Computer Science Research: Literature Search Toolkit

The latest version of this page is available at http://www.library.unh.edu/branches/cs.html

I. Web Links
(these are either freely available or subscription access made available by the UNH Library)

    A.   UNH:

     B.   Selected Online Literature Resources:

1.  Basic Indexes and Abstracts:

The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies
   Includes more than 1.2 million references to journal articles, conference papers and technical reports on computer science. Includes some links to online papers, and citing or cited references for some papers. Maintained by Alf-Christian Achilles.

INSPEC
   With over 7 million citations and abstracts, this is the world's leading resource for coverage of research literature in physics, including astronomy and astrophysics. Its other subject strengths are electrical engineering; control, and computing, including information technology. International journals and conference proceedings are covered, with selected indexing of books and reports. Produced by the IEE, it covers 1969 to the present.

DBLP: Computer Science Bibliography
   This freely available resource provides bibliographic information on major computer science journals and proceedings. It has some links to full-text, if our subscriptions match (ACM, Springer-Verlag); this are labeled as "Electronic Editions." You can search by author surname, single keywords, or browse by journal, conference proceeding, or broad subject area.

2.   Citation Indexes (with abstracts):

 Web of Science (ISI)
   This abstract database, produced by ISI, indexes both journal articles and citations. It allows searching within science back through 1997 or across disciplines. Over 8000 major journals are currently indexed. Journals are chosen for the index based on article citation rates.

CiteSeer: Scientific Literature Digital Library
    Also known as Research Index, this resource indexes Postscript and PDF computer science research articles on the Web and also provides indexing for the citations from those articles on the Web. It was originally developed by staff at the NEC Research Institute.  

3.  E-Print Servers (Indexing & Current Awareness):

Computing Research Repository (CoRR)
   This archive service for computer science papers is sponsored by ACM, the arXiv.org e-Print archive, NCSTRL (Networked Computer Science Technical Reference Library), and AAAI. Early papers date from 1993, but this online collection really started to grow in 1999. As this is a repository, all papers are (or should be!) retrievable. New postings are available daily.

4.  Search Interfaces across Technical Report Servers:

Networked Computer Science Technical Reference Library (NCSTRL)
   NCSTRL provides a federated digital library of indexed computer science research papers and technical reports through the efforts of over 100 allied institutions.
Unified Computer Science TR Index (anonymous FTP)
   Useful for finding FTP sites; unfortunately, many links are out-of-date.

5.  Computer Science Journals and Books:

 ACM Digital Library
   At the ACM Portal, select ACM Digital Library for this resource. This is the complete, searchable collection of ACM-published journals, conference proceedings and newsletters (ACM is the Association for Computing Machinery). The journals and proceedings are available in full-text, most back to the first volume of each title.

 ACM Guide to Computing Literature
   The Guide provides citations and abstracts for the literature of computer science, including journal and conference proceeding articles, newsletters, and reports. It is not limited to ACM publications.

 IEEE/IET Electronic Library on IEEE Xplore, with coverage of IEEE and IET journals and magazines, conference proceedings, and standards. It includes full text documents back to 1988, plus select content back to 1913. IEEE originally stood for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; IET is the Institution for Engineering and Technology (formerly known as the IEE, Institution of Electrical Engineers).

 The Directory of Computer Science Journals
   Now getting a bit old, this list was produced by Internet Electronic Library Project at Simon Fraser University. Most journals require a subscription for access, but home pages and often tables-of-contents, are accessible.

 Safari Tech Books
   Includes searchable full-text of hundreds of computing books from major technical publishers such as O'Reilly, Addison-Wesley, and Peachpit Press. Select "My Books" to limit your search results to the books with UNH access. Only three users can be logged on at once; try in a few minutes if you can't connect on the first try. And, click Logout at the top of the page when you are done, to allow another person to log on.

6.  Miscellaneous:

 ACM Computing Classification system
   Your guide to this useful tool for searching ACM literature.

 Collected Agorithms (ACM)
   Index and download page for Algorithms no. 493 and above, published by ACM. The Library has the earlier algorithms in print at Engr/Math Reference QA76.5 .A8.

Computer Science: A guide to selected resources on the Internet, by Michael Knee (College & Research Libraries News, v.62 no.6, June 2001).
   Excellent guide to many types of Internet-accessible info resources for computer science.
 

II.  Non-Web Computer Science Information Resources -- published print and CD-ROM

Note: Locations below refer to the University of New Hampshire Library

1.  Index/Abstract:

ACM Guide to Computing Literature
   Index to books, papers, reports, articles in major journals of computing and related fields,  ACM-sponsored and non-ACM conferences and symposia. UNH has online access to this resource from 1985 to present, under the title Online Guide to Computing Literature. For the years 1977-1984, it is only available in print. The print volumes are available at the Engr/Math/Computer Sci Library, Reference QA76 .A8 (year).

