Articles/Conference
Papers 
See also Online Journals
| ERes (Electronic
Reserves) | Connecting
to Online Resources from Home | Minimum
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Use the databases below to search for articles via keyword, subject,
or author. Links to the electronic version of the article are often available.
If the article is only available in print, these databases will give you
the library's call number (location) for the journal. [more
info]
ACM
Portal [UC Only]
This information portal from the ACM (Association of Computing Machinery)
consists of two interlinking parts: the ACM
Digital Library and the ACM
Guide to Computing Literature. The ACM Digital Library is a searchable
database of all the works published by ACM since its inception, with links
to the full text of each article. The Digital Library is for the ACM what
Xplore is for the IEEE. All of the content of the Digital Library is also
available through INSPEC (including all the full text), though perhaps
newly published items may appear here sooner than in INSPEC. The ACM Guide
to Computing Literature is a database of computing literature from many
publishers, including ACM. As of November 2001 the Guide included only
816 journal titles, making it much less comprehensive than INSPEC for
articles. However, the Guide's coverage of conferences (2,494), and books
(16,972) is very rich and may actually rival that of INSPEC for those
formats. The Guide also includes citations to some doctoral and masters
theses. For more, see Dissertations.
CiteSeer
(also known as ResearchIndex) Editor's Choice!
ResearchIndex is a free, full-text index to the freely available research
articles on the web. This index is popular with computer scientists because
a great deal of the their literature is available this way, and because
ResearchIndex also provides citation analysis. Furthermore, while Web
of Science (the other citation database) doesn't index conference
papers (which are a mainstay in computer science), ResearchIndex does
(if the proceedings are on the web for free). It also offers reference
linking, extraction of citation context and related document detection.
And, similar to Amazon.com, it will show you documents that users who
viewed your document also looked at. The icing on the cake is that each
record even provides the BibTeX entry for the article for those using
that programming language to create their bibliographies.
Engineering
Village (EV/Compendex and/or NTIS)
EV platform, 1884-present, is owned by Elsevier Publishing; and Inspec
has been available on the EV platform since 2003.
IEEE Xplore
[UC Only]
1988-present. Full-text access to IEEE transactions, journals, magazines
and conference proceedings published since 1988 and all current IEEE
standards. Browse by journal title, conference name; search by author,
subject, abstract keywords, etc. All of the content here is also included
in the INSPEC database (including the full text), though perhaps newly
published items may appear here sooner than in INSPEC.
Academic Search Complete [UC Only]
1980-present. Citations to articles from selected scholarly, scientific
and general interest journals, and popular magazines in all subject
areas. Many citations include links to the full-text of an article.
Good place to start for general multidisciplinary searches or for more
popular articles.
INSPEC
via OVID [UC only] Editor's Choice!
Covers 1969-present. This is the best choice for comprehensive coverage
of journal articles and conference papers in electrical engineering,
computer science and physics. (For noncommercial computer science articles
freely available on the Internet, see CiteSeer
below.) INSPEC includes all the IEEE, IEE and ACM literature as well
as many other publishers (which makes it broader than IEEE
Xplore which covers only the IEEE/IEE literature).INSPEC
via Ovid (1898-1968) is now available.
OVID
AutoAlerts Tutorial:
create a search that runs automatically in INSPEC with
new database records sent to your email.
Scitopia
Created through the collaboration of 15 leading science and technology
societies. It searches the entire electronic libraries of the leading
voices in major science and technology disciplines and provides relevant
results, without the noise of other Internet search engines. You will
get to the content you need quickly without having to search each individual
society’s online library. More than three million documents, including
peer-reviewed journal content and technical conference papers, spanning
150 years of science and technology can be searched through the site.
Web Of
Science (Science Citation Index) [UC Only]
1975-present. This is an index to scientific journal articles that also
allows you to search for citations to a particular article. You look
up the reference to a work that you know about to find more recent journal
articles that have cited it. Cited reference searching is a unique way
to trace ideas and subjects from past research into the present day.
Searchable by author, keyword, and cited reference. Unfortunately this
database does not cover conference literature. Because
there are a limited number of ports available, please be sure to logoff
when you are finished so that your connection can be made available
to someone else.
Cited Reference Search Quick
Guide [pdf]
UCSC ranked second worldwide in physical sciences research based
upon citation data (June 2001).
Complete
list of Science & Engineering Databases available to UCSC users.
Not finding what you need? Email
a reference librarian.
