Computing

Useful links

This page will help you get more out of your Library resources for your assignments, projects and dissertations in Computing.

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Getting Started

Options for getting started with Library resources.

Books

Options for finding book material.

Finding Articles

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For some assignments, our Discovery Service will give you enough sources to work with.

Sometimes you may want to try specific databases or journals - perhaps your lecturer has recommended particular names as a good way of finding articles. This page lists key sources for Computing:

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Check out this introductory video on finding journal articles.

If we don't have an item you're interested in, we may be able to obtain it via Interlibrary Loan or watch this video which explains how.

• Why use journal articles?

• Finding articles on a topic

• Full text databases:

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• ACM Digital Library

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

Full-text articles and conference papers published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Useful for topics such as computer games, artificial intelligence, entertainment technology.

Full text of every article published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Some conference proceedings are available full text as well.

• IEEE Xplore

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

Full text of technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science and electronics.

• Science Direct

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

ScienceDirect's extensive and unique full text database covers authoritative titles from the core scientific literature, published by Elsevier. More than 2,500 journals and more than nine million full-text articles are available in ScienceDirect providing access to the physical sciences and engineering life sciences. This resource is also available through the Discovery service. A Science Direct Advanced Search guide video is available.

This is a large collection of maths, science, technology and medicine related full-text and bibliographic information.

• Scopus

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. Delivering a comprehensive overview of the world's research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Scopus features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research.