Table of Contents

Journal Articles
Books, Reports & Theses
Reference Sources
Gateways & Guides

Legend

- NPS access only

The following links are provided for research and information purposes only to be used by students, faculty and staff.

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Journal Articles

ACM Digital Library 
ACM
Bibliographic information, abstracts, reviews, and the full-text for articles published in ACM periodicals and proceedings since its founding in 1947 are available in the library together with selected works published by affiliated organizations.

Aerospace Database 
ProQuest
The Aerospace Database provides bibliographic coverage of basic and applied research in aeronautics, astronautics, and space sciences. The database also covers technology development and applications in complementary and supporting fields such as chemistry, geosciences, physics, communications, and electronics. In addition to periodic literature, the database also includes coverage of reports issued by NASA, other U.S. government agencies, international institutions, universities, and private firms.

Compendex  
Engineering Village
Compendex contains over seven million references and abstracts taken from over 5,000 engineering journals, conferences and technical reports. Online coverage is from 1969 to the present and includes nuclear technology, bioengineering, transportation, chemical and process engineering, light and optical technology, agricultural engineering and food technology, computers and data processing, applied physics, electronics and communications, control, civil, mechanical, materials, petroleum, aerospace and automotive engineering as well as narrower subtopics within all these and other major engineering fields.

Computer and Information Systems Abstracts 
ProQuest
There are thousands of sources in this growing field - and only Computer and Information Systems Abstracts provides fast, organized access to all of them, including hard-to-find conference literature. Jointly published with Engineering Information, this database provides a comprehensive monthly update on the latest theoretical research and practical applications around the world. From its inception as one of the earliest databases in the field, Computer and Information Systems Abstracts has proven itself an essential resource.

Computing Research Repository 
Computing Research Repository (CoRR) is sponsored by ACM, the arXiv.org e-Print archive, NCSTRL (Networked Computer Science Technical Reference Library), and AAAI. CoRR allows researchers to search, browse and download papers through its online repository.

Computing Reviews 
Computing Reviews
Computing Reviews is an online database of reviews in computing literature from Reviews.com and the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery). Drawn from the top ranks of their professional and scientific fields, the reviewers will recommend and review the best articles and books in their areas, providing a resource for technical professionals, experienced users, and lay people looking for high-level information. In addition to a ten year-plus archive of reviews and articles, Computing Reviews allows personalized alerts, customized searching and browsing.

IEEE/IEE Electronic Library Online 
IEE Explore
This database provides full-text access to over 12,000 publications produced by in conjunction with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers [IEEE] and the Institution of Electrical Engineers [IEE]. Included in this database are journal articles, conference papers and technical standards. Coverage is from 1988 to present.

Internet and Personal Computing Abstracts 
EBSCO
Internet and Personal Computing Abstracts (formerly Microcomputer Abstracts) provides abstracts and indexing for literature related to personal computing products and developments in business, the Internet, the home, and all other applied areas. Over 400 of the most important trade publications, mainstream computer magazines, and professional journals are covered, including those that focus on specific topics such as Macintosh and Windows platforms, programming, web development and more.

Jane's Online 
Provides access to full-text reports, articles and image files relating to the world's armed forces and defense industry, geopolitical arena and various transportation systems.

ProQuest Computing 
ProQuest
Top computing journals in full-text for research on subjects such as database design, software development, web commerce, LANs, WANs, Intranets, the Internet.

ProQuest Science Journals 
ProQuest
Search full text and images for the leading periodicals in science and technology. Subject coverage includes computers, engineering, physics, telecommunications, and transportation.

ProQuest Telecommunications 
ProQuest
Full-text for top telecommunications industry publications. Includes magazines, journals and newsletters for the latest in this fast changing industry.

Science Citation Index 
Click on Web of Science The Science Citation Index® provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in over 5,900 of the world's leading scholarly science journals covering more than 150 disciplines. Dudley Knox Library's subscription covers articles and papers published from 1980-present.

TORPEDO Ultra 
Access to the full text of selected journals published by Academic Press, Elsevier Science, Institute of Physics and Naval Research Laboratory Formal and Memorandum Reports, NRL authored journal articles and conference papers, and NRL Press Releases.

Web of Knowledge 
The website includes Science Citation Index 1980- , Social Sciences Citation Index 1991- , Current Contents Connect. This database provides citation and tracking information on current and retrospective research and a current awareness tool. Cited references [footnotes and bibliographies] for all articles are captured and indexed, allowing tracing of the references and citation analysis. Includes access to some full-text articles.

