T. S. Kumbar, Resource Centre, DA-IICT, Gandhinagar

Sources for Doing a Comprehensive Literature Survey (Subscription Based)

  • INSPEC Direct
  • COMPENDEX (Engineering Index)
  • Web of Science
  • SCOPUS
  • ACM Guide to Computing Literature
  • ACM Computing Reviews

Sources for Doing a Comprehensive Literature Survey (Free/ Open Access)

  • IngentaConnect
  • Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies
  • DBLP Computer Science Bibliography
  • Scirus
  • CiteSeer.IST
  • CiteSeerx Beta
  • Scitopia
  • Google Scholar

Sources for Finding/Locating Books

  • Visit your Library Catalogue
  • Union Catalogues ( Examples)
  • IndCat: Online Union Catalogue of Books
  • WorldCat
  • COPAC: Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL)
  • Libraries Australia: Union Catalogue of Australian libraries
  • AMICUS (1,300 Canadian Libraries, from Library and Archives Canada)
  • The Europian Library
  • Catalogues of National Libraries
  • Library of Congress
  • The British Library Public Catalogue
  • National Library of Australia
  • National Library Singapore
  • Catalogues of Major Libraries
  • IIT Bombay
  • MIT Libraries
  • Melvyl: Catalogue of University of California Libraries
  • Online Bookshops
  • A1Books India
  • Firstandsecond.com
  • Book Shop of India
  • Amazon.com
  • Barnes & Noble online bookstore
  • Major Publishers Catalogues
  • CRC Press/ Taylor and Francis group
  • Elsevier
  • CambridgeUniversity Press
  • John Wiley & Sons
  • McGraw-Hill
  • OxfordUniversity Press
  • Pearson Education
  • Springer
  • World Scientific

Sources for Finding Full Text of Papers (Subscription Based)

  • IEEE Xplore
  • ACM Digital Library
  • Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
  • JSTOR Archive
  • ASA Digital Library
  • USENIX: the Advanced Computing Systems Association's Conference Proceedings and Compendium of Best Papers
  • ScienceDirect (Computer and Communication Collection)
  • Springer Online Engineering and Communication Journals

Sources for Finding Full Text of Papers (Open Access Resources/Free)

  • DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Open J-Gate
  • OAIster
  • arXiv.org-eprint archive
  • ScientificCommons.org
  • BASE: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine
  • Virtual Libraries / Subject Gateways
  • INFOMINE
  • Intute

Sources for Finding Theses & Dissertations

  • IndCat: Online Union Catalogue of Theses
  • Vidyanidhi: E-scholarship portal and Digital Library
  • NDLTD: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
  • Ethos:Electronic Theses Online Service (UK)
  • Theses Canada
  • DART-Europe E-Theses Portal
  • ADT-Australian Digital Thesis Program
  • PQDT OPEN: ProQuest Digital Theses

Sources for Finding Patents

  • Indian Patent Office
  • Indian Patents Facilitating Centre (TIFAC)
  • European Patents
  • United States Patents & Trademarks Office

Sources for Finding Standards

  • Bureau of Indian Standards Online Catalogue
  • ISO Online Catalogue
  • IEEE Standrards
  • International Telecommunication Union (ITU-R)- Recommendations (Free)
  • International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)

Sources for Finding Technical Reports

  • Virtual TechnicalReportsCenter
  • National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
  • MIT Online Technical Reports
  • Hewlett Packard Technical Reports
  • IBM Technical Reports/Papers

Reference/Citation Style Resources

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Sources for Staying Current

  • Table of Content Alerts
  • Journal Table of Contents Service
  • IEEE Journals
  • ACM Journals
  • ScienceDirect
  • SpringerLink
  • Conference Alert

Resource Centre @DA-IICT Links

  • Resource Centre at DA-IICT
  • Conference Alert
  • Call for Papers Alert
  • Bibliographies
  • RC Catalogue, Other Library Catalogues, Union Catalgoues
  • Searching on the Web
  • Best of the Best
  • Classic Works in RF Engineering
  • Doing Literature Survey: Some General Tips on Sources to be Consulted
  • Bibliography on How to do Research

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Information Sources for Doing Literature Survey, 21st Aug. 2009