Research Guides: Computer Science: Search the Literature

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Below are tools used to search Computer Science research literature.

Please read the descriptions below to better understand the content of each database before searching.

IEEE Digital Library
Subject Area? Computer Science
What does it search? Abstracts of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) journals, transactions & conference publications and some ACM publications
Does it have full text? Mostly NO. Knox subscribes to ONLY 5 IEEE titles
How To Get Full Text: Search for the JOURNAL TITLE from the citation here.
Cool Feature: References and "Cited In" bibliographies provided
Searching & Exporting Tips
ACM Digital Library
Subject Area? Computers and technology
What does it search? The abstract of every article published by ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) and some affiliated organizations
Does it have full text? No, Knox does not subscribe.
Coming soon: searching & exporting tips
Web of Science
Subject Area? Multi-disciplinary, including sciences
What does it search? Citations of scholarly journal articles
Does it have full text? No
COOL Feature: List of article References and ability to see what other articles have Cited it (citation searching)
MathSciNet
Subject Area? Mathematics and computer science
What does it search? Reviews of mathematical literature from papers (journal articles, proceedings) and books
Does it have full text? Does not have article text, but does have review text
Cool feature: An actual review of the article and the article's References
Searching tips
Learn more about the history of Mathematical Reviews & how it works
Academic Search Complete
Subject Area? Multi-disciplinary, including hundreds of computer and technology publications
What does it search? Abstracts of journal articles, transactions and proceedings of more than 12,500 titles
Does it have full text? Yes, some publications are full text
Scientific American Archive
Subject Area? Science
What does it search? Scientific American journal
Does it have full text? Full text from 1993-present
Papers First
Subject Area? Multi-disciplinary
What does it search? Citations of papers presented at conferences
Does it have full text? No
Other Subject Databases
Conducting multi-disciplinary research? Click above to explore a list of databases from Arts, Humanities, Sciences and Social Sciences.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar allows you to quickly search across literature from numerous disciplines. Google Scholar includes scholarly articles, theses, books, conference papers, and more from multiple organizations, including professional societies, academic publishers, and universities. Google Scholar will provide links to material that is freely available on the web; for other material it will show at least an abstract.

Computer Science

Select a Search Tool

Below are tools used to search Computer Science research literature.

IEEE Digital Library

ACM Digital Library
Subject Area? Computers and technology
What does it search? The abstract of every article published by ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) and some affiliated organizations
Does it have full text? No, Knox does not subscribe.
Coming soon: searching & exporting tips

Subject Area? Computers and technology
What does it search? The abstract of every article published by ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) and some affiliated organizations
Does it have full text? No, Knox does not subscribe.
Coming soon: searching & exporting tips

Web of Science
Subject Area? Multi-disciplinary, including sciences
What does it search? Citations of scholarly journal articles
Does it have full text? No
COOL Feature: List of article References and ability to see what other articles have Cited it (citation searching)

Subject Area? Multi-disciplinary, including sciences
What does it search? Citations of scholarly journal articles
Does it have full text? No
COOL Feature: List of article References and ability to see what other articles have Cited it (citation searching)

Academic Search Complete
Subject Area? Multi-disciplinary, including hundreds of computer and technology publications
What does it search? Abstracts of journal articles, transactions and proceedings of more than 12,500 titles
Does it have full text? Yes, some publications are full text

Subject Area? Multi-disciplinary, including hundreds of computer and technology publications
What does it search? Abstracts of journal articles, transactions and proceedings of more than 12,500 titles
Does it have full text? Yes, some publications are full text

Scientific American Archive
Subject Area? Science
What does it search? Scientific American journal
Does it have full text? Full text from 1993-present

Subject Area? Science
What does it search? Scientific American journal
Does it have full text? Full text from 1993-present

Papers First
Subject Area? Multi-disciplinary
What does it search? Citations of papers presented at conferences
Does it have full text? No

Subject Area? Multi-disciplinary
What does it search? Citations of papers presented at conferences
Does it have full text? No

Other Subject Databases
Conducting multi-disciplinary research? Click above to explore a list of databases from Arts, Humanities, Sciences and Social Sciences.

