Computer Science Research Guide

Computer Science Research Guide

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This research guide offers some of the key databases, book catalogs, journals, and more related to techniques and practical skills in Computer Science. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact the librarians.

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Journals and Articles

Annual Review of Computer Science
The Annual Review of Computer Science, in publication from 1986-1990, covered significant developments in the field of computer science.
ACM Digital Library
The ACM Digital Library is a comprehensive resource for scholarly research in computing and information technology, providing access to journals, conference proceedings, magazines, and books published by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). It covers a wide range of topics including computer science, software engineering, artificial intelligence, data science, and more.
IEEE Xplore
The IEEE Xplore digital library is a leading resource for research in engineering, electronics, computer science, and technology. It provides access to a vast collection of scholarly articles, conference papers, standards, and journals published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and its publishing partners.
Elsevier Science Direct
Elsevier ScienceDirect is a major platform providing access to a large collection of scientific and technical journals, including a substantial number of journals related to computer science and allied subjects. It covers diverse topics such as algorithms, artificial intelligence, networking, software engineering, databases, human-computer interaction, cybersecurity, data science, and more.
Springer Nature
Springer Nature publishes a broad portfolio of journals in computer science and allied subjects, which includes a diverse range of over 200 titles covering major subfields such as artificial intelligence, computational theory, software engineering, data science, computer vision, networking, cybersecurity, and more.
Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis publishes a significant collection of journals in computer science and allied subjects, with around 97 journals specifically in this domain. Their portfolio covers a variety of subfields including artificial intelligence, information security, human-computer interaction, cybernetics, information systems management, multimedia, and more.
Wiley
Wiley publishes around 45 journals related to computer science and allied subjects, covering topics such as artificial intelligence, software engineering, data mining, computational intelligence, networking, human-computer interaction, and more.
Emerald
Emerald Publishing offers around 32 journals focused on computer science and allied subjects. Their journals cover themes such as intelligent computing, cybernetics, information security, applied informatics, software and systems engineering, and interdisciplinary computing topics.
Sage Publishing
SAGE Publishing offers around 27 journals related to computer science and allied subjects. These journals cover interdisciplinary topics including artificial intelligence, robotics, data science, human-computer interaction, social computing, educational technology, and information systems.

Standards

W3C Standards and Drafts
Standards associated with the World Wide Web.
WCAG 2.1 Standards
Miami University is required to create online content to the WCAG 2.1 AA standard.
Standards.gov
Standards.Gov offers background materials and useful links for locating information about the use of standards in government.
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization)
Internet standards
Internet Society (ISOC), various titles are available through the RFC-Editor.

Databases

dblp computer science bibliography
PubMed Central
Health and Medicine use technology and informatics for computer-assisted diagnosis, electronic health records, the modelling of mapping of outbreaks and disease occurrence, plus the design and programming of specialized equipment.
CiteSeerx
CiteSeerx (originally called CiteSeer) is a public search engine and digital library for scientific and academic papers, primarily in the fields of computer and information.

Technical reports

Technical Reports at Cornell 1968-2002
This is a collection of technical reports from the Cornell's Computer Science (CS) Department from the time period of 1968-2002. These reports are part of the NCSTRL collection of Computer Science Technical Reports.
Technical Reports from Stanford
Technical Reports from Yale
Technical Reports from Yale back to 1971

Patent Search

CIPO Patent Search
Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)' patent database providing granted patents and patent applications.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) Search
The Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) system, in force from 1 January 2013, is a bilateral system which has been jointly developed by the EPO and the USPTO. It combines the best classification practices of the two offices.
Espacenet Patent Search
European Patent Office (EPO)'s patent database providing patent documents worldwide.
USPTO Patent Search
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)'s patent database for granted patents and patent applications.
WIPO Patent Search
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)'s patent database providing international and national patent documents.

Preprint Servers

arXiv
Open access to over one million research papers in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics. These are often author versions of articles intended for publication in scholarly publications.
arXiv: Computing Research Repository (CoRR)
The Computer Science section of arXiv was established in 1998 through a partnership of the Association for Computing Machinery, the Networked Computer Science Technical Reference Library, and arXiv.
CogPrints
CogPrints covers many areas of computer science such as artificial intelligence, robotics, vision, learning, speech, and neural networks. Its main coverage is in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics, and many other areas of the sciences that are pertinent to the study of cognition.
EngRxiv
Open preprint server for Engineering, launched in collaboration with the Center for Open Science. Subjects include: Aerospace Engineering, Biochemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering, and other engineering fields.
TechRxiv
Unpublished research in electrical engineering, computer science, and related technologies.

