LibGuides: Computer Science: Home

Getting Started: Finding Articles

Though you might not be doing much research in Computer Science, it is good to be aware of recent and past developments within the field.

The resources in this subject guide for Computer Science will help you find these developments. If you want a starting point, using the following databases:

ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new window Provides full-text access to publications of the Association of Computing Machinery, as well as citations and abstracts.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window A collection of recently published journals in the sciences. Offers full-text articles, as well as citations and abstracts.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window A good starting point for any research, Academic Search Premier provides access to peer-reviewed articles across multiple subjects, including full-text access for many articles.
IEEE/IET Electronic Library (IEL) This link opens in a new window Full-text access to the IEEE/IET Electronic Library (IEL) for IEEE journals, transactions and magazines, conference proceedings, published standards, and IEEE Standards Dictionary Online, as well as IET journals and conference proceedings.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
A version of Google that searches through academic resources. If you are on campus, you may be able to obtain full-text articles through a Google Scholar search.
Scopus This link opens in a new window Scholarly literature in the sciences and social sciences, including journals, books, and conference proceedings. Also includes datasets, author profiles, and cited references.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Follow this link: Google Scholar Settings to turn on a feature to check if Google Scholar results are available in the Library databases.