Conducting multi-disciplinary research? Click above to explore a list of databases from Arts, Humanities, Sciences and Social Sciences.

Computer Science

Select a Search Tool

Below are tools used to search Computer Science research literature.

IEEE Digital Library

ACM Digital LibrarySubject Area? Computers and technology What does it search? The abstract of every article published by ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) and some affiliated organizations Does it have full text? No, Knox does not subscribe. Coming soon: searching & exporting tips

Subject Area? Computers and technology What does it search? The abstract of every article published by ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) and some affiliated organizations Does it have full text? No, Knox does not subscribe. Coming soon: searching & exporting tips

Web of ScienceSubject Area? Multi-disciplinary, including sciences What does it search? Citations of scholarly journal articles Does it have full text? No COOL Feature: List of article References and ability to see what other articles have Cited it (citation searching)

Subject Area? Multi-disciplinary, including sciences What does it search? Citations of scholarly journal articles Does it have full text? No COOL Feature: List of article References and ability to see what other articles have Cited it (citation searching)

Academic Search CompleteSubject Area? Multi-disciplinary, including hundreds of computer and technology publications What does it search? Abstracts of journal articles, transactions and proceedings of more than 12,500 titles Does it have full text? Yes, some publications are full text

Subject Area? Multi-disciplinary, including hundreds of computer and technology publications What does it search? Abstracts of journal articles, transactions and proceedings of more than 12,500 titles Does it have full text? Yes, some publications are full text

Scientific American ArchiveSubject Area? Science What does it search? Scientific American journal Does it have full text? Full text from 1993-present

Subject Area? Science What does it search? Scientific American journal Does it have full text? Full text from 1993-present

Papers FirstSubject Area? Multi-disciplinary What does it search? Citations of papers presented at conferences Does it have full text? No

Subject Area? Multi-disciplinary What does it search? Citations of papers presented at conferences Does it have full text? No

Other Subject DatabasesConducting multi-disciplinary research? Click above to explore a list of databases from Arts, Humanities, Sciences and Social Sciences.

Conducting multi-disciplinary research? Click above to explore a list of databases from Arts, Humanities, Sciences and Social Sciences.

ACM Digital Library
Subject Area? Computers and technology
What does it search? The abstract of every article published by ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) and some affiliated organizations
Does it have full text? No, Knox does not subscribe.
Coming soon: searching & exporting tips

Subject Area? Computers and technology
What does it search? The abstract of every article published by ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) and some affiliated organizations
Does it have full text? No, Knox does not subscribe.
Coming soon: searching & exporting tips

Web of Science
Subject Area? Multi-disciplinary, including sciences
What does it search? Citations of scholarly journal articles
Does it have full text? No
COOL Feature: List of article References and ability to see what other articles have Cited it (citation searching)

Subject Area? Multi-disciplinary, including sciences
What does it search? Citations of scholarly journal articles
Does it have full text? No
COOL Feature: List of article References and ability to see what other articles have Cited it (citation searching)

Academic Search Complete
Subject Area? Multi-disciplinary, including hundreds of computer and technology publications
What does it search? Abstracts of journal articles, transactions and proceedings of more than 12,500 titles
Does it have full text? Yes, some publications are full text

Subject Area? Multi-disciplinary, including hundreds of computer and technology publications
What does it search? Abstracts of journal articles, transactions and proceedings of more than 12,500 titles
Does it have full text? Yes, some publications are full text

Scientific American Archive
Subject Area? Science
What does it search? Scientific American journal
Does it have full text? Full text from 1993-present

Subject Area? Science
What does it search? Scientific American journal
Does it have full text? Full text from 1993-present

Papers First
Subject Area? Multi-disciplinary
What does it search? Citations of papers presented at conferences
Does it have full text? No

Subject Area? Multi-disciplinary
What does it search? Citations of papers presented at conferences
Does it have full text? No

Other Subject Databases
Conducting multi-disciplinary research? Click above to explore a list of databases from Arts, Humanities, Sciences and Social Sciences.