The open online robotics education resource

QUT Robot Academy
University-level, short video lessons and full online courses to help you understand and prepare for this technology of the future.

Web Resources

Cometdocs
A free online document management system for sharing, converting, and storing files.
Coursera - Computer Science
An online collection of computer science courses, including many that are free.
GitHub
A large collection of free programming eBooks.
Microsoft Imagine
Students can get software for free.
SourceForge
A large collection of free open source software.
w3schools.com
A web development portal with examples, tutorials, and quizzes in several web programming languages.
Zamzar
A free online tool that converts a wide variety of file formats.
Code Cademy
Find quick answers to coding questions in PHP, Python, R, SQL, and more.
Google for Education - Applied CS Skills
Applied CS Skills is a free online course by Google designed to prepare you for your CS career through hands on coding experience.
Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science is the number one publishing source for conference proceedings covering all areas of computer science.

Thesis and Dissertations

OATD (Open Access Theses and Dissertations)
OATD.org is a global indexing service for open access graduate theses and dissertations. It aggregates metadata from over 1,100 institutions and currently indexes more than 7 million records.
NDLTD Global ETD Search
Hosted by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations, this portal allows free, worldwide search and access to electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs).
Open Dissertations (EBSCO)
EBSCO Open Dissertations expands the availability and visibility of electronic theses and dissertations. It includes American Doctoral Dissertations and records from 1955 to present, facilitating discovery and citation in institutional repositories for global students and researchers.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
ProQuest offers one of the largest commercial collections of dissertations and theses worldwide, with millions of records across disciplines.
ShodhGangotri (INFLIBNET)
ShodhGangotri is an INFLIBNET initiative hosting synopses and research proposals submitted by Indian scholars before starting their PhD or research work. It reveals ongoing research topics and directions in India, helping avoid duplication and fostering scholarly collaboration.
ShodhGanga (INFLIBNET)
ShodhGanga is the companion repository that collects completed theses and dissertations from Indian universities.

Open access Resources

Directory of Open Access Journal
Directory of Open Access ebooks
Directory of Open Access Repositories
Project Gutenberg
Open Educational Resources (OER) Directory
NDLI
National Digital Library of India (NDLI) is a virtual repository of learning resources with search/browse facilities, sponsored and mentored by Ministry of Education, Government of India, through its National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT) and developed, operated and maintained from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
e-PG Pathsala
It is an educational dedicated portal available in open access. This portal is an MHRD Project that is being developed by dedicated team of NME-ICT department under the guidelines of UGC. The prime objective is to meet curriculum and course content to fulfill the requirement of every postgraduate learner.

Bibliographical and Citation Databases

Dimensions.ai
Developed by Digital Science & Research Solutions Ltd., Dimensions is an integrated research information platform that links publications, grants, patents, datasets, and clinical trials, providing both discovery and analytics capabilities.
Google Scholar
A freely accessible academic search engine indexing scholarly articles, theses, books, conference papers, and patents across disciplines. It offers citation tracking and author profiles to aid research visibility.

Journals Ranking

Clarivate Master Journal List (MJL)
The Clarivate MJL is an authoritative directory of peer-reviewed journals that are indexed in the Web of Science. It enables researchers to search and verify journals by discipline, publisher, ISSN, impact metrics, and coverage history. Inclusion in this list signifies adherence to high editorial standards, international peer review, and robust citation performance.
Scopus
Scopus is a comprehensive subscription-based abstract and citation database curated by Elsevier. It indexes peer-reviewed journals, books, conference proceedings, and patents across science, technology, medicine, social science, and the arts and humanities. Scopus is widely used for literature discovery, research analytics, citation tracking, author profiling, and journal evaluation via CiteScore, SJR (SCImago Journal Rank), and SNIP metrics.
SCImago Journal & Country Rank (SJR)
SCImago is a free online platform that provides journal and country rankings derived from Scopus data. The SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) is a metric reflecting the scientific influence of journals by accounting for both the number of citations and the prestige of the citing journals. Journals and research institutions can be compared using filters for discipline, region, and metric values, supporting bibliometric and impact analysis.

