UQ ERA rating in 2012: 4

UQ ERA rating in 2010: 3

Preamble

The University of Queensland (UQ) Library is committed to supporting the University's research, and teaching and learning agenda. UQ librarians maintain subject assessments based on the Commonwealth Government Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative's Field of Research codes. The assessments reflect current trends at UQ, and respond to changes in direction through regular updating.

Purpose of the collection

UQ Library's collection in this area supports the teaching and research activities of staff and students in the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering. All Schools and Centres are part of The Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology.

Description of the collection

The Library's collection may be searched via the Web.

The Library holds print and electronic book titles in the area. Experienced librarians develop the collection, and welcome input from academic staff. Relevant print collections are grouped under the classification number QA and TK. The following specialist electronic book collections are available:

• IEEE Xplore Digital Library
• ACM Digital Library
• Safari Tech Books Online
• Wiley online library

The Library subscribes to journals in the area. Most are available in electronic format. 73.90% of titles in the ERA journal list are held by UQ Library.

Many key journal titles are either IEEE or ACM Digital Library journal titles. UQ Library subscribes to the full-text of all IEEE Xplore Digital Library and ACM Digital Library titles.

Some of the key titles accessible at UQ:

• Advances in Adaptive Data Analysis
• Advances in Computational Mathematics
• Advances in Computational Sciences and Technology
• Annual Review of Information Science and Technology
• Applied Numerical Mathematics
• Artificial intelligence
• Behaviour and Information Technology
• Cognition
• Cognitive Psychology
• Computational Complexity
• Combinatorics, probability & computing
• Computer Physics Communications
• Computing
• Computing in Science and Engineering
• Decision Support Systems
• Ecological Informatics
• European Journal of Information Systems
• Foundations of Computational Mathematics
• Human-Computer Interaction
• IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine
• IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
• Informs Journal on Computing
• International Journal of Robotics Research
• Journal of Cryptology
• Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing
• Journal of the Operational Research Society
• Pattern Recognition
• Performance Evaluation
• The Computer Journal
• The VLDB Journal

Other titles:

• European Journal of Operational Research

UQ Library offers electronic databases in this subject area. These include:

• CiteSeer.IST
• Derwent Innovations Index
• IEEE xplore digital library
• Inspec
• SAI Global Online Premium
• Scopus
• Web of Science

Scope of current collecting

1. Languages collected or excluded

Primarily English language material is collected.

2. Geographical areas collected or excluded

No geographical areas are excluded.

3. Chronological periods collected or excluded

No chronological periods are specifically excluded.

4. Types (formats) of material collected

Material is collected in all forms both physical and electronic.

5. Publication dates

Latest 5 years' material is collected. Older material is purchased when academic staff make specific requests.

6. Special considerations

Nil.

Updated: July 2013