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This guide will help you locate research on computer science in articles, books, and web sources.

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The most commonly used library database for computer science is ACM Digital Library.

ACM Digital Library
Academic journal articles in computer science.

Full text of every article ever published by ACM (the professional organization for computer scientists) and bibliographic citations from major publishers in computing. (WALDO consortial access.)

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Find Articles

The easiest way to find academic research on computer science is to search in library article databases. You may also consider browsing computer science journals using BrowZine.

Article Databases

The following subscription databases available through the library website contain scholarly articles in Computer Science.

ACM Digital Library
Academic journal articles in computer science.

Full text of every article ever published by ACM (the professional organization for computer scientists) and bibliographic citations from major publishers in computing. (WALDO consortial access.)
IEEE Xplore
Journal and conference papers in electrical engineering.

Full text access to journals and major conference proceedings published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).
MathSciNet
The American Mathematical Society’s index to mathematical literature.

Contains references, abstracts, and reviews from mathematical journals, conference proceedings, books, and dissertations.
Web of Science
Full text database of scientific journal articles with data on who has cited them.

Web of Science® provides immediate data on who has cited research papers, covering over 12,000 of the highest impact journals worldwide, including Open Access journals and over 150,000 conference proceedings. You'll find current and retrospective coverage in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities, with coverage to 1900.
Scopus
SciVerse Scopus is the world’s largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources.

SIAM Journals Online
Collection of journals published by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.

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Rowan account required.

Browse journals using BrowZine

Find Books

This page explains ways to find books through the library.

Computer science books you can check out or read online

Computer science books are located in the QA76 section on the 4th floor of Campbell Library. Most programming books are in QA76 but some are in the TK (computer engineering) section.

LibrarySearch
Use Library Search to look up books by topic or title. Use the Books facet.

E-Book Collections

SpringerLINK
Full text collection of Springer journals and e-books focusing mainly on science, technology, and medicine.

Access the full text of 1575 Springer journals and the full text of books collection licensed each year from the Springer family of imprints. Both journal and book titles cover the full range of academic subjects but with the main focus on sciences, technology and medicine.
Ebook Central ebook collection
Collection of scholarly e-books in many academic disciplines.

Multidisciplinary collection of scholarly ebooks, offering a strong collection of academic titles from leading scholarly publishers. Includes subscribed and purchased content. It is not a permanent acquisition of e-books, and is subject to change.
Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science
E-book collection for engineering and computer science.

Rowan University currently has access to Collection One and Two of the Synthesis collection of e-books in Engineering and Computer Science, plus the Biomedical Engineering collection.

E-Reference Sources

These subscription sources are available through the library website.

Credo Reference - Science
An online database which includes many science dictionaries and encyclopedias.

Find Web Sources

This page highlights good websites for computer science research.

Associations, Organizations, & Societies

American Association for Artificial Intelligence
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The AAAI, founded in 1979, is a scientific society devoted to advancing the scientific understanding of the mechanisms underlying thought and intelligent behavior and their embodiment in machines. Their site contains information on artificial intelligence, AAAI publications (book, journals, conference proceedings, and technical papers); conference, workshop, and symposia information; and membership benefits.
ANSI standards search
Association for Computing Machinery
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Billing itself as "the first society in computing," the ACM is the world's first educational and scientific computing society. Founded in 1947, its membership currently totals over 80,000 computing professionals and students world wide. The site includes information about ACM activities, services, conferences, publications, and policies. The ACM Digital Library contains full text of articles and papers from all of the their journals, magazines, and proceedings.
IEEE Computer Society
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Founded in 1947, the IEEE Computer Society is the world's oldest and largest (98,000 members) professional association of people in computing. The site contains a full range of information about conferences, standards, publications, activities, education, certification, and employment. The Digital Library provides access to the Computer Society's magazines, transactions, and a growing body of conference proceedings.
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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A group of professionals formed SIAM in 1952 to advance the application of mathematics to science and industry. SIAM members are computer scientists, mathematicians, engineers, statisticians, and engineers. This site includes information about their publications, conferences, meetings.
Special Interest Group on Human-Computer Interaction

Interesting Websites

ArXiv
Pre-print repository of articles in Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science maintained by Cornell University.
www.science.gov
Find government research and development reports on computer science topics using this search engine.
Software Engineering Institute
SEI is a federally-funded research and development center headquartered on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University.
HCI Bibliography
A site offering a bibliography of human-computer interaction resources.
How to Get a Computer Science Job
Commercial website with advice on getting your first professional job in computer science.