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Computer Science Databases

ACM Digital Library (ACM)
A full-text database of journals, magazines, and conference proceedings published by the Association for Computing Machinery.
Computers & Applied Sciences Complete (EBSCOhost)
Covers the spectrum of applied sciences, including engineering, computers, and technology, as well as the social and business contexts of new technology.
Web of Science
Coverage: 1900-present
Includes books, journal articles, and conference proceedings from across all scientific disciplines and provides comprehensive citation searching. Also includes coverage articles in Social Sciences (1900-present) and Arts & Humanities (1975-present).

INSPEC (EBSCOhost)
Indexes journals and conference proceedings, primarily from physics, computer science, and electrical engineering. Also includes some physical chemistry (1898-present).
Computer Source (EBSCOhost)
Contains full text for approximately 300 journals and consumer computer magazines.

arXiv
Houses pre-publication copies of papers in many disciplines, including physics, astronomy, mathematics, computer science, and statistics.

MathSciNet
Useful for finding information on the mathematical underpinnings of topics in computer science.

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Academic Search Complete
Provides full text for nearly 5,300 journals in a variety of disciplines, including more than 4,400 peer-reviewed titles.
JSTOR
Holds digitized back-runs of journals in multiple fields, but typically doesn't include the most recent 3-5 years.
OhioLINK EJC
Search for full-text articles available via OhioLINK.

Google Scholar
Finds scholarly sources across the web. You may find different types of sources compared to traditional databases, but search tools are limited.
RefSeek
Searches the web for academic pages or documents. RefSeek also provides a nice directory of online reference sources.
Microsoft Academic Search
Similar to Google Scholar, with some additional ways to explore the literature.
BASE
Bielefield Academic Search Engine. Search for open access articles on the web.