Online Journals
See also: Connecting
to Online Resources from Home Using Sluglink (the UCSC Library Proxy
Server) | How To
Determine if UCSC Owns A Particular Journal
List of
Electronic Full Text Journals
- Search by words in the journal title to find journals which are available
in full-text electronic format to UCSC users.
Not finding what you need? Email
a reference librarian.
Books
See also: Overview Information
- Encyclopedias, Handbooks & Dictionaries | Connecting
to Online Resources from Home
Is the building construction blocking your
access to the Science & Engineering Library? Faculty,
graduate students, and staff can use an online form to request that
S&E Library books be checked out and delivered to your campus address
through Document
Delivery.
CRUZCAT
Catalog for the UCSC Libraries. Includes our library locations for books,
journals, conference proceedings, maps, videos and more.
Flash movie tutorial: Searching
by KEYWORD (2:55 min) 
Flash movie tutorial: Searching
for a Known Journal Title (2:40 min)
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O'Reilly
Books Online (via Safari) [UCSC Only] - Please
log off when done!
Desktop access to over one hundred O'Reilly & Associates
technical books, cover to cover. Topics include Java, Linux/Unix, Networking,
Perl, Programming, Software Engineering, Web Development, XML, Bioinformatics,
etc. There is a 10-minute "time-out" period for each user
session. If there is no activity on the interface for 10 minutes the
user will be logged out, thus making the system available for another
user.
ENGnetBASE
- Engineering Handbooks Online [UC Only]
The complete text of over 149 engineering handbooks from CRC Press,
in the fields of electrical, communications, biomedical, environmental,
mechanical, structural, and ocean engineering. Each chapter is a pdf
file and is full-text searchable. Sample titles include: Handbook
of Antennas in Wireless Communications, and the Computer
Engineering Handbook.
New
Engineering Books in the Science & Engineering Library
See the list of engineering books purchased last month for the Science
& Engineering Library. The list is updated once a month to show
items purchased in the previous month. A new book list for Computer
Science and for other
subjects are also available.
Books and Other Materials on Reserve for Classes
Students -- Course reserves are listed in the CRUZCAT
online catalog. You can search by course
name or instructor
to find items on reserve for your class. Instructors -- Instructions
on how to place materials on reserve are available.
Melvyl
Catalog
The combined catalog of items owned by each of the libraries in the
UC system. You can REQUEST items to be sent to you from other libraries.
[more info]
Getting
Started with the New Melvyl
Bay Tree
Bookstore
Not finding what you need? Email
a reference librarian.
Data
See also Comprehensive
Web Sites | Science
Library Virtual Reference Shelf
ENGnetBASE
- Engineering Handbooks Online [UC Only]
Editor's Choice!
- The complete text of over 149 engineering handbooks from CRC Press,
many of which contain substantial tables of data. Each chapter is a
pdf file and is full-text searchable. Sample titles include: Handbook
of Formulas and Tables for Signal Processing.
The
Chip Directory
Numerically and functionally ordered chip lists, chip pinouts and
lists of chip manufacturers, manufacturers of controller embedding tools,
electronics books, CDROM's, magazines, WWW sites. ChipDocs.com
"The online datasheet source for electronic components and semiconductors,
especially for obsolete parts."
The Datasheet
Locator
Datasheet Locator is a free electronic engineering tool that enables
you to locate product datasheets from hundreds of electronic component
manufacturers worldwide. Access is by company name.
eFunda:
Engineering Fundamentals
EFunda provides extensive unit conversion, equations, online calculators,
and material data of value to engineers.
Electrical
Engineers Circuits Archive (EECA) from the College of Engineering,
University of Washington
A directory of circuit diagrams freely available on the Web
- Electrical
Conversions, Formulas and References - From the RF Cafe
Looking for Maxwell's equations or capacitance conversions? This is
the Web Site for you.
Thomas
Register of American Manufacturers
Product and service suppliers in 52,000 categories. Good for finding
company contact information or getting lists of suppliers for a particular
product. Many online product catalogs are also available that may contain
product specifications. You must complete the free registration in order
to perform a search. You can also try Thomas
Regional for added local information.
Not finding what you need? Email
a reference librarian.
Patents
United States Patent
and Trademark Office
- Full text patent search since 1976, full page images since 1790. Search
for trademarks, both live and dead. General information regarding patents
and trademarks is also provided.
USPTO
Manual of Classification
The European Patent Office's free network of databases. You can
search patent applications in their original language, or a database
of patents with English titles and abstracts.
