Research Guides: INFO 5919: Palen (Spring 2024): Find Databases

Recommended Databases to Find Articles

ACM Digital Library
Publications of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
Engineering Village (Compendex) (Elsevier)
Comprehensive database of scholarly literature in engineering and other applied sciences.
ENGnetBASE
Useful starting point for finding handbooks, book chapters, best practices and background information in engineering.
Google Scholar
Tool to search for scholarly documents across the web, with an added feature of CU Full Text links.
IEEE Electronic Library
Technical literature from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE), and the Institution of Engineering and Technology Proceedings.
Web of Science, Web of Science database
Interdisciplinary index that provides citations for high impact journals. Useful for forward citation searching. Includes some indexing and full-text linking for ProQuest Dissertations and Theses.
Access note: To access the API, set up your account and select "Web of Science API Lite" at Step 3 “Subscribe to an API.” For research support using the API, please contact the Center for Research Data & Digital Scholarship.

Social Science Database (ProQuest)
Indexing and full text for academic journals across social science disciplines including anthropology, communication, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work, and sociology.
Sociology Database (ProQuest)
Covers scholarly journals and dissertations of sociology and social work, including relevant titles from related fields such as social policy, social care, social services, social anthropology, gender studies, gerontology, social psychology and population studies.
Social Sciences Full Text (EBSCO)
Scholarly articles in the fields of addition studies, anthropology, criminology, economics, family studies, gerontology, ethnic studies, political science, psychology, social work, and urban studies. Includes the following collections: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson), Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (H.W. Wilson)
ERIC (Proquest)
The U.S. Department of Education sponsors this comprehensive database of education literature.
PsycINFO (ProQuest)
Useful for human computer interaction. Covers psychology and psychological aspects of medicine, psychiatry, anthropology, business, law, and similar disciplines.

Some of these tools are free, others are not:

Email: libraries@colorado.edu

Email Me