Databases for Informatics

Databases to try first
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Title	Tips	Notes
Academic Onefile	Tips	The physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. International 1980 - present Conditions of use Gale
ACM Digital Library	Tips	Computing, information technology, networking, artificial intelligence and human-machine interaction. International. 1985 - present Conditions of use ACM Portal
Business & Company ASAP	Tips	Companies, markets and industries; market trends, mergers and acquisitions, management theory and company overviews. International 1980 - present Conditions of use Gale
Business Source Premier	Tips	Business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications. EBSCOhost
Cambridge Journals Online	Tips	Sciences, social sciences, and humanities Conditions of use Cambridge journals website
Compendex	Tips	Engineering and technology. International. 1969 - present Engineering Village website
Computer Database	Tips	Computer related news and product reviews. International. Current year to date plus previous three years Conditions of use Gale InfoTrac.
Conference Proceedings Citation Index	Tips	Conference papers and citations. Choose Science or Social Science and Humanities 1991- present Conditions of use Thomson Reuters
Current Index to Statistics	Tips	Mathematical statistics. International. 1975 - present. Pre-1975 coverage for some. CIS website
ENGINE	Tips	All branches of engineering. Australian. 1980 - present Conditions of use Informit
Expanded Academic ASAP	Tips	General Database with information in arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology. International. 1980 - present Conditions of use Gale InfoTrac
IEEExplore	Tips	Electrical and electronic engineering. International. 1988 - present Conditions of use IEEExplore website
Informaworld	Tips	Over 1000 journals in many disciplines. Strengths in Social Sciences and Humanities. International. Conditions of use
Inspec	Tips	Physics, electrical engineering, electronics,communications, information technology. International. 1969 - present Conditions of use Ovid
Institute of Physics - Journals		Physics and its subdisciplines, such as quantum physics, superconductors, semiconductors, nanotechnology and astrophysics and nuclear physics. First volumes to present IOP website
Lecture Notes in Computer Science	Tips	LNCS covers new developments in computer science and information technology research and teaching. 1997 - present Conditions of use SpringerLink
Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts		Librarianship, Information Science. International Mid 1960s - present Free database Ebsco
MathSciNet	Tips	Mathematics. International. 1940 - present MathsciNet website.
OneSource Global Business Browser - G4	Tips	Very extensive industry and company resource International, global not just Asia Pacific More information OneSource Information Services
Proquest Asian Business & Reference	Tips	Detailed information on companies, economies, markets and overall business conditions, news and current awareness, country information, cultural, government and biographical information relating to Asia. A greatly expanded resource Conditions of use Proquest
Proquest Central	Tips	Information in most topic areas. Several databases which may be searched either individually or in combinations. International. Various dates Conditions of use Proquest.
Proquest Computing	Tips	Product reviews, database design and management, software development strategies, web commerce, networks. International. 1986 - present Conditions of use Proquest.
Safari Tech Books Online	Tips	Computing, networks, web, applications, security. books from several key publishers. Usually latest editions Conditions of use Safari Proquest
Sage Journals Online	Tips	Virtually all journals published by SAGE. This publisher publishes in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine. International SAGE Note: SAGE Journals Online includes the Nursing and Psychology collections which have been available on the CSA platform. These are still available on the CSA platform as well as on the SAGE platform
ScienceDirect	Tips	Life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences. International. 1995 - present, some earlier Conditions of use ScienceDirect website
Springerlink	Tips	Journal of the publisher Springer-Verlag. International with strengths in Behavioral Sciences, Biomedical & Life Sciences, Business & Economics, Chemistry & Material Science, Computer Science, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Humanities, Social Sciences & Law, Mathematics, Medicine, and Physics & Astronomy. Dates vary Conditions of use Springerlink
Web of Knowledge	Tips	Portal for Web of Science, Current Contents Connect, JCR Web Dates vary for each database Conditions of use ISI Web of Knowledge
Web of Science	Tips	Citation indexes, which allow searching by cited references. Science Citation Index, Social Science citation Index 1965 - present, Arts and Humanities Citation Index. 1975 - present Conditions of use ISI Web of Knowledge
Wiley Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Engineering	Tips	Computer science and engineering, including artificial intelligence, software systems, computer architecture, systems, theory and applications International Conditions of use Wiley
Wiley Interscience	Tips	Journals published by Wiley, including sciences, life sciences, technology, business and finance and behavioural sciences. International. Dates vary according to title Conditions of use Wiley

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Other relevant databases
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Title	Tips	Notes
ABI/Inform Global	Tips	Business, management, including accounting, taxation, banking, labor relations, marketing & advertising, human resources. International. Dates vary Also available: ABI/Inform Trade and Industry or ABI/Inform Dateline Conditions of use Proquest
AUSTLII	Tips	Law, legislation and case law. Australia. Commonwealth and state jurisdictions plus New Zealand and South Pacific. Starting dates vary Conditions of use AustLII website.
Australian Bureau of Statistics	Tips	Statistical data of Australia, the States and smaller regions. ABS' full standard product range on-line. Australian. publications 1988 - present, with older time series This is a free site but there are some conditions of use specified on the ABS website ABS website
Australian Public Affairs - full text APAFT	Tips	Business, health, current affairs, economics, humanities, law, literature, politics and social sciences. APAIS with some fulltext. Australian. Index 1978 - present Fulltext 1995 - present Conditions of use Informit
Computer Index Australasia (CIA)	Tips	Popular computing. Australian. 1994 - 2001 Conditions of use Informit
Current Contents Connect	Tips	Current information in sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities, technology and medical science. International. Conditions of use ISI Web of Knowledge
Emerald Fulltext	Tips	Management, economics, marketing, logistics, training and education. International Indexing 1989 fulltext 1994 - present Conditions of use Emerald website
Factiva	Tips	Newspaper and company information Factiva Preferred browser Internet Explorer v. 5.5+, Firefox (Windows) and Safari (Macintosh). The site uses secure http. The certificate on the Library's EZproxy server can cause an error. If you are warned about a security error and recommended not to proceed it is OK to do so in this instance. It is possible with IE browsers to turn off the warning about certificate mismatches but it can be a valid warning, so take this option with care.
Optics Encyclopedia	Tips	Classical optics plus latest applications, including optical sensing and metrology, biomedicine, optical components and systems International Conditions of use Wiley
SAI Global	Tips	Standards of Standards Australia plus index to standards of other bodies. Australian. Current and draft standards. International standards may be unlocked and made available. Preferred browser Internet Explorer Conditions of use Standards Australia website.
SCANfile	Tips	Science and technology policy, R&D management, social and economic issues of R&D. Australian focus. 1973 - present Conditions of use Informit
SourceOECD	Tips	OECD documents with emphasis on country comparison, periodicals, working papers, statistics, International Energy Agency statistics Conditions of use Source OECD Website

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Last reviewed: 13 November, 2009

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