Computer Science
Getting Started
If you are not sure what your topic is about, try one or more of the following:
Encyclopaedias:
Handbooks:
- Computer engineering handbook
- Computer and Information Security Handbook
- Handbook of information and communication security
- Handbook of open source tools
- Human-computer interaction
- Knovel - searchable database of handbooks in science, technology and engineering
- The practical handbook of Internet computing
- Safari tech books online
- Springer handbook of robotics
Dictionaries:
How-to Guides:
- E-Books (Online Books)
- Library Catalogues
Browse the Collections
- QA75.5 - 76.95 Electronic computers; Computer science
- QA76.75 - 76.765 Computer software
- TK7885 - 8360 Computer engineering; Computer hardware
Contact Librarians
Journal Articles
For recent information, journal articles are often the best sources. Looking through individual journals in the hope of finding relevant material is time-consuming. It is better to use the databases to find articles on your topic.
Journal Articles:
Summon (Library homepage) provides access to the UQ Library collection of print and online books, journals, theses, newspapers, conference proceedings and more.
- ACM Digital
Library
Full text of every article ever published by ACM and bibliographic citations from major publishers in computing. - Google Scholar - find scholarly peer-reviewed articles, theses, conference papers, books and patents from academic publishers.
- IEEE Xplore
digital library
Provides full-text access to IEEE and IEE transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings published since 1988 and current IEEE Standards. - Inspec
Provides access to the world's scientific literature in electrical engineering, electronics, physics, control engineering, information technology, communications, computers, computing, and manufacturing and production engineering. - Scopus
Multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources. - Web of
Science
Access to current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from high impact research journals. Web of Science also provides a unique search method, cited reference searching.
You can also acess all databases via the Library's Database site - choose the Databases tab.
Specialised Resources
Specialised Resources:
- CiteSeer.IST - a scientific literature digital library and search engine that focuses primarily on the literature in computer and information science
- Computing Research Repository - arXiv
- Knovel - engineering handbooks, integrating technical information with an analytical search tool
- Lecture notes in computer science online - including the subseries: Lecture notes in artificial intelligence, and, Lecture notes in bioinformatics
- Safari tech books online
- SPIE digital library - extensive resource on optics and photonics
- Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science
Patents & Theses
- Derwent Innovations Index - world patents available via Web of Knowledge platform
- eSpacenet - Europe's network of patent databases
- Search for UQ, Australian and international theses
- Proquest Digital Dissertations
Standards
Standards:
- SAI Global on-line
premium
Full-text access to all current Australian standards
- IEEE xplore digital
library
Full-text access to IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) standards
- Annual book of ASTM standards
For further information see our Standards How-to guide
What's New
What's New:
- Science blogs
- IEEE Xplore (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers)
- IEEE.TV
UQ Library news blogs
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