Course Guides
Introduction to Computers (ECS 15)
Guide to doing library research for the research paper assignment in ECS 015, "Introduction to Computers."
Background Information
Find articles on your topic by searching in a database. There are different databases for doing research in various subject areas. For databases in a specific subject area, go to the list of subject guides, below. Choose the subject that matches your topic, then look for databases under "articles." For help doing research, stop by any library reference desk or click the "ask for help" button in the upper-right hand corner!
Subject Guide
Find a subject guide for your field to identify additional databases and resources. For instance, if you are writing a biology topic, try the "biology" subject guide. For more computer science resources, see the computer science subject guide: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/pse/resources/subjects/computer.php
- Subject Guides (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/)
- http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/
- Use the Subject Guides to identify additional databases to search for information on your topic.
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/ (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/)
Articles
To find articles, search in an article database. The databases listed below are good places to begin for doing research in computer science.
- Academic Search Complete [via EBSCO] (http://uclibs.org/PID/126936)
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VPN - http://uclibs.org/PID/126936
- The multi-disciplinary database Academic Search Complete (ASC) provides full-text access to more than 5,500 periodicals, including over 4,600 peer-reviewed journals, and indexing and abstracts for an additional 9,500 journals and 10,000 publications, including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. This scholarly collection offers coverage of information in many areas of academic study including, but not limited to: animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion & theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology and many other fields. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.
- Coverage: 1887-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/126936 (http://uclibs.org/PID/126936) VPN
- ACM Digital Library (http://portal.acm.org/dl.cfm?coll=portal&dl=acm) VPN
- http://portal.acm.org/dl.cfm?coll=portal&dl=acm
- Searchable index to Association for Computing Machinery articles and conference proceedings, and selected affiliated organizations, with links to the full-text articles and conference papers
- Coverage: 1954-present for Journals and Magazines, 1985 -present for Proceedings
- Access: http://portal.acm.org/dl.cfm?coll=portal&dl=acm (http://portal.acm.org/dl.cfm?coll=portal&dl=acm) VPN
- INSPEC [via Ovid] (http://uclibs.org/PID/22771) VPN
- http://uclibs.org/PID/22771
- Citations from scholarly journals, conference proceedings, books, reports, and dissertations in physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computers and control, and information technology.
- Coverage: 1898-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/22771 (http://uclibs.org/PID/22771) VPN
- Web of Science [via Web of Knowledge] (http://isiknowledge.com/wos) VPN
- http://isiknowledge.com/wos
- Provides access to the three ISI (Institute for Scientific Information) Citation Databases: Science Citation Index Expanded; Social Sciences Citation Index; Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
- Coverage: 1900-present [Science 1900-, Social Sciences 1956-, Arts & Humanitities 1975-]
- Access: http://isiknowledge.com/wos (http://isiknowledge.com/wos) VPN
Library Catalogs
Use the library catalog to find books and to find out whether UC Davis subscribes to a journal.
- Harvest UC Davis Catalog (http://harvest.lib.ucdavis.edu)
- http://harvest.lib.ucdavis.edu
- UCD online catalog of the collections of all five UC Davis General Libraries. it does not include the holdings of the law Library. If you log in (My Account) using your library card number and PIN, you can renew books online, and request items that have been checked out to another borrower, or are in storage.
- Access: http://harvest.lib.ucdavis.edu (http://harvest.lib.ucdavis.edu)
- Melvyl®: The Catalog of the University of California Libraries (http://melvyl.cdlib.org/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b)
- http://melvyl.cdlib.org/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b
- The Melvyl catalog contains records for materials held by the libraries of the ten UC campuses, the California State Library, Hastings College of the Law, the California Academy of Sciences, the California Historical Society, the Center for Research Libraries, the Graduate Theological Union, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. All publication dates are included. The database contains over 23,000,000 records, and most campuses update their holdings on a weekly basis.
- Access: http://melvyl.cdlib.org/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b (http://melvyl.cdlib.org/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b)
Reference Books
- How Computers Work
- Que Press, 2008
- Location: Shields Library QA76.5 W488 2008
- The Concise Encyclopedia of Computer Science
- Location: Shields Library QA76.15 C654 2004
Connect From Off-campus
- VPN (virtual private network) (https://vpn.lib.ucdavis.edu/dana-na/auth/url_default/welcome.cgi)
- https://vpn.lib.ucdavis.edu/dana-na/auth/url_default/welcome.cgi
- Use the VPN to connect to library databases and online journal subscriptions from off campus.
- Access: https://vpn.lib.ucdavis.edu/dana-na/auth/url_default/welcome.cgi (https://vpn.lib.ucdavis.edu/dana-na/auth/url_default/welcome.cgi)