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Also known as "Scholarly Articles," "Peer-Reviewed Articles," or "Academic Articles," these are:
- written and reviewed by scholars and provide new research, analysis, or information about a specific topic
- usually focused on a narrow subject or a single case study
- intended for an academic audience
Know your types of articles:
- "peer-reviewed" means the article is approved by other experts before publication or presentation
- a "review" article summarizes the field's current understanding of a topic (great for background information!)
- a "preprint" is an early version of an article, usually prior to peer review
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Find Computer Science Articles:
- Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) This link opens in a new windowFull-text conference proceedings, journal articles, technical magazines, and much more from the Association for Computing Machinery.
- IEEE Xplore This link opens in a new windowFull-text access to journals, conference publications, and technical standards from the IEEE, which covers all aspects of computer science, electronics, and computer/electrical engineering. Coverage starts in the 1880s and continues to present day.
- MathSciNet This link opens in a new windowThe American Mathematical Society's database, indexing mathematical research across fields and disciplines. Coverage starts in the 1800s and continues to present day.
- Web of Science This link opens in a new windowIndexes tens of thousands of scholarly journals across all disciplines, as well as conference proceedings, monographs, and more. Pulls data from several different databases, but is traditionally strong in the sciences. Coverage (in Science Citation Index Expanded) starts in 1900 and continues to present day. Previously known as Web of Knowledge.
Books written by experts are a good source of information for many topics. Books in the sciences and engineering often contain:
- exercises and examples
- problem sets
- other practical tools
Use these tools to help learn as you read.
Remember: you may only need to read one chapter of a scholarly book!
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Find Computer Science Books:
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Search Belk Library's online system to find both library materials and articles in our databases. Use the search box below to do a basic search on library materials and databases.
You may find that a number of computer science books are located in:
- O'Reilly for Higher Education This link opens in a new windowA multi-disciplinary, multi-publisher reference platform for online learning in programming, computer science, technology, software development, design, business, and more. Search for and read ebooks, review case studies, watch instructional videos, and follow curated playlists of content. Previously known as Safari Books Online.
- Access Engineering This link opens in a new windowA reference tool for professionals, academics, and students for authoritative engineering information. Topics of interest include computer engineering, programming, artificial intelligence, systems architecture, and more.
Datasets are collections of data, numeric or textual, arranged in tables.
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Find & Use Data:
- data.govThe US government's open data portal. Search by format, type, or topic. Freely accessible.
- Harvard DataverseFind, use, and cite data from Harvard's Dataverse repository. Highly interdisciplinary, containing files from any and all fields. Not quite what you were looking for? Other instances of Dataverse exist as well.
- UCI Machine Learning RepositoryUC Irvine maintains this archive of about 600 datasets. Search by topic, attributes, tasks, or contribute your own dataset for others to use. Freely accessible.
- O'Reilly for Higher Education This link opens in a new windowA multi-disciplinary, multi-publisher reference platform for online learning in programming, computer science, technology, software development, design, business, and more. Search for and read ebooks, review case studies, watch instructional videos, and follow curated playlists of content. Previously known as Safari Books Online.