Research Guides: Information Systems & Technology: Get Started

Key Resources

This guide is intended to connect you to a variety of resources useful for conducting research. Use the menu on the left-hand side to navigate through the sections.

If you are new to conducting research consider reviewing the Starting Your Research tutorial to learn the phases and processes of doing research.

To find books or articles we own, or to see what we have on a particular topic, use Library Search on the Library's website.

ACM Digital Library
Why search here? Good for broadly searching the computing and information technology literature, as well as browsing all publications by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
Content type: Abstracts, scholarly articles, conference proceedings, magazine articles, newsletters, eBooks
Coverage dates: 1947-present
Search results can be broken down to specifically highlight supplementary materials included with ACM publications such as software, datasets, and videos. Author profiles and upcoming ACM conference lists are also great ways to better understand the field.
Language: English
Text Mining: Permitted
IEEE Xplore
Why search here? Access scientific and technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and partner publishers.
Content type: Scholarly articles, conference proceedings, technical standards, eBooks, magazine articles
Language: English
Keywords: Explore
Web of Science
Why search here? Great for discovering scholarly research across a wide array of subject areas, primarily published in high-impact (highly cited) journals in the physical and life sciences, health sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Content type: Abstracts of scholarly articles, conference proceedings, book chapters
Coverage dates: 1965-present
Easily explore an article bibliography, as well as sources that have cited the article since its publication, via the Citation Network feature. Create a free personal account to keep a comprehensive search history, create search alerts and citation alerts. Additional features related to author and journal profiles are available.
Language: English, Russian, French, German, Chinese, Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese, etc.
Text Mining: Allowed; only through Clarivate APIs
Keywords: Social Science Citation Index Science Citation Index Arts and Humanities Citation Index Conference Proceedings Citation Index Emerging Sources Citation Index WoS Knowledge

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