If you are a student at a program or course in computer science you will benefit from knowing about these information resources.
ARTICLES
ELIN@Blekinge
is a database where you will find most of our electronic journals. Also articles from conferences and standards are available. Most articles can be printed in full text format. In ELIN you can create a personal user account which is practical when for instance you are writing a paper. You can save your search and the articles you need during the writing process. ELIN has an alert service, which means that if you have a favourite journal you can get an e-mail message with the table of contents for the latest issue.
If you want to refine your search you can search each journal database separately. Here are the most important journal databases:
IEEE Xplore
Is a database which contains full text documents from IEEE’s (Institute of Electrical Electronic Engineering’s) own journals, magazines, transactions (writings published by scientific expert groups), conference proceedings and standards from 1988- plus a selection of older material from 1950-. The content covers technical subjects and computer science among others. IEEE Xplore contains the usual search facilities. If you search By Author there is an index where you can collect the “correct” surname. If you have access to a reference management system, e.g. EndNote, you can save the reference after you have conducted a search in the Basic or Advanced Search field. Another search function is CrossRef Search. It enables simultaneous searches in IEEE Xplore and 36 other publishers’ academic full text publications. Because of the limited number of simultaneous users there is limited access to IEEE Xplore, which means that sometimes it might happen that you are not admitted, but you are instructed to try again later.
ScienceDirect
Is a full text database produced by Elsevier. The database is divided in a number of science fields, and Computer Science is one of those. Choose the Search-button already from the beginning to limit the search to Computer Science and/or related fields. References can for example be saved in a reference management system, but they can also be saved via e-mail. By registering for free you can get an alert service via e-mail with new articles that contain the saved search query, and you can also get an alert when the latest issue of your favourite journal has arrived.
ACM Digital library
Is a database which covers different aspects within the field of computer science, e.g. programming languages, artificial intelligence, operating systems or human-computer interaction. The database contains full text articles from their own journals, magazines and transactions, proceedings and news letters. ACM also consists of a number of subject specific groups called Special Interest Groups (SIGs). Unlike the other databases ACM DL is not found in ELIN. At the main page you might get confused about the two choices: ACM DL and the Guide, choose DL. The Guide is a reference database which also contains computer science references from many other publishers. If you choose the Advanced Search form you can combine the search using index terms from ACM’s own classification system (CSS). When you are happy with the result you can save the search query or the article in a folder, in ACM DL it is called Binder. You can also share Binder with colleagues.
Inspec/Compendex
Unlike the above mentioned article databases, Inspec/Compendex is a reference database. This means that you can not print the whole article, but only an abstract of the content.
Compendex
Is the most extensive database today which covers the whole field of engineering. References are collected from more than 5.000 leading technology journals, proceedings and technical reports from the whole world from 1969 until today.
Inspec
The content of Inspec is more focused on computer science and related subject fields such as electronics, information technology and communication. References are collected from about 3.500 scientific journals and 1.500 proceedings and technical standards from 1969 until today. You can either choose to search both databases simultaneously, or if you prefer that, search one database at a time. Regardless of which search form you choose (Easy Search, Quick Search or Expert Search) you have access to different lists in the box Browse Indexes. E.g. the same author can occur in different name forms, and in the list Author you can choose the name forms that suit your search. The search result also depends on what subject word you choose, use the list Controlled term to see if your subject word is in the database.
Compendex/Inspec also have alert-service. If you register for free you can save your references and searches in your own folder.
BOOKS
The Library catalogue
Is the joint catalogue for the three libraries of Blekinge Institute of Technology, Campus Gräsvik in Karlskrona, Piren in Karlshamn and Infocenter in Ronneby. You can search the catalogue, make reservations and borrow books from all three places. To be able to make reservations or borrow media you must be a registered patron. Read about loan regulations under the heading Our services at the Library web page. If you can not find the title you want in the catalogue, you can order it as an interlibrary loan.
Libris
Use Libris when you can not find the title you want in the library catalogue. Libris is the national library system which all university and university college libraries, as well as authority libraries, are connected to. Libris offers free searching among close to five million titles in Swedish libraries. When you want to borrow a book as interlibrary loan, remember that it takes about 1-2 weeks for the book to arrive.
E-BOOKS
Today there is not only printed books in the library’s collections, but we also offer electronic books, so called e-books, which are collected in different e-book databases.
Ebrary
is one such e-book database. Since the database covers all subject areas, only about 1.500 of the titles belong to the field of technology and computer science. In order to open the books in ebrary you must download ebrary reader, which only takes a couple of seconds. By clicking the book title you get the table of contents of the book and using the arrows you can turn the pages of the book. You can also choose font size. If you want to print pages, make personal bookmarks or use the highlighter you must create a personal bookshelf. Several persons can read the same book simultaneously. You can only print 5 pages at a time.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
Is a book series from the publishing house Springer. The book series is also available in full text in their database SpringerLink. It is easiest to use subject words at article level.
Wiley InterScience
Collection Computer Science
For searching literature there are other catalogues than library catalogues or e-book databases.
Since computer technology and computer science are subject fields that often require recently published literature you can also use an Internet bookstore, e.g Amazon to find new literature. Then you can leave purchase suggestions at the Library web page. Choose Order form. When the book has arrived you will get a message when you can pick up the book at your library.
Ingela Brising
2005-05-26
