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Last Updated: 24-Feb-2014

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Research databases

ACM Digital Library [electronic resource].
New York : Association for Computing Machinery,
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
This site provides searchable and browsable access to many ACM journals and transactions beginning with volume 1. It also includes conference proceedings as far back as 1954, as well as many Special Interest Group (SIG) publications. Part of the ACM Portal to Computing Literature which includes the ACM Guide to Computing Literature.
CiteSeerX [electronic resource] : scientific literature digital library and search engine
[University Park, Pa.] : Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
A scientific literature digital library and search engine that focuses primarily on the literature in computer and information science.
arXiv.org [electronic resource].
[Ithaca, N.Y.] : Cornell University
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Allows researchers to search, browse and download papers from its free online repository.
Engineering index.
New York [etc.]
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » Z5851 .E62 V.95:PT.10 1996
Contains over 9 million records and references over 5,000 international engineering sources including journal, conference, and trade publications. Also known as Engineering Index.
IEEE Xplore [electronic resource].
[Piscataway, N.J.?] : IEEE, c1998-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Provides full-image access to the publications of both the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE); includes all journals, magazines, standards and conference proceedings.
INSPEC [electronic resource].
[United States] : Institution of Electrical Engineers, INSPEC service, [19--]-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Provides a comprehensive index to the published literature in physics, electrical/electronic engineering, computing, control engineering, information technology, production, manufacturing and mechanical engineering as well as materials science, oceanography, nuclear engineering, geophysics, biomedical engineering and biophysics. Coverage begins in 1898.
Scopus [electronic resource].
[New York] : Elsevier, 2004-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Scopus has particularly strong international coverage of science and technology. Scopus includes sophisticated tools to track, analyze and visualize research.
Web of science core collection.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Provides access to the Science citation index expanded from 1900 to the present, and records from January 1991 to the present include abstracts.

Books and manuals

The library collection includes thousands of titles for reference and research. To find print books in the library, search our library catalog, SearchWorks. You can also find many e-books in the catalog.

Safari

The collection includes books on computing and information technology published by O'Reilly, New Riders, Microsoft Press, SAS Publishing, and others. We have a simultaneous-user limit, so please be to sure to log out when you're done. The Safari mobile app is only available for Safari individual subscribers, not institutional users.

Books 24x7

The ITPro collection at Books24x7.com is composed of many popular computer technical books, including selected books from the Dummies series, Sams, Osbourne/McGraw-Hill, MIT Press, Peachpit Press, and Sybex. There are also books on computers and society and e-commerce. There's no need to register unless you want to personalize the site using the "My Bookshelf" feature.

SpringerLink

Includes books and journals in computer science, artificial intelligence and robotics, computer communication networks, software engineering, algorithm analysis and problem complexity, data encryption, database management, computation by abstract devices, and theory of computation. Also includes full-text access to Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Technical reports

Searching the technical reports collection

Print versions of computer science technical reports are held by the Mathematics & Statistics Library. Records for the reports can be found in SearchWorks, by searching for the title of the report.

The collection includes computer science, mathematics, statistics, and operations research technical reports from various sources around the world from the mid-1950's to the present. The bulk of the collection is composed of computer science-related reports issued by U.S. institutions from the 1970's and 1980's. Many were later published in magazines and refereed journals.

Searching for and downloading Stanford Computer Science technical reports and notes

The most recent technical reports (2000+ ) can be found at on the Computer Science Technical Report server. To search for technical reports or browse the Computer Science Department technical reports and notes available online (with abstracts) by decade and by type. Click on the link of the report (if available) to download a copy from the ftp site. Please note that only some Stanford technical reports are available online. Reports published prior to 2000 can be found in SearchWorks.

For other sources of Technical Reports and instructions on accessing Stanford CS Technical Reports via FTP, please see the Mathematics & Statistics Library Technical Reports page.