Key Electronic Resources

Use this alphabetical list to access quality information resources for Computer Science, including full text journal articles and information about journal articles and archives. Most of these resources can be accessed from off-campus. A longer list of resources, covering all subject areas can be found on the databases page.

If you have any problems or are unsure what to use, please contact the Science Team.


blue box ABI Inform Global 
Electronic journals covering Computer
Science topics, many full text.

 blurbox2.gif ACM Digital Library
Full text articles published by ACM (The
Association for Computing Machinery).

blurbox2.gif arXiv.org
Open access to e-prints in Physics, Mathematics,
Computer Science, Biology and Statistics

 blue box Blackwell Synergy
Off-campus access
This service has changed, please see details on
the Wiley web pages.

blurbox2.gif BUBL: Computing and the internet
Links to high quality resources covering
all aspects of Computer Science.

blue box Cogprints
Electronic archive of papers covering all aspects
of psychology including artificial intelligence.

blue box Compendex 
Details of journal articles and
conferences including Computer Science.

blue box CRC Press Collection
Electronic book collection including topics related
to Computer Science.

blue box CSA Illumina  User Guide (PDF Document)
Searchable journal articles including a range
of topics relevant to Computer Science.

blue box Encyclopaedia of Multimedia Technology
and Networking  (Click E-Access books & choose title)
E-book covering multimedia, e-commerce,
education, security, and virtual communities.

 blue box Encyclopaedia of Technologies and Database
 Applications (Click E-Access books & choose title)
Over 970 terms and definitions and 2,400
references.

blue box FOLDOC
Free On-Line Dictionary Of Computing. It is a
quality resource and easy to use.

blue box IEEE Xplore
IEEE and IET journals, transactions, magazines and
conference proceedings.

 blue box INSPEC 
Details of journal articles in engineering, physics
and electronics.
blurbox2.gif Landmap (MIMAS)
Access to and support for a range of satellite
imagery for Britain for research and teaching.

 blue box Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publishing developments in computing and IT
research and teaching. Over 4300 volumes online.
blue box Math Sci Net
Mathematical reviews on the web, produced
by the American Mathematical Society.

blue box MIT CogNet
Online location for the Brain & Cognitive Science
community's scientific research and interchange.

blurbox2.gif NetLibrary now renamed EBSCOHOST 
Searchable collection of electronic books.
Includes titles useful for Computer Science.
  blue box Science Direct
(registration required)
Electronic journals covering all subjects,
many full text.
blue box Science Research
Access to numerous scientific journals and public
science databases.		 blue box Scopus access has now expired.
Please try Web of Knowledge as an
alternative database.
blurbox2.gif Springer Link
Electronic journals covering all subjects,
many full text.
 blue box Tech Xtra
Cross-searches 20 databases for articles, books,
technical reports and more.

blue box Virtual Computer Library (no longer maintained)
A variety of links to computer related resources
including on-line books and guides.

blue box Web of Knowledge
Details of electronic journals covering all subjects,
including computer science.
blue box Whatis
On-line reference tool for computing terms can
be browsed or searched.

blue box Wiley Online Library
Details of science electronic journals, many
full text.

blue box WWW Virtual Library
Computer Science web based resources arranged
by topic.