The following digital resources are available through the Frederick Douglass Library to assist you with research in Computer Science and Engineering Technology. These online resources can be accessed by clicking on the title links below. When connecting from off campus, you will be prompted for the 14-digit barcode from the back of your HawkCard ID and your last name.
Intro to Research:
Citing Sources:
Below are two quick guides providing citation examples from the latest edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA). The library also provides access to RefWorks, an online citation management tool, that allows you to import citations from databases and websites and automatically create bibliographies (be sure to set the output style to APA, 7th edition).
- APA Citation Guide & Reference List (7th edition)
- APA Format & In-text Citations (7th edition)
- RefWorks (New) – To get started, click on the link and “Sign Up for a New Account” using the Group Code RWUMEasternShore
E-Resources
Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO) – This multi-disciplinary database provides information to support most academic disciplines and subjects. Includes full-text for peer-reviewed journals, magazines, newspapers and books. Coverage: 1965 – current
Engineering Village (Elsevier) – Engineering Village is a platform that enables in-depth search and discovery of both current, archival and interdisciplinary content comprising research and technical information in the applied engineering and physical science domains. It includes access to the Compendex database that indexes and abstracts engineering journals, conferences and reports.
IEEE Journals – The library subscribes to the following ejournals:
- Computer
- IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine
- IEEE Communications Magazine
- IEEE Signal Processing Magazine
- IEEE Spectrum
Inderscience Publishers – The library subscribes to the following ejournal:
JSTOR – An electronic archive of journals in in the following areas: Arts & Sciences, Business, Ecology & Botany, Hebrew Journals, Ireland, Jewish Studies, Life Sciences and some Public Health. Also provides access to primary source collections.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine – The National Academies Press publishes reports in science, engineering and medicine. More than 8,500 titles are available for free and can be read online or downloaded in PDF format by the entire book or chapter.
SAGE Premier Journals (SAGE Publishing) – This web database provides full-text access to more than 650 peer-reviewed journals, including high-impact research and international titles on behalf of over 500 scholarly and professional societies. Search by topic, browse by journal title or browse by Materials Science & Engineering discipline.
ScienceDirect (Elsevier) – This full-text database contains peer-reviewed journal titles and ebooks covering the fields of science, technology and medicine. It includes extensive coverage in the physical and biological sciences, engineering and computer science. Search by topic, browse by journal/book title, or browse by Computer Science domain.
Taylor and Francis Journals – For the list of titles the library subscribes to, click here. Titles include:
General Databases and Ebooks
ArticleFirst (OCLC) – OCLC index of articles from the contents pages of over 12,000 journals.
Dissertations & Theses Global (ProQuest) – This database is the authoritative source for information about doctoral dissertations and master’s theses. It represents the works of authors from over 1,000 graduate schools and universities. Full-text is available from 1997 to the present. Coverage:1861 – current
Ebook Central (ProQuest) – This database is a collection of thousands of full-text online books on a broad range of subjects in the humanities, natural and physical sciences and the social sciences. Browse the collection by subject or search it by author, title, ISBN or topic. Ebooks can be read online or downloaded to a device.
Ebook Collection (EBSCO) – Formerly NetLibrary, this collection of ebooks covers topics chosen by the University of Maryland Libraries. Subjects include business, computer science, education, environmental science, international relations, psychology and civil rights law and history.
Ebook Comprehensive Academic Collection (EBSCO) – This multidisciplinary collection includes over 200,000 ebook titles covering a large selection of academic subjects and features ebooks from leading publishers and university presses.
Ebooks (OCLC) – This online catalog contains all the electronic books cataloged by OCLC members.
PapersFirst (OCLC) – This index contains papers presented at conferences worldwide. Over 2,380,000 records. Coverage: 1993 – current
ProceedingsFirst (OCLC) – This resource is an index of worldwide conference proceedings with over 74,000 records. Each record contains a list of the papers presented at the conference. Coverage: 1993 – current
WorldCat (OCLC) – WorldCat is the world’s most comprehensive database of information about library collections. Includes books, journals and all other types of media.
Updated by: Janet Eke (refuser@umes.edu)
Last Revised: 9/27/2023
