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• Computer Database

  
  Magazine and trade publications for the computer field. (Some full-text)

• Computer Source: Consumer Edition

  
  Offers full text for nearly 300 publications and indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications. (Some full text).

• Information Science & Technology Abstracts

  
  Indexes journal articles from more than 450 publications plus books, research reports, and conference proceedings and patents. (Bibliographic; no full text)

• InfoTrac Information Science & Library Issues Collection

  
  A collection of nearly 100 industry journals written for information professionals. (Some full-text)

• Internet & Personal Computing Abstracts

  
  Provides abstracts and indexing for over 400 trade publications, computer magazines, and professional journals. (Bibliographic; no full-text).

Multi-subject Databases Recommended for
Computer Science Research
 

• Academic OneFile (InfoTrac)

  
  (Some full text)

• Academic Search Complete

  
  Provides more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals, with indexing and abstracts for 10,900 publications. Content goes back as far as 1865. Covers many academic disciplines including art, music, literature, history, sociology, psychology, government, and science. (Some full-text)

• General Reference Center Gold

  
  A general purpose database that includes the full text of many magazines and journals from a number of fields and disciplines. Good for popular, current event, opinion-oriented, practical, and how-to topics. (Some full-text)

• InfoTrac OneFile

  
  A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Updated daily.

• NetLibrary

  
  Approximately 27,000 research-oriented books, fully searchable by author, title, keyword, and any word in the text. (Full-text)

• ProQuest Direct

  
  A general purpose database that includes the full text of many magazines and journals from a number of fields and disciplines. Good for popular, current event, opinion-oriented, practical, and how-to topics. (Some full-text)

• Wilson OmniFile

  
  A general purpose database that includes the full text of many magazines and journals from a number of fields and disciplines. Good for popular, current event, opinion-oriented, practical, and how-to topics. (Some full-text)