Computer Sciences : Start Here
Essential Resources
On this page you will find a starting point for a critical part of the research process: searching the literature. Explore the rest of this guide for tips and tools specific to finding computer sciences information. And remember – your WisCard is your library card, and your Net ID is your key to accessing online materials.
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Searching the Computer Sciences Literature
Computer Science Databases
These databases cover topics focused on or closely related to computer science. For the full list of databases, use the Computer Sciences Database Library link.
- ACM Digital Library (Association for Computing Machinery)Covers computing and information technology, including software, hardware, computational theory, artificial intelligence, information science, human-computer interaction, and instructional technology.
- IEEE XploreTechnical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, electronics, and related disciplines, from journals, proceedings, letters, standards, from 1988 with select content back to 1913.
- INSPEC (via Web of Science)Scientific and technical literature database related to fields such as physics, engineering, computer science, environmental science, geophysics, biomedical technology and biophysics.
- DBLP Computer Science BibliographyDBLP (Digital Bibliography and Library Project) is a computer science bibliography hosted at Universität Trier, in Germany.
- Computer Science DatabaseSearchable collection of computer science articles journals, conference proceedings, technical reports, trade journal/newsletter items, patents, and books.
- CiteSeerX: Scientific Literature Digital LibraryIndexes computer science articles and citations, plus articles from the web. Includes a collection of papers about citation indexing, digital libraries, Web analysis, and neural networks.
- Computer Sciences Database LibraryList of core, helpful, e-book, patent, standards, and technical report databases for computer science. Some databases can be searched simultaneously by checking/unchecking database check boxes and then entering a topic in the search box; other databases must be searched individually by clicking on the database title.
Science & Technology Databases
These multidisciplinary science and technology databases cover a range of topics, including and intersecting with computer science.
- ScopusLarge, multidisciplinary database that covers science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Includes tools to track, analyze, and visualize research.
- Web of ScienceCollection of databases indexing scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities, from journals, conference proceedings, symposia, and more. Includes citation network data.
- Springer Nature LinkScientific documents from journals, books, series, protocols, reference works and proceedings published by Springer Nature.
- Google ScholarScholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research from a wide variety of sources.
Ebook Collections
- Lecture Notes in Computer ScienceOnline book series on computer science and information technology, covering artificial intelligence, robotics, bioinformatics, software engineering, data encryption, database management, and more.
- Synthesis Collection of Technology50- to 100-page e-books that synthesize key research and development topics in engineering and computer science, written by leading engineers and scientists in their field.
- SIAM E-BooksCollection of ebooks published by SIAM spaning a wide range of applied mathematics and computational science subject areas.
- O'Reilly for Higher EducationCollection of ebooks, audiobooks, videos, case studies, courses, and playlists on business, data, design, hardware, IT operations, math, science, engineering, security, software development, and more. UW-Madison access to O'Reilly does not include use of their mobile app.
- Browse Ebook CollectionsList of all available ebook collections, including general and multidisciplinary collections which may include books relevant to computer science research.
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