2.  Miscellaneous materials:

  The Library has many printed books, conference proceedings, and journals. To find these, use the Library Catalog. You can search by keywords, subject headings (which are generally broader), title, author, and other options (see "Advanced Search").
Hints:
Computer Science books are mostly classified in the call number range QA 75.5 to QA76.9, so if you are interested, you can browse the shelves in that area. However, many of our computer science books are online, so they will not be on the shelf. All books that the Library owns or accesses are listed in the catalog, whether they are in print form or online. The only typical exception is Safari Books Online, which may add titles rapidly, resulting in books accessible via Safari that are not in the catalog yet. It's a good idea to search Safari independently if you are looking for recent content.
To find a journal in the catalog, type the journal's title, not the article title.
For conference proceedings, it's a good idea to do a keyword search on distinctive words from the conference name or title (for example, "Foundations Computer Science"). The new catalog interface does not require the Boolean "AND." For the classic catalog, when doing a keyword search, you do need to use the Boolean "AND."
For more information on finding materials, please ask library staff.

III. Related Subject Resources (online and offline):

Alerts
 Some publishers and bibliographic databases provide email alerts and/or RSS feeds to notify you of new articles in areas of interest. These normally are free but require registration. Check database features and publisher and/or journal websites for more info.

Applied Science and Technology Index, 1958-
   Provides citations to articles from over 300 English-language periodicals in both applied science and engineering fields.
Paper:  1958-1990, located in the Engr/Math/CS Library's Reference section
WWW:  1983-present; Applied Science and Technology Index online

COMPENDEX (Engineering Index)
   COMPENDEX is the computerized version of Engineering Index.  Provides citations with abstracts for scholarly and some trade journals, conference proceedings, and some technical reports in all fields of engineering.  Over 220,000 abstracts added annually.
Paper:  Engineering Index, 1884-1906 at Dimond Library; 1906-1990 in the Engr/Math/CS Library's Reference section
WWW: COMPENDEX online, 1970-present

Computing Information Directory
   A launch pad for and road map through the computing literature, CID has sections listing and describing specialized resources including computing journals, books, and special issues, university computing center newsletter,  to software and hardware reviews and review publications, to market research.  Now out-of-date, but unique.  Paper:  Engr/Math/CS Library, Reference QA 76 .M943 1996

Computing Reviews (ACM)
   The UNH Library offers Computing Reviews in print only.  Provides reviews of books and nonbook literature, such as articles
   1976-present: Engr/Math/CS Library, Current & Bound Periodicals

Digital Dissertations
   The online version of Dissertation Abstracts, this includes citations back to 1861, abstracts back to 1980 and 24-page previews for all dissertations after 1997. Best of all, it includes the full-text of all UNH dissertations from 1992 onward. Digital Dissertations

Infotrieve
   Infotrieve is a service that provides journal tables-of-contents and document delivery. Tables-of-contents you select are delivered via email. Document delivery provides expedited delivery of articles not held in the UNH Libraries. This service is provided by the UNH Library for faculty and graduate students. A FAQ is available at the link above.

MathSciNet (AMS)
   Comprehensive index with reviews of research articles on pure and applied mathematics, including some statistics. Covers journals, conference proceedings, and technical reports from 1940 to present. May be searched by author, keyword, Mathematics Subject Classification, subject, and source publication, among others. Corresponds to printed Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications. MathSciNet

Worldcat (OCLC)
   Search across library catalogs and initiate InterLibrary Loans for books. WorldCat

IV. Getting access to materials beyond UNH:

Infotrieve, as above, for ordering articles and receiving journal tables-of-contents. You may request any tables-of-contents, and there is no limit. However, only materials that UNH does not own are eligible for Infotrieve article requests. There is no charge to UNH graduate students, faculty and staff, for articles costing $75 or less. Undergrads are not currently eligible for Infotrieve article delivery.

InterLibrary Loan (ILL)
  InterLibrary Loan is a library service that borrows books and other materials and provides photocopies of articles upon request. There is no charge to UNH students, faculty and staff. Only materials that UNH does not own are eligible for ILL requests.

Boston Consortium Catalog
  The Boston Consortium Catalog is a combined book catalog including libraries that are members of the Boston Library Consortium. You can use it to search and borrow directly through it. Only books may be borrowed, not journals. All UNH faculty, staff, and students may use the service. There is no charge. Books are normally delivered to the Dimond Library for pick-up within 4 days; you will receive notification via email.


Last updated 9/9/2009
Questions?   Emily Poworoznek, Engineering & Physical Sciences Librarian, UNH (el @ cisunix. unh. edu -- email mangled to reduce spam)