Research Tip Sheet - for systematically searching academic databases (+ video tutorial | 2:25 | transcript)
ACM Digital Library
- Journals, conference proceedings, magazines, newsletters, and ebooks from the Association for Computing Machinery
- Automotive systems, computers & information in engineering, nanotechnology, and more from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
EI Engineering Village
- Applied sciences and engineering
Ergonomics Abstracts
- Physiology, biomechanics, human-computer interaction, and more
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Xplore Digital Library
- Technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics, including IEEE Standards
Inspec
- Physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computers and control engineering, and information technology
Scholars Portal Journals
- Broader coverage of most major academic and scholarly publishers
Scopus
- Multidisciplinary abstract and citation database for scientific, technical, medical, and social sciences literature
SIAM Journals Online
- Journals from the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
SPIE Digital Library Database
- Journals, Conference Proceedings, and eBooks focused on optics and photonics from the International Society for Optics and Photonics
SpringerLink
- Science, technology, health, engineering, and mathematics
Web of Science
- Multi-disciplinary
arXiv.org
- Open access pre-prints in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, statistics, electrical engineering and systems science
- Open access pre-prints in Technology Research
Ebook Central
- Computer science/IT, electrical engineering, mathematics, physics
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
- Multi-disciplinary, search by keyword(s)
ENGnetBASE
- Latest handbooks in civil, mechanical, electrical, industrial, and mining engineering
IOP (Institute of Physics) ebooks
- Focus on physics, including Medical Physics, Optics and Photonics
ITECHnetBASE
- Authoritative resources for the study, design, development, implementation, support, and management of computer-based information systems
Knovel Library
- A collection of science and engineering reference handbooks, databases, and conference proceedings | Video Tutorials
National Academies Press eBooks
- Reports of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
O'Reilly
- Books on technology, digital media, web development, and entrepreneurship, as well as videos, case studies, and learning guides
Oxford Reference Online
- Click Subject on upper left and select Science and Technology
Scholars Portal Books
- From major academic publishers
SPIE eBooks
- Optics, photonics, and imaging engineering eBooks from the International Society for Optics and Photonics
SpringerLink
- Focused on a broad range of subjects including design and arts, computer science, engineering, mathematics, and physics
Also note that all of Carleton's ebooks can be found through the library's homepage, using the large search box. Conduct a keyword search, then isolate to Available Online (under Availability) + Books (under Resource Type)
Research on the IT Industry
- Business Source Complete - Isolate by document type (scroll down the search screen) including: Company Report and Industry Overview, or search by NAICS/Industry Code
- Factiva - Hover over Companies/Markets and click Industry to see a list of industries, providing relevant data about an industry and summary information
- Gartner Research Campus Access
Resources of Interest
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
- MIT Media Lab
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- National Research Council Canada
- Public Library of Science (PLOS)
- Science.gov
Videos
- Films on Demand - Click the three bars at the top left to 'View All' Subjects, including Technology & Society
Writing
Patents
- Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)
- European Patent Office (EPO)
- Google Patents
- Lens.org (find patents and associated scholarly research)
- United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) - seeking international patent protection
Hierarchical Systems for Classifying Patents
- Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - developed by the European Patent Office (EPO) and United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) combining their classification practices
- International Patent Classification (IPC)
Detailed Guide for Patents, Standards, and Trademarks
Open Sources of Data
- Open Data (Government of Canada)
- Data Catalogue (Government of the United States)
Library Guides
- Data Science
- Data Visualization
- Find data in the library
- OECD iLibrary
- Open Data Repositories - Canada
- Open Data Repositories - US and International
- Statistical Consulting in the library (SPSS, Stata)
Theses and Dissertations
- CURVE - Includes Carleton theses and dissertations, as well as other research deposited by faculty, staff, and students
- Dissertations and Theses Global - Theses and dissertations from around the world
- Foreign Doctoral Dissertations - Indexes non-North American graduate and doctoral theses
- Other sources for Theses and Dissertations
Guide for Conducting a Literature Review
Journals
- Advances in Optics and Photonics
- Automatica
- Computer Networks
- Computer Science and Information Systems
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Information & Management
- Information Systems Journal
- Information Technology and Libraries
- Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Management
- International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction
- International Journal of Information Management
- Journal of Information Science
- Journal of Information Technology
- Journal of Management Information Systems
- Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
- Journal of Optics
- Journal of Strategic Information Systems
- Optics Express
Books
- Architectural Intelligence: How Designers and Architects Created the Digital Landscape (2017)
- Big Data, Surveillance and Crisis Management (2017)
- Computer and Network Security Essentials (2018)
- Cyberpsychology and Society: Current Perspectives (2018)
- Data Politics: Worlds, Subjects, Rights (2019)
- Data Stewardship for Open Science: Implementing FAIR Principles (2018)
- A Dictionary of the Internet (2019)
- Google Search Secrets (2013)
- How to Write a Good Scientific Paper (2018)
- The Intelligent Organisation: Driving Systemic Change with Information (2019)
- The Internet of People, Things and Services: Workplace Transformations (2018)
- Interpretable Machine Learning: A Guide for Making Black Box Models Explainable (2019)
- Methods of IT Project Management (2018)
- The Oxford Handbook of Cyberpsychology (2019)
- Preservation and the New Data Landscape (2019)
- The Routledge Companion to Media Studies and Digital Humanities (2018)
- The Theory and Craft of Digital Preservation (2018)
- The UX Book: Agile UX Design for a Quality User Experience (2019)
- The Wiley Handbook of Human Computer Interaction Set (2018)