Pioneering
EE Patents
Twice each month, EEPATENTS.com showcases a pioneering patent in the
field of Electrical Engineering. Check back regularly as original patents
are featured for such fundamental building blocks of EE design as the
transistor, the superhetrodyne receiver, and the computer mouse. You
can view a summary of each historic patent and, if you like, get a free
copy as a PDF file.
Not finding what you need? Email
a reference librarian.
News & Recent Information
Newspaper
Databases - list of newspaper databases available to UCSC researchers.
C/NET
Source for information about computers, the Internet, and digital
technologies. Buyer's guides, reviews, latest tech news, jobs, how-to's
on software, hardware, and consumer electronics. Also a good source
for software to download.
ZDNet
Ziff-Davis site for reviews, news, downloads, how-to's and help
guides, jobs, salary guide, and ZD published computer magazines including
Macworld, PC Computing, PC Magazine, PC Week, Computer Shopper, and
Yahoo! Internet Life.
Not finding what you need? Email
a reference librarian.
Overview Information
- Encyclopedias, Handbooks & Dictionaries
See also Books
Encyclopedia Britannica
[UC Only]
- While not exclusively a science encyclopedia, this is a good place
to get oriented to subjects that are new to you, or to get an overview
of a multidisciplinary subject. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
is also available from this interface.
ENGnetBASE
- Engineering Handbooks Online [UC Only]
The complete text of over 149 engineering handbooks from CRC Press,
in the fields of electrical, communications, biomedical, environmental,
mechanical, structural, and ocean engineering. Each chapter is a pdf
file and is full-text searchable. Sample titles include: Handbook
of Antennas in Wireless Communications, and the Computer
Engineering Handbook.
Dictionaries
The Science Library also has an extensive collection of printed science
encyclopedias, handbooks and specialized subject dictionaries located
in the reference section of the library, behind the reference desk. Search
CRUZCAT by keyword to see what is
available and to obtain specific call numbers (library locations).
Not finding what you need? Email
a reference librarian.
Dissertations
Proquest
Dissertations & Theses [UC Only]
- This database provides access to the full-text of all Ph.D. dissertations
from University of California campuses since 1997 (many issued in late
1996 are also available). The first twenty-four pages of dissertations
from many other universities is also available. Also included, with
more than 1.5 million entries, is the Dissertation Abstracts International
database, the authoritative source for information about doctoral dissertations
and master's theses. The database includes citations for materials ranging
from the first US dissertation, accepted in 1861, to those accepted
as recently as last semester; those published from 1980 forward also
include 350-word abstracts, written by the author. UCSC master's theses
are not in this database. Citations for master's theses from
many other universities are available here.
Not finding what you need? Email
a reference librarian.
Societies and Associations
Not finding what you need? Email
a reference librarian.
Comprehensive Web
Sites
See also Data
Nanotechnology
from EEVL:
Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library
- A selection of key web sites in the field, followed by an alphabetical
listing of additional sites of all types: university programs, tutorials,
companies, and data compilations to name a few. The resources here have
been selected and annotated by librarians.
Nanotechnology
Now
A portal that includes a wide range of information including news, white
papers, definitions and general information, book reviews, event listings
and more. It is sponsored by the Foresight Institute who's goal is "to
guide emerging technologies to improve the human condition."
NanoScout
This is a new nanotechnology web portal that looks promising. Includes
links to news, jobs, company information, research groups, software,
recommended books and more.
The EE Compendium
Comprehensive directory of links to hardware, software, projects
and tutorials for electronic engineering and embedded systems programming.
eg3.com
eg3.com is a community portal that indexes all the net resources, free
software, papers, books, hardware, and services of value to the embedded,
dsp, system-on-a-chip, and real-time community.
Optics.Org: Photonics
Resources for Scientists and Engineers
Lots here: news, a buyer's guide, job postings, product announcements,
selected feature articles (we recommend INSPEC
for a more complete search), and more.
Not finding what you need?
Email a reference
librarian.
Jobs & Career Information
IEEE
Career and Employment Resources
- Read electrical engineering and computer engineering job postings
and post your resume. IEEE Spectrum also offers a Careers
site, with career and job information.
America's Job
Bank
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor. Job seekers can post
their resumes and search for job openings. Employers can post job listings
and search resumes.
Chronicle of
Higher Education - Career Network
Jobs in academia plus career guidance. For the most current job listings,
users must be Chronicle subscribers, however, the previous weeks' listings
are viewable by anyone.
JobStar: California
Looking for a job or planning a career in California? Check out
this directory of job links (including job fairs, job hotlines, searchable
databases of job advertisements posted in local newspapers), salary
information, and career planning advice.
