Q. What are the best databases for a Computing student to use?

The best databases to search for computing information are:

• IEEE Xplore Digital Library 

  Access to journals, conference proceedings, technical standards, ebooks and educational courses.
• ACM Digital Library

  Full-text journal articles, conference proceedings.
• ScienceDirect Freedom Collection

  Summaries of journal articles, and full-text for selected journals. Access to over 2000 full text scientific, technical and medical (STM) journals published since 1 January 1995 (Green icon shows subscribed content).
• Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)

  Developments in computer science and information technology research, including security, software engineering, artificial intelligence and networks.

   

  For more information about the library resources available to computing students visit the Computing libguides. If you would like help using any of these resources you can book a tutorial with James Dean, the liaison librarian for Computing.