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Information Systems and Technology Databases

Name Description
ACM Guide to Computing Literature
Dates vary

Collection of over 750,000 bibliographic citations and abstracts of works published by ACM and 3,000+ other publishers.

Faulkner Advisory for IT Studies (FAITS)
Dates vary

Provides IT company and process information, and offers several different report types.

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
1997-current

Report the latest results from all areas of computer science and information technology research, development, and education.

Safari Tech Books
Current editions

4 concurrent users maximum

Search, browse and view full contents of hundreds of books from major technology publishers.

Name Description
ACM Digital Library
1985-current

The ACM (Association for Computing machinery) Digital Library includes abstracts, reviews, and the full-text articles published in ACM periodicals, transactions, and proceedings since 1985.

ACM Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
Dates vary

Offers full-text of the publications, conferences, and resource archives of the 34 ACM Special Interest Groups.

Applied Science and Technology Retrospective
1913 - 1983

1 user maximum

Provides access to seven decades of information from the most important historical sources in the applied science and technology field - many of them peer-reviewed journals. Contains the complete content of Industrial Arts Index (1913-1957) and Applied Science & Technology Index (1958-1983).

Books24x7
Current

5 concurrent users maximum.

Search, browse and view fulltext of nearly 8000 books, covering both Information Technology (IT) and Finance.

Burton Group IT Research
Current

TO GET FULL-TEXT: Select report names from full-lists (available from the above link) and email siftar@drexel.edu from your Drexel email account.

In-depth reports on IT products and technology areas. Core “Reference Architecture” documents give terse but thorough groundwork, updated annually with “Methodology” and “Best Practices” reports written for lead developers and IT department managers. Includes templates and powerpoints for communicating with upper management. Drexel licenses four Burton Group content areas: Content and Collaboration Strategies (CCS) Data Center Strategies (DCS), Identity and Privacy Strategies (IdPS), Network and Telecom Strategies.

CiteSeer.IST
1997-current

Open Access

CiteSeer.IST is a scientific literature digital library that aims to improve the dissemination and feedback of scientific literature, and to provide improvements in functionality, usability, availability, cost, comprehensiveness, efficiency, and timeliness.

Emerald Fulltext
Dates vary

Emerald Insight is an electronic collection of journals published by MCB University Press and includes upwards of 50,000 articles from over 160 journals.

Faulkner Security Management Practices
Current

Reports data monthly covering facility security, IT and network security, financial and legal security, business continuity, risk and crisis management, personnel security, and more.

Gartner Research Portal
Current

Provides help translating complex IT issues to comprehensive advice and meaningful analysis Gartner employs 1,200 research analysts and consultants who advise executives in 80 countries every day. They publish tens of thousands of pages of original research annually and can help you make smarter and faster decisions.

History of Science, Technology and Medicine
1975 - present

5 concurrent users maximum.

describes journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations in the history of science, technology, and medicine and allied historical fields. The database integrates four bibliographies: the Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science, the Current Bibliography in the History of Technology (Technology and Culture), the Bibliografia Italiana di Storia della Scienza and the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine.

IEEE Xplore
1988-current

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Provides full-text access to all IEEE transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings published since 1988 and all current IEEE standards.

InfoSci-Books
Current

A collection of all Information Science and Computer Science ebooks and Reference works from IGI Global.

InfoSci-Journals
Current

A full-text collection of peer-reviewed journals focused on specialized topics in advanced technology research as well as the organizational, managerial, behavioral, and social implications of technology. InfoSci-Journals offers a comprehensive collection of 60+ journals—soon to expand to 100+ journals.

INFOSECURITYnetBASE
Dates vary

INFOSECURITYnetBASE includes over 55 fully-searchable ebooks in the area of information security and information science.

INSPEC
1896-current

Bibliographic database providing access to the world's scientific literature in electrical engineering, electronics, physics, control engineering, information technology, communications, computers, computing, and manufacturing and production engineering.

Synthesis: The Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science
Current

SYNTHESIS is an information service for the research, development and educational communities in engineering and computer science.

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