities. They rank results
using their relevance criteria. The ranking evaluates the full text of
an article as well as the article's author, the publication in which the
article appeared and how often it has been cited in scholarly
literature.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- Scirus. produced by Elsevier. Use their advanced search which provides many options for
full text searching across a variety of databases.
- SIAM Journals Online
Database.
-
Searchable Physics Information Notices (SPIN). A bibliographic database
published by the American Institute of Physics. It is updated every 2 weeks
with coverage of all AIP journals and proceedings. Coverage also
includes journals from other societies including the Electrochemical
Society, Russian Academy of Sciences, etc.
- TechStreet: Technical
Information Superstore. Most comprehensive index for
engineering standards. Also indexes books, materials physical
property data, software and free professional trade magazines.
- USA Information Systems. Provides free database of military, government and society technical
standards. Choose the Technical Documents Library. Also a good resource for vendors of technical services,
products and parts.
- U.S. Patent Database. See also Maine's Patent
and Trademark Depository Library.
Library Catalogs
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.
- Bartleby.com. Dictionaries,
thesaurus, quotations, etc.
- Dictionary of Algorithms and Data
Structures. Compiled by the National Institute of Standards and
Technology.
- Free
On-line Dictionary of Computing. An ever expanding dictionary of computing terminology
and humor.
- Infoplease.com.
Encyclopedia, almanac, atlas, dictionary and thesaurus in one resource with
good science and technology coverage. Nobel
and science awards page.
- Tech Encyclopedia.
- Virtual Museum of Computing.
- Wikipedia. The
free encyclopedia.
Educational Resources
- AI
Topics. American Association for Artificial Intelligence.
- Byte Magazine.
- Computer History Museum. Collection of computer related artifacts, photographs, films and
documents.
- Discovery Channel. Discovery School. Try the brain boosters.
- IEEE Virtual Museum.
- Discover engineering.
-
Engineer Girl. For everyone with lot’s of links and information.
- Engineering your Future.
- Frank Potter's Science Gems. Great
links to great resources for students, parents, teachers, etc. Sorted
by categories and grade levels.
- Future Scientists & Engineers of America (FSEA).
- How Stuff Works.
- Living Internet. How does
it work and how was it invented. Programming methods for the internet.
- Maine Engineering Promotion
Council.
- Math/Science
Network. Expanding Your Horizons.
- Mathtools.net.
Collection of tutorials, books, and web sites on programming languages
including MATLAB, C, C++, JAVA, Visual Basic, etc. Full text tutorials
are extensive.
- National Engineers Week.
- Try Science. Sponsored by the New York Hall of Science.
Online Handbooks
- C++ Resources Network. Presents a well designed tutorial that includes clear explanations and
valuable examples and free source code.
- Collected Algorithms of the
ACM. Online versions available for downloading.
-
Electronic Library of
Mathematics.
- Fortran Library. A free
technical programming site with Fortran
standards and online
articles and books.
- Free Tech
Books: Lists many books on programming languages, operating
systems, compilers, etc.
- Handbook
of Algorithms and Data Structures. by G. Gonnet.
- Linux Documentation Project.
- Mathtools.net.
Collection of tutorials, books, and web sites on programming languages
including MATLAB, C, C++, JAVA, Visual Basic, etc. Full text tutorials
are extensive.
- Numerical Recipes Online Online versions of these classic textbooks.
-
Online
Books Page. Sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania.
- Programmer's Heaven.com. Contains tutorials and articles on languages, applications, etc.
- Stony Brook
Algorithm Repository.
-
Textbooks in
Mathematics. These textbooks are available for free on the Internet.
- Virus
Encyclopedia.
- Visual Basic Web
Directory. A source of tutorials, code, and tips for using Visual Basic
language.
Software Resources
- C|net. Online home of
cable television's C|net program. Includes current reviews of software and hardware,
industry news and a vast archive of freeware, shareware and demos
- Collected Algorithms of the
ACM. Online versions available for downloading.
- DevX Sourcebank. Collection
of source code and other resources gathered from hundreds of technical sites
around the Web. Searching and browsing features are available.
- Download.com. Download
software, music or games.
- Engineers.com
Software Directory. Directory of software packages useful to engineers, much of it
shareware.
- Software Directory
Directory. Aims to include shareware, free ware, public domain,
etc. Compiled at Stanford University.
- SourceForge.net. Large resource
for open source software and applications. Provides mechanisms to browse or
search their database.
Codes of Ethics
Standards
Maine Resources
Professional Societies and Research
Organizations
Internet Directories
|