Subject Guide
Resources
In these databases you'll find scholarly research and popular articles on computer science from journals, magazines, and newspapers. Some provide the full text of articles and others provide citations only. If only a citation is provided, use the Get it! button to see if the full text is available through another library resource. To find books on computer science and related fields, search the library's catalog. You may also want to visit the lists for mathematics, physics, the biological sciences, and chemistry.
- Academic Search CompleteFind articles in all subject areas in over 17,000 journals and magazines, with full text for most. Updated daily. Dates vary, some as early as 1865 to present.
- arXivOpen access to nearly one million mostly unreviewed pre-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics.
- Computer SourceSearch popular and scholarly journals in fields such as computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, information systems, robotics, and software. Varies, some as far back as 1985 to present.
- MathSciNetProvides bibliographical access to the world's mathematical literature. Includes some non-English language material for publications from 1940 to present.
- NatureSearch and browse for articles in this scientific journal from its beginning to the present day, 1869 to present.
- Science and Technology CollectionIndexes over 1700 journals in science and technology with full text for over 800. Dates vary, as early as 1904.
- Springer e-booksA collection of full-text science, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, psychology, engineering, and technology electronic books published by Springer during 2006 through 2009. Look for the green book symbol for those we can use. Note: if you search 'Within All Content' you will encounter numerous books and journals that we do not receive.
- Collection of Computer Science BibliographiesA collection of bibliographies of scientific literature in computer science from various sources, with over three million references. Updated weekly.
Journals
The library provides both scholarly journals and trade magazines in computer science. See the list below to locate them by subtopic or to view the complete list. It is always more productive, however, to use one of the indexes above to locate individual articles. Please ask for assistance at the Learning Commons Desk or contact the library liaison.
- List of computer science journals available at LoyolaThis is a browsable list of mostly-online journals in the field of computer science, both scholarly and trade.
Books
The library has many print and online books on computational science. Use our online catalog to look for books by author, by title, or by subject. A reference librarian will be glad to assist you if needed. However, not all books on computers and computing are in a single location. Books on the use of computers in a field are with other books on that field, e.g., education, nursing, etc.
Browse call numbers:
- QA 75 and 76: programming [third floor]
- TK 5105: hardware and engineering including networks [third floor]
- TK 7880: computer engineering [third floor]
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