Books, Reports & Theses

NPS Theses
View theses and dissertations for M.S. and Ph.D. degrees awarded at NPS. The links below will produce search results in BOSUN, our online catalog for degrees awarded in the designated area.
   Computer Science
   Information Technology Management
   Information Systems
   Modeling, Virtual Environments, and Simulation (MOVES)
   Software Engineering

BOSUN
Dudley Knox Library
BOSUN, the Library's online catalog, lists the publications (books, theses, journal titles, etc.) and multimedia materials available in the Dudley Knox collections. It also provides links to some of the Library's electronic resources (electronic journals, databases indexing journal literature, etc.).

Computing Reviews 
Computing Reviews
Computing Reviews is an online database of reviews in computing literature from Reviews.com and the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery). Drawn from the top ranks of their professional and scientific fields, the reviewers will recommend and review the best articles and books in their areas, providing a resource for technical professionals, experienced users, and lay people looking for high-level information. In addition to a ten year-plus archive of reviews and articles, Computing Reviews allows personalized alerts, customized searching and browsing.

Computer-SciencenetBase 
CRCnetBASE
COMPUTER-SCIENCEnetBASE provides online access to the full text of the CRC Press Computer Science Handbook series. Subject areas include Algorithms & Complexity, Computation, Computational Biology, Computer Engineering, Computer Graphics Multimedia & Visualization, Cryptography & Coding Theory, Data Mining & Knowledge Discovery, Discrete Systems, Machine Learning & Pattern Recognition.

DTIC Online 
Citations to reports from DTIC, a clearinghouse for a variety of defense-related scientific and technical publications. Through the STINET database, DTIC indexes and abstracts these reports, providing full-text to some reports. The STINET database has coverage from 1975. The library owns the print version of some of the DTIC reports, and has nearly complete coverage in microfiche.

InfoSecuritynetBASE 
CRCnetBASE
InfoSecuritynetBASE provides online access to the full text of the CRC Press Information Security Handbook series. Subject areas include Cryptography & Coding Theory, Information Technology: Security & Auditing, Security Management.

ITKnowledgeBASE 
CRCnetBASE
ITKnowledgeBASE provides online access to the full text of the CRC Press Information Technology Handbook series. Subject areas include Business Information Systems, Database, Intelligent Systems, Internet & Web-based Computing, IT Management, Microprocessors & Microelectronics, Networking Communication, Operating Systems, Operations Management, Programming Languages, Security & Auditing, Software Engineering & Systems Development, Systems & Computer Architecture.

Networked Computer Science Technical Reference Library (NCSTRL)
An international collection of computer science technical reports from CS departments and industrial and government research laboratories, made available for non-commercial and educational use.

Safari Tech Books Online 
Only Two users at a time. If the database is busy please try again later. You do Not need to login. Select "My Books" to search full-text books only. Click on Logout when finished. Safari is an "electronic reference library for programmers, IT professionals and knowledge workers." It allows you to search across the full text of hundreds of computer and technical books from O'Reilly, Que, New Riders, Addison-Wesley, and more.

SpringerLink 
SpringerLink is an integrated full-text database of journals and books published by Springer. The Library has access to books and journals in: Business & Economics; Computer Science; Earth & Environmental Sciences; Engineering; Humanities, Social Science & Law; Mathematics & Statistics..

Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science 
The basic component of the library is a 50- to 100-page "Lecture"; a self-contained electronic book that synthesizes an important research or development topic, authored by an expert contributor to the field. They provide more synthesis, analysis, and depth than typical research journal articles. New lectures will be added continuously and existing lectures will be revised as needed.

WorldCat 
With WorldCat (the OCLC Online Union Catalog) you can simultaneously search the catalogs of over 9000 libraries worldwide. WorldCat contains more than 50 million records in over 400 languages.

Reference Sources

AccessScience 
McGraw-Hill
AccessScience is the online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. Includes full search capabilities, news updates, graphics, bibliographies, biographies, and links to related web sites, as well as survey articles on aeronautical engineering, space technology, jet propulsion and more.

Credo Reference 
McGraw-Hill
Credo Reference is a source that reference librarians and others use that compiles essential, factual information from specialized encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference sources.

Gateways & Guides

Getting Started With Your NPS Thesis
A page of information and resources on the NPS thesis process and academic research and writing.

Computer Science : A Guide to Web Resources
University at Albany - State University of New York
Links to hundreds of computer science resources on the Internet including: organizations, bibliographies, electronic books & conference proceedings, electronic journals, meetings, tutorials, and more