Computer Science

Simon's Rock Resources

Computer Science Databases

ACM Digital Library
Access to full-text articles from Association for Computing Machinery newsletters, periodicals and conference proceedings, plus the ACM Guide to Computing Literature (a bibliographic database to computing literature worldwide), with the ability to create saved folders to be shared with other users. More database info.
A full-text database. On-campus access only. More access info.

EEVL's E-Journal Search Engines - Computing
Search the content of over 60 freely available full-text computing ejournals, selected for relevance and quality. Academic journals, professional and trade publications, and society journals are covered. (What does "EEVL" stand for? See the EEVL FAQ.) More database info.
A full-text database. Open access from anywhere.

Scientific American Archive Online
The Scientific American Archive Online presents developments that have taken place in every field of science. It contains the entire editorial content and all special issues of Scientific American from January 1993 through to the present -- updated monthly. The Archive ALSO includes the monthly title: Scientific American Mind. The issues are presented as PDFs (Portable Document Format files) and include all the graphics.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

General Databases

Academic Search Premier
Provides full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. More database info.
A (largely) full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
The full-text online version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Expanded Academic ASAP
Meets research needs across all academic disciplines, from arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Lexis-Nexis Universe
Provides full-text documents from over 5,900 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications with a variety of flexible search options. More database info.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

MathSciNet
A comprehensive database covering the world's mathematical literature since 1940. More database info.
On-campus access only. More access info.

Periodical Abstracts
Periodical abstracts from general and academic journals. More database info.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Proceedings First
An OCLC index of worldwide conference proceedings. More database info.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

WorldCat
OCLC catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. More database info.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Journal Collections

Academic OneFile
Academic OneFile is a collection of more than 8,000 journals with full manual indexing, a robust backfile and coverage of a variety of academic disciplines -- from science, technology and medicine to the humanities, and includes full-text of major newspapers. Content is provided in both HTML and PDF formats. More database info.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

JSTOR
A collection of full-text scholarly journals. More database info.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

How to Find a Specific Journal

Simon’s Rock Full Text Journals
A searchable database of all the journals, magazines, and newspapers available to the Simon's Rock Community, both in print and online.
Works best from on-campus. More access info.

Computer Science Websites

Scirus
Scirus claims to be the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. It searches over 200 million science-specific Web pages, allowing access to reports, peer-reviewed articles, patents, pre prints, journals, and university web sites. Only a limited number of full-text articles are available free, but all hits include citations, and many include abstracts. More info.
Open access from anywhere.

W3C
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential. (High-sounding words, but this really is a fine source for information about HTML, XML, CSS, and all sorts of other website-related acronyms. Great tutorials.)

Webopedia
Webopedia is a free online dictionary for words, phrases and abbreviations that are related to computer and Internet technology.
Open access from anywhere.

General Websites

Google Scholar
The ever-ambitious Google’s attempt to index “scholarly” information on the web. Not exhaustive or entirely reliable (the project is still in development), but worth a try if you’ve drawn a blank everywhere else. Note that many of the articles indexed require payment for viewing (though you can usually obtain the article citation for free). More database info.
Limited full-text. Open access from anywhere.