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 Human Factors in Web Design
- Handbook of information and communication security
- Handbook of open source tools
- Knovel - searchable database of handbooks in science, technology and engineering
- The practical handbook of Internet computing
- Safari tech books online
- Springer handbook of robotics
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.
Access to all databases is via the Library's Database Page - start with the following key databases for this subject area:
- ACM Digital
Library
Full text of every article ever published by ACM and bibliographic citations from major publishers in computing. - 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.
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
- Derwent Innovations Index - world patents available via Web of Knowledge platform
- eSpacenet - Europe's network of patent databases
- Patents How-to Guide
Theses
- Search for UQ, Australian and international theses
- Proquest Digital Dissertations
- Thesis How-to Guide
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:
UQ Library news blogs:
- Research support: engineeing and science
- Teaching and Learning
- What's new on the web
- What's new to the UQ Library collections
Science and Technology news
IEEE
- IEEE Xplore (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers)
- IEEE.TV
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