Thinking about going to graduate school?
Check out the Peterson's Education
Center for college catalogs.
Not finding what you need? Email
a reference librarian.
Grants & Scholarships
Community of Science
Funding Opportunities
- Search for research funding opportunities from sources that include
private and government sources such as the NSF, NIH, USDA. Search by
keyword, deadline, funding amounts, geographic area, and more. E-mail
funding alert available.
Foundation Center
Web site for the primary national clearinghouse on grant-making
by private, charitable, community, and corporate foundations. Find foundations
by state, or ranked by assets, and total giving.
National
Science Foundation Grants Information
The NSF is the independent US government agency responsible for
promoting science & engineering.
Not finding what you need? Email
a reference librarian.
Writing Tools
See also Style
Guides | Dictionaries | Public
Speaking Help
Books about communication
of technical information, and books about
technical writing are available for you to borrow at the Science &
Engineering Library. Check the lists to see what's available.
The S&E Library also has a copy of Proposals
That Work: A Guide for Planning Dissertations and Grant Proposals
by Lawrence F. Locke, et al. that you might find useful.
LaTeX Resources
LaTeX is not a word processor, but rather a typesetting language. LaTeX
is based on Donald E. Knuth's TeX language. LaTeX was first developed
in 1985 by Leslie Lamport, and is now being maintained and developed by
the LaTeX3 Project. LaTeX
is a very common standard for the communication and publication of scientific
documents.
Faculty
Guide to Cyber-Plagiarism
A site primarily focused on information for faculty regarding the
recognition and prevention of plagiarism. A helpful section on writing
tips for students is also available.
UC
Copyright
Links to UC copyright policies at the systemwide and local campus
level, plus local campus contacts, copyright FAQs, and other information
related to the use of copyrighted and public domain materials.
Copyright
Law & Graduate Research: New Media, New Rights and Your New Dissertation
by Kenneth D. Crews
EndNote
EndNote (available for purchase at an academic discount at the UCSC
Bay Tree Bookstore) is a database manager used in concert with a
word processor on PCs and Macs. EndNote allows you to create your own
personal library to store and manage references to documents. It works
with Word and WordPerfect, and with other common PC and Mac word processors,
to insert citations into papers and to format bibliographies in any
of hundreds of styles. EndNote can import search results from many bibliographic
databases, including INSPEC, Current Contents, and Web of Science.
Not finding what you need? Email
a reference librarian.
Public Speaking Help
See also Writing Tools
How
to Give a Talk: Changing the Culture of Academic Public Speaking -
Editor's Choice!
- A short paper full of excellent practical advice. From Paul N. Edwards
at the School of Information, University of Michigan.
Dealing
with Presentation Disasters
Very useful suggestions for the most common disasters that befall
almost everyone, even though the perspective here is business oriented.
Books on communicating
technical information and using
Microsoft PowerPoint available for checkout from the UCSC Libraries
Is the building construction blocking your access to the Science &
Engineering Library?
Not finding what you need? Email
a reference librarian.
Teaching Resources
NetTrail Online
Literacy Course (University of California, Santa Cruz) -
Editor's Choice!
Here your students will learn the Internet skills that will help them
succeed academically. The NetTrail contains four modules, each covering
an important area of Internet use: browsing the World Wide Web, sending
and receiving e-mail, searching online library resources and reading and
posting newsgroup messages.
Instruction/Classes/Workshops
at the UCSC Science Library -
Editor's Choice!
Find out how the library can help you and your students become
more efficient researchers.
TILT
(University of Texas, Austin)
This is a great place to start. A fun, interactive library tutorial
that will prepare your students to explore and do research in an online
world.
Case
Study Teaching in Science
A refereed national clearinghouse for case studies in teaching science
courses, including many in chemistry, environmental sciences, and biology.
The use of case studies develops students' skills in group learning, speaking,
and critical thinking.
Not finding what you need? Email
a reference librarian.
The Computer Engineering
Librarian
Wei Wei is the Computer Engineering
Librarian at UCSC. She can help you with:
- Suggestions for engineering books or journals for the library to purchase,
- Library instruction for your classes, lab or research group (topics
are tailored to your interests, ranging from basic computer searching
to the use of specialized resources in engineering),
- Citation searches online, or refreshers on how to use article databases,
MELVYL or CRUZCAT.
Wei can be reached at wwei@ucsc.edu,
or phone x9-3582, Science & Engineering Library. |
