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Journals/Magazines

Scopus Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Link to Article
Scopus is an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources with tools to track, analyze and visualize research. Its content falls most heavily in the physical and life sciences, but it also covers social sciences and humanities literature.

  • Contains more than 47 million records, 70% with abstracts, more than 19,500 titles from 5,000 publishers worldwide.  70% of content is pulled from international sources.  Includes MEDLINE.
  • Records since 1996 include searchable cited references.
  • Shortcut: go/scopus (on campus) or http://go.middlebury.edu/scopus (off-campus)

IEEE Computer Science Digital Library Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available
The IEEE Computer Society Digital Library (CSDL) provides online access to 27 society magazines and transactions and more than 4,100 conference publications.

Academic OneFile Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Link to Article Some full text available
1980 - current. Interdisciplinary index covering over 10,000 scholarly and popular journals and magazines. Most references include full-text or links to full-text. Contains all of Expanded Academic Index ASAP. Coverage of scientific journals is limited.  Shortcuts:  go/onefile (on campus),  http://go.middlebury.edu/onefile (off-campus).

The ACM Digital Library Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available Resource contains images
Full text of every article ever published by ACM. This is a subscription resource; for off-campus access, enter your Middlebury username and password when prompted.
Note: Middlebury College subscription access via the WALDO Consortium

arXiv Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
An e-print service in the fields of physics, mathematics, non-linear science, computer science, and quantitative biology. Many of the papers are scheduled to be published in professional journals. Because papers are submitted and posted without peer review, the archive represents extremely up-to-date research. Materials are added on a daily basis.

CiNii - Citation Index by National Institute of Informatics Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only
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CiteSeer Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
CiteSeer is a scientific literature digital library and search engine that focuses primarily on the literature in computer and information science.

Computer Database Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Link to Article Some full text available Resource contains images
For researchers who need to keep pace with the fast changing world of high technology, Computer Database is their Internet-accessible reference solution. With Computer Database, library users can access today's most well-read and influential periodicals on the computer, telecommunications and electronics industries -- all in one seamless search.
Note: Indexes over 900 publications, including IEEE and ACM transactions and proceedings.

Computing Research Repository (CoRR) Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Access to electronic manuscripts that have not yet been published.

Google Scholar Unrestricted Resource Link to Article
Searches for many types of primarily scholarly sources including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other organizations. Some documents will be available for free while others require a subscription or a one-time access fee.

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  • To prompt Google Scholar to display links to resources in Middlebury's collection: 1) Go to "Scholar Preferences" (click on the cogwheel in the upper-right), 2) Search "Library Links" for "Middlebury," 3) Select all displayed Middlebury locations, and 4) "Save Preferences."

Internet and Personal Computing Abstracts Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only

MathSciNet Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Link to Article
MathSciNet® is an electronic publication offering access to a carefully maintained and easily searchable database of reviews, abstracts and bibliographic information for much of the mathematical sciences literature. Over 100,000 new items are added each year, most of them classified according to the Mathematics Subject Classification.  Over 40,000 reviews are added to the database each year. MathSciNet® contains over 2 million items and over 1 million direct links to original articles. Bibliographic data from retrodigitized articles dates back to the early 1800s. Reference lists are collected and matched internally from approximately 450 journals, and citation data for journals, authors, articles and reviews is provided. 

ProQuest Computing Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available
Database design, software development, web commerce, LANs, WANs, intranets and the internet - journal articles.  Coverage: 1998-Current

Research Tools

Gartner Research On-campus use only Some full text available
Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) is the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company. Delivering technology-related insight that helps clients to make the right decisions, every day, Middlebury has access to Gartner's extensive research.

LibX Middlebury College Edition Unrestricted Resource
LibX Middlebury College Edition is a Firefox and Internet Explorer extension that provides direct access to Middlebury's Library resources. It features:

Toolbar & right-click context menu: Search MIDCAT directly from the LibX toolbar or using the right-click context menu.

Support for off-campus access via EZProxy: Using the Library's off-campus proxy, you may reload a page through the proxy, or follow a link via the proxy, making it appear as though you are coming from an on-campus computer.

Quick full text access to journal articles: LibX uses Google Scholar to search for articles and directs the user to the electronic copy subscribed to by your Library. Select a citation, then drag-and-drop it onto the Scholar button on the toolbar. You can use this feature even from inside a PDF file, which makes retrieving papers referenced in a PDF file a snap.

Support for embedded cues: LibX places cues in web pages you visit if your library has resources related to that page. Whenever you see the cue, click on the link to look at what the Middlebury Library has to offer. For instance, book pages at Amazon or Barnes & Noble will contain cues that link to the book's entry in MIDCAT. Cues are displayed at Google, Yahoo! Search, the NY Times Book Review, and other pages. Watch this screencast for examples of this cool feature. (requires Macromedia Flash Plugin)

Support for xISBN: A book title can have different ISBNs for the paperback, the hardcover, even for different editions. LibX supports OCLC's xISBN service: you can find a book, given an ISBN, even if the library holds this book under a different ISBN.

