Electronic Resources
Computer Science, Engineering and Technology

Resource Name	Source	Description
Applied Science & Technology Abstracts	FirstSearch	Provides indexing for periodicals in the scientific and technical fields. Topics include management, careers and employment, financial trends in the fields, chemistry, computer technology, data processing, engineering, mathematics, and physics. October 1983 - present. Updated monthly.
Computer and Information Systems Abstracts	Internet Database Service (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)	Provides a comprehensive monthly update on the latest theoretical research and practical applications around the world. Updated monthly.
Computer Database	InfoTrac SearchBank	Provides news and reviews on computer-related products, hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications, and the application of technology. Selected full-text articles. 1995 - present. Updated weekly.
Electronics & Communications Abstracts	Internet Database Service (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)	Provides theoretical and applied research summaries and covers business and marketing aspects. Information ranges from medical, scientific and industrial applications in electronics to promising new technologies in communications. Updated monthly.
Engineered Materials Abstracts (EMA)	Internet Database Service (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)	Provides comprehensive coverage of the science, development and production of ceramics, polymers and composite materials. Over 1,600 sources including journals, technical reports, patents, dissertations, books and conference proceedings are indexed and abstracted. Updated monthly.
Expanded Academic ASAP	InfoTrac SearchBank	Provides indexing for recently published popular magazines and scholarly journals. Topics include astronomy, religion, law, history, psychology, humanities, current events, sociology, communications, and the general sciences. Selected full-text articles. 1995 - present with access to backfile (1980-1994). Updated weekly.
INSPEC	FirstSearch	Provides indexing for scientific journals and conference proceedings. Topics include physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computing and control, and information technology. January 1969 - present. Updated monthly.
Materials Business File (MBF)	Internet Database Service (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)	Provides coverage of industry news, international trade data, government regulations and management issues related to the metals and materials industries are the focus of this database. Updated monthly
Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering full-text journals	IDEAL (Academic Press) Journals	Includes full-text of journal articles. The Adobe Acrobat reader, which can be downloaded without charge, is required to view and display journal articles.
Mechanical Engineering Abstracts	Internet Database Service (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)	Provides the facts, figures, and discoveries engineers need in order to make faster, more authoritative decisions. Surveys and summarizes the worldwide literature in mechanical engineering, engineering management, and production engineering . Presents theoretical perspectives as well as specific applications. Updated monthly.
METADEX	Internet Database Service (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)	Provides coverage of all aspects of metallurgical science and technology, especially properties, processing, products and material development. METADEX records are indexed and abstracted from the worldwide technical literature, including journal articles, conference proceedings, patents, reports, books and dissertations. Updated monthly
Microcomputer Abstracts	Internet Database Service (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)	Provides information about products or services related to the field of personal computing. Covers 90 of the most widely read microcomputer trade publications, magazines and professional journals. Included are thousands reviews of software packages, microcomputers, peripherals and publications. Updated monthly.
Solid State and Super Conductivity Abstracts	Internet Database Service (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)	Provides global coverage on all aspects of theory, production, and application of solid state materials and devices. Topics include phase, crystal, and mechanical properties of solids, optical and dielectric properties, conductive and magnetic properties, exotic electronic structures and energy gaps, SQUIDs, flux structures, ceramics, and twinning phenomena. Updated monthly.
Additional CD-ROM resource on chemical engineering is available in the McConnell Library reference area.

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