Literature Review Tools

Connected Papers
Developed by Connected Papers Ltd., this tool helps researchers explore and visualize relationships between academic papers. It generates a graph of related literature based on co-citation and similarity analysis, enabling efficient literature discovery.
Research Rabbit
Developed by ResearchRabbit, Inc., Research Rabbit is a literature discovery and visualization platform that helps track research topics, authors, and papers over time. It provides personalized recommendations and collaborative research features.
Litmaps
Developed by Litmaps Ltd., Litmaps enables researchers to visualize citation networks, track the evolution of ideas, and discover new relevant literature through interactive mapping of academic publications.

Reference Management Tool

Mendeley
Developed by Elsevier, Mendeley is a reference manager and academic social network that helps researchers organize citations, collaborate online, and discover research. It offers citation styles, PDF annotation, and cloud synchronization.

Statistical Analysis Tool

JASP
Developed by the JASP Team at the University of Amsterdam, JASP is an open-source statistical software that provides both classical and Bayesian analysis. Its intuitive interface is designed to make advanced statistical methods accessible to researchers.
PSPP
Developed by the GNU Project, PSPP is a free, open-source alternative to SPSS for statistical analysis. It supports descriptive statistics, correlation, regression, and non-parametric tests, and can handle large datasets efficiently.

Academic Writing Tools

Overleaf
Overleaf is a collaborative online LaTeX editor designed for scientific and technical writing, enabling users to easily create, format, and share documents for research, learning, and publication.

Journal ranking in Google Scholar

ExCITATION
ExCITATION is a browser extension for Google Scholar designed to help academics and researchers quickly identify leading journals and important studies by providing journal rankings, citation sorting, and instant abstract previews.

SDG mapping tool

KNOWSDGS SDG mapping tool
The KNOWSDGS SDG mapping tool is an advanced platform created by the EU's Joint Research Centre to identify, map, and analyze research and policy connections to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs).

Social Networking site

ResearchGate
ResearchGate is a commercial social networking platform specifically designed for scientists and researchers to share academic papers, ask and answer research-related questions, and find collaborators worldwide. Founded in 2008, it has grown to host over 150 million publication pages and connect more than 20 million researchers. Researchers create profiles to showcase their work, share full-text articles, and track the impact of their research through metrics like reads and citations. The platform also includes a Q&A knowledgebase for scholarly discussions.

Data Visualization Tools

VOSviewer
Developed by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University, VOSviewer is a software tool for creating and visualizing bibliometric networks. It is widely used for mapping co-authorship, citation, and keyword networks in research analysis.
Bibliometrix
An R-based open-source tool for comprehensive bibliometric and scientometric analysis. It supports data import from major databases like Scopus, Web of Science, and PubMed, and offers statistical, network, and thematic mapping functionalities.
CiteSpace
A Java-based application for visualizing and analyzing trends and patterns in scientific literature. CiteSpace is used for detecting emerging topics, mapping knowledge domains, and identifying critical articles in a research field.

Research Metrics Tools

CiteScore (CS)
CiteScore measures the average citations received per document published in a journal over a four-year period. It helps assess a journal's scholarly impact and influence.
JCR Impact Factor 2024
Published by Clarivate Analytics, the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) Impact Factor indicates the average number of citations to recent articles published in a specific journal. It is a widely recognized metric for evaluating journal performance.
SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)
The SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) indicator, developed by SCImago Lab and based on Scopus data, measures a journal's prestige by considering both the number of citations and the importance of the citing journals.

Other Tools

Open Policy Finder
Developed by Jisc (UK), this tool helps researchers and institutions locate and compare open access policies from publishers and funding agencies. It supports compliance with funder mandates and promotes transparency in scholarly publishing.
UGC Regulation and Research Integrity
This document outlines the University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines on promoting ethics and academic integrity in higher education. It details best practices for maintaining research quality, avoiding misconduct, and ensuring adherence to ethical standards.
Elsevier Journal Finder
A free tool that helps authors match their manuscript to Elsevier journals based on the title, abstract, and keywords, along with information on scope, impact, and submission guidelines.
Taylor & Francis Journal Suggester
Assists authors in finding suitable Taylor & Francis journals by analyzing their manuscript details and suggesting relevant matches.
Springer Journal Finder
Provides a searchable database of Springer journals, enabling authors to filter by discipline, scope, and impact to identify the most relevant publication outlet.
Wiley Journal Finder
Matches manuscripts to suitable Wiley journals using title, abstract, and keyword analysis, with details on scope, acceptance rates, and submission requirements.
JANE (Journal/Author Name Estimator)
A free journal recommendation tool primarily for biomedical and life sciences. It matches manuscript content to journals indexed in PubMed, helping authors identify relevant publication venues.
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