Both Computer Science and Computer Engineering are supported by books, journals and reference materials that exist in the Engineering Library and in Hesburgh. Many are online. Information is available on a wide range of subjects such as computer vision, AI, networks and operating systems, hardware, architecture, algorithms, theory and scientific computing. This page will provide a springboard to the literature. For more specific research questions or help please contact the Engineering Library staff. The Engineering Library is located at 149 Fitzpatrick Hall.
Access to these resources is governed by license agreements which restrict use to the Notre Dame community and to individuals who use the Notre Dame Libraries' facilities. It is the responsibility of each user to ensure that he or she uses these products only for individual, noncommercial use without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information. Acceptable use forbids downloading contents of entire issues of a given journal title. The use of software such as scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in loss of access to these resources for the entire Notre Dame community.
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Inclusive coverage: 1984 to present.
"The world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database"--About page. It also includes indexing and abstracts for additional periodicals.
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1983- (Indexing); 1993- (Abstracting)
Provides indexing and abstracting of articles in more than 500 international English-language periodicals in applied sciences and technology, including engineering, chemistry, mathematics, physics, computer technology, data processing and energy-related disciplines. Usage info: Licensed for 4 simultaneous users
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1991-
An e-print service which presents papers in physics and related disciplines, mathematics, nonlinear science, computer science, and quantitative biology. A fully automated electronic archive and distribution server for research papers which functions as a means of communicating ongoing research information in these subject areas.
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"Business Source Complete ... [provides] full text for ... scholarly business journals and other sources, including full text for ... peer-reviewed business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full text (PDF) for ... top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost."--Ebscohost web site.
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Aims to improve dissemination and feedback of scientific literature, presented by NEC Research Institute. Provides algorithms, techniques, and software that can be used in other digital libraries. Contains citations and indexes Postscript and PDF research articles on the Web.
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1884-
Provides access to bibliographic databases of engineering research literature, including Compendex (citations and abstracts to 5000+ engineering journals, conferences and technical reports), as well as to patents, standards and handbooks. Also includes Engineering Index Backfile covering information from the printed Engineering Index for the period 1884-1969. Overall coverage: 1884 to present.
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1974-
Contains bibliographic citations to statistical books and articles in more than 1,000 journals.
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1861- (Indexing); 1980- (Abstracting Dissertations); 1988- (Abstracting Theses).
Provides information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses, with subject, title, and author access to almost all American dissertations accepted at an accredited institution since 1861. Dissertations from all institutions since 1997 have 24-page previews freely available without restriction. Masters theses selectively indexed since 1962. Includes citations for thousands of Canadian dissertations and an increasing number of papers accepted in institutions abroad. Professional (e.g., M.D., LL.D.) and honorary degrees not included. Access info: Access to full text (PDF) of Notre Dame dissertations since 1997, restricted to users with valid Notre Dame NetIDs. Look for and click on the "Free Download" button on the search results screen.
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A database of publisher-provided citations and table of contents information. Provides access to electronic journals and full text of articles for those journals managed through EBSCO Online.
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1980-
Provides indexing, abstracts, and selected full text for 3,500+ scholarly journals and general interest periodicals embracing all academic disciplines (citations only for The New York Times). Full text for some titles may be subject to publisher-imposed embargo periods.
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1984- (Indexing); 1993- (Abstracting)
Provides indexing and abstracting of articles in approximately 200 "... popular and professional science journals published in the United States and Great Britain, and the Science section of The New York Times. Subject headings have been designed for the non-specialist and student ... Subject coverage includes atmospheric science, earth science, conservation, food and nutrition, genetics, nursing and health, physiology, and zoology."--Wilson description. Usage info: Licensed for 4 simultaneous users.
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Provides bibliographic descriptions of journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations in the history of science, technology, and medicine and allied historical fields. Usage info: Licensed for 5 simultaneous users.
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1896-
Database providing bibliographic citations and abstracts of the scientific and technical literature in physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computers and computing and information technology. Material covered includes journal articles, conference proceedings, reports, dissertations, patents and books published around the world.
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Provides full-text documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications, covering current news, business information, company directories, federal and state laws, regulations, legal cases, etc.
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1940-
Consists of reviews and citations to the world's research literature in mathematics and related areas compiled from: Mathematical reviews, and: Current mathematical publications, 1940- The period between 6 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time is reserved for maintenance. MathSciNet may be unavailable during that period.
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1990-
Contains references to 370,000 technical publications, datafiles, CD-ROMs, and audiovisual materials added to the NTIS collection within the last 10 years.
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Citations and abstracts with links to full text where available of computer science research reports and papers made available for non-commercial use from a number of participating institutions and archives.
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1993-
Provides citations and indexing to papers presented at conferences worldwide, as received by the British Library Document Supply Centre since 1993.
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1993-
Provides citations and indexing to worldwide conference proceedings, as received by the British Library Document Supply Centre since 1993; citations include listing of papers presented at those conferences.
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Dec. 1974-
Public STINET gives you access to all unclassified, unlimited citations added into DTIC from late December 1974 to present.
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1900-
"... accesses multidisciplinary databases of bibliographic information gathered from thousands of scholarly journals. The databases are indexed so you can search for specific articles by subject, author, journal, and/or author address. Because the information stored about each article includes the article's cited reference list (often called its bibliography), you can also search the databases for articles that cite a known author or work."--Tutorial screen.
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