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:

Check out this video on how to find journal titles.

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:

• Indexing databases

• Additional sources

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• Business Source Complete

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

Academic peer-reviewed journal articles, professional publications and more across all business topics.

Advanced options in Business Source Complete video

Covers all areas of business and management and is particularly useful for Business Information Technology subject areas.

• Emerald Insight

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

The full-text of thousands of articles from more than 100 peer-reviewed journals published by Emerald. Subjects include health and safety, management, human resources, engineering, marketing and training. For the most relevant results, use the advanced search and restrict to case studies or literature reviews.

The full-text of thousands of articles from more than 100 peer-reviewed journals published by Emerald. Subjects covered include education, management, human resources, marketing and training - will often have computer related articles.

• Nexis Uni

Full text articles from many news sources and trade journals both UK and international. Archives sometimes stretching back to the mid 1980s.

This law database can be useful for finding legal aspects to your research but it also includes regional and national UK and international newspapers from the 1980s onwards which may have non-technical computing information.

Additional access instructions:

For use in the UK only

• Wiley online library

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

Wiley Blackwell supplies many of our e-journal subscriptions covering all subject areas.