Electrical & Computer Engineering

Best Database Choices for Electrical & Computer Engineering

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All Electrical & Computer Engineering Databases

ACM Digital Library   1985-present

A collection of citations and full text from ACM journal and newsletter articles and conference proceedings.

Compendex   1969-present

A large interdisciplinary engineering database listing journal articles, technical reports and conferences. Includes book reviews, standards, patents, handbooks and other materials. Part of Engineering Village.

Digital Dissertations    1861-present

Full text (PDF for download) of most dissertations accepted from 1997 on, some earlier works and some master's theses. Also lists dissertations and theses accepted from 1861 on in the US and at some Canadian, British, and other European universities. Abstracts included after July, 1980.

Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library: EEVL   

Broad range of information on all aspects of Engineering.

Electronics and Communications Abstracts   1981-present

Search for publications on such topics as circuits, components, photonics, telecommunications and telecommunications equipment. The oldest record in the database has a publication date of 1961; about 50% of its records have publication dates of 1994 or later.

EngNetBase   

Handbooks and other reference books from CRC Press dealing with all areas of engineering. Individual titles are listed in the Virgo Library Catalog.

IEEE Xplore

IEEE Xplore offers electronic access to 106 IEEE journals and magazines and over 345 IEEE-sponsored conference proceedings. Full-text is from 1998 to present only.

InfoTrac OneFile    1980-present

Large general database of articles from popular magazines and scholarly journals covering a wide range of topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.

INSPEC    1969-present

Scientific and technical journals and conference proceedings in computing, electrical engineering, physics. Updated monthly.

National Technical Information Service: NTIS   1964-present

NTIS contains bibliographic citations and summaries of U.S. Government-sponsored research, development, and engineering reports.

Safari Tech Books Online

Books on all aspects of computers, programming and the Web from such publishers as O'Reilly, Sams, New Riders, Adobe.

Solid State and Superconductivity Abstracts  1981-present

Provides global coverage on all aspects of theory, production, and application of solid state materials and devices from journals, conference proceedings, technical reports and patents.

Web of Knowledge / Web of Science   1981-present

Includes Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index which can be searched together or separately. Lists articles from over 5,700 science and engineering journals, 1,700 social sciences journals, and 1,100 arts and humanities journals. Frequent updates make it a good source for very recent information.