Web Sites

Computer History Museum Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains video Resource contains audio

  The mission of the Computer History Museum is to preserve and present for posterity the artifacts and stories of the information age. As such, the Museum plays a unique role in the history of the computing revolution and its worldwide impact on the human experience.

Note: CHM is also a bricks and mortar museum.

National Science Digital Library (NSDL) Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains video Resource contains audio
NSDL is the nation's online library for education and research in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics. NSDL now provides access to audio, video, and other multimedia resources for science and math education through Apple's iTunes Store. The Beyond Campus section of iTunes U provides free access to material from museums, public radio and television stations, and other non-profit educational providers.
There is no cost to use or download materials from NSDL on iTunes U.
Note: Funded by the National Science Foundation

The Pew Internet and American Life Project Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images

A non-profit research center studying the social effects of the Internet on Americans. Report topic include:

  • E-Gov & E-Policy
  • Internet Evolution
  • Technology & Media Use
  • Online Activities & Pursuits

Programmers' Heaven Unrestricted Resource
An online reference for programmers, featuring over 31,989 files, links and articles to explore. Job postings, message boards, and more.

Videolectures.net Unrestricted Resource Resource contains video Resource contains audio
Free on-demand educational video lectures from world's leading and prominent scientists, research institutions, EU research projects.

Citation Tools

Citation and Style Guides Unrestricted Resource
Created by Middlebury College librarians.  A guide to writing papers & citing sources.

Biographical Information

A to Z of Computer Scientists Unrestricted Resource
In the Davis Family Library Ref QA76.2.A2 H46 2003
Note: Print Resource

American Men and Women of Science Unrestricted Resource
Main Library Ref Q141 A474 next to latest ed
Armstrong Ref Q141 A474 latest ed

Note: Print Resource

Biographical Dictionary of Mathematicians Unrestricted Resource
Multi-volume
Ref QA28 B534 1991

Note: Print Resource

Go To: The Story of the Math Majors, Bridge Players, Engineers, Chess Wizards, Maverick Scientists and Iconoclasts, the Programmers who Created the Software Revolution Unrestricted Resource
by Steve Lohr
QA76.2.A2 L64 2001

Note: Print Resource

Out of their Minds: the Lives and Discoveries of 15 Great Computer Scientists Unrestricted Resource
by Dennis Elliott Shasha
QA76.2.A2 S53 1995
Note: Print Resource

Women of Mathematics: a Biobibliographic Sourcebook Unrestricted Resource
QA28 W66 1987
Note: Print Resource

Citation and Style Guides

Middlebury Citation and Style Guide Unrestricted Resource
This library subject guide links to resources and tools (such as Refworks, Zotero) to help format your paper's footnotes, bibliographies and more.

RefWorks On-campus use only Link to Article
RefWorks will automatically generate bibliographies and format your research papers in any of hundreds of styles including MLA, APA, Chicago, and Turabian. For more information, see the Middlebury-specific RefWorks Guide located at  http://go.middlebury.edu/refworks?midd.

Dictionaries

MIDCAT List - Computing Dictionaries Unrestricted Resource
More dictionaries in computing, including those with foreign language equivalents
Note: Active catalog search

Oxford Reference: Computing Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available
Cross-searchable interface to Oxford's Dictionary of Computing and Dictionary of the Internet
Note: a subset of Oxford Reference Online Premium

Webopedia: Online Computer Dictionary for Computer and Internet Terms and Definitions Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
An online computer dictionary and internet search engine for internet terms and technical support.
Webopedia provides easy-to-understand definitions in plain language, avoiding the use of heavy jargon when possible so that the site is accessible to users with a wide range of computer knowledge.
Full-time experienced editors gather information from standards bodies, leading technology companies, universities, professional online technical publications, white papers and professionals working in the field. Every definition is verified among multiple sources; definitions are never based on just one source.

Note: Includes RSS Feeds.

Encyclopedias

Access Science Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Link to Article Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains video Resource contains audio
Provides authoritative information for non-specialists on a wide variety of science-related topics. Includes the 20-volume McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms and the Yearbooks of Science & Technology in addition to biographies from the Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography, selected Science News articles, and links to evaluated web sites.  Shortcuts:  go/accsci (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/accsci (off-campus).

Handbooks and Guides

Safari - Books Online (*New & improved! Less waiting. Lots more books.) Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available Resource contains images
Safari is the premier electronic reference library for programmers and IT professionals. From XML, iPhones, Kindles, .Net, and most programming languages and software packages under the sun, you'll find your answer in Safari. go/safari

Resources for Thesis Students

Thesis Guide Unrestricted Resource
This guide is designed to review the variety of library materials and services for Middlebury thesis students.  Follow the link above to access the guide.



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Wendy Shook
Science Data Librarian
Office: MBH 206
(802) 443- 5799
wshook@middlebury.edu


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