Finding Articles

Subscription Databases:  

ACM Portal (ACM Digital Library and Guide to Computing Literature)-Full text of every article ever published by ACM.

Annual Reviews-Authoritative, analytical resource "...synthesizing the vast amount of primary research literature and identifying the principal contributions in your field" on an annual basis for a variety of scientific and social science disciplines. IUPUI provides extensive current and historical access for the life, health, and medical sciences. Titles include Biochemistry, Biophysics, Genomics and Human Genetics, Medicine, Neuroscience, and Physiology. Searches can be done by title, across the collection or by subject series (e.g. Biomedical Life Sciences). To customize your search, from the Search interface, choose Publications pull-down menu: Return reviews published in. New

Applied Science and Technology Full Text (Wilson)-Indexes articles, product evaluations, and book reviews in over 390 leading English-language periodicals published in the U.S. and elsewhere. The database includes trade and industrial publications, journals of professional and learned societies, and specialized subject periodicals.

IEEE Computer Society Digital Library-Provides online access to 22 society magazines and transactions, and more than 1,700 selected conference proceedings.

IET Journals page-Describes the IET journals, which can be accessed via IEEE Xplore. Topics include communications and networks; image processing; computer vision; medical equipment technology; synthetic biology; systems biology; nanobiotechnology.  

Open Access Resources:

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)-Covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.

Public Library of Science (PLoS) Journals-Publishes peer-reviewed, open-access scientific and medical journals that include original research as well as timely feature articles. Campus membership provides a discount to authors for the article publication fee. New 

Finding Books & Media

Books

• IUCAT is IUPUI's online catalog
• Search for print and electronic books in IUCAT

Enter IUCAT. From the home search page, start with simple keyword searches using general concepts connected with AND (e.g. programming AND Linux). If you have logged in to IUCAT, you can use the Request Delivery system to request that a book available at another IU library, but not available here, be sent here for you to pick up.

Ebooks New! ebook "Meta" Search-Simultaneously search University Library's ebook collections*. Enter IUCAT. From the home search page, under More IUCAT Searches, select "E-book Search (Beta)". Start with simple keyword searches using general concepts connected with AND (e.g. programming AND Linux). If you do multiple ebook searches, use the IUCAT "Go Back" tab when starting new searches to avoid being "bumped out" of the ebook search. 

*Books 24X7 IT Pro-Contains hundreds of ebooks from top publishers such as MIT Press, Microsoft Press, Osborne/McGraw-Hill, Que, Sams, Sybex and Wiley. Security requirements require that on- and off-campus users start each session by using a library link to the resource and logging in to the library's proxy server using their campus network ID and password.

*Ebrary-Multiple academic subject and general interest ebook collection.  For help on using this and other ebook services, view our eBooks tutorial.

*NetLibrary-Multiple academic subject and general interest ebook collection. When you enter the site from an affiliated library, you will see the name of your library in the box on the right side of the screen. 

*Safari Books Online-An e-reference library of nearly 1200 books published by O'Reilly and appropriate for programmers and IT professionals. These ebooks are also searchable via IUCAT. New [Learn how to use Safari]

Springer ebook collection-Access Springer ebooks and articles from 2005 through 2007, including some from 2008 and 2009. Access is available via the link. Materials which can be accessed are marked with a green square. Items can also be identified and accessed via IUCAT.  New   

Dissertations and Theses

Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest)-Doctoral dissertations and master's theses are a vital fund of scholarship for any discipline.  The massive body of work available through ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQTD) represents the most comprehensive source of academic research in the world.

Reference Materials

Online Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, & Handbooks:

Major online resources

Annual Reviews-Authoritative, analytical resource "...synthesizing the vast amount of primary research literature and identifying the principal contributions in your field" on an annual basis for a variety of scientific and social science disciplines. IUPUI provides extensive current and historical access for the life, health, and medical sciences. Titles include Biochemistry, Biophysics, Genomics and Human Genetics, Medicine, Neuroscience, and Physiology. Searches can be done by title, across the collection or by subject series (e.g. Biomedical Life Sciences). To customize your search, from the Search interface, choose Publications pull-down menu: Return reviews published in. New

Encyclopedia Britannica Online-Combines scholarly content with thousands of video clips, images, and animations.

Gale Virtual Reference Library-Large collection of dictionaries and encyclopedias. Search by individual title, across the collection (Basic Search), or by subject (Advanced Search: limit results by subject area). Subject collections include Arts (e.g. filmakers and the Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film); Business (e.g. e-commerce); Education (e.g. applications of information and communication technology); General Reference (e.g. acronyms and abbreviations); Law (e.g. survey of state laws); Science; Social Science (e.g. bioethics resources and The Healthcare System; and Technology. 

McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (2007)-McGraw Hill's "flagship" technology reference title. Please see link within the Science subject collection at webpage: Gale Virtual Reference Library. The Encyclopedia "covers the latest developments" in topics in theoretical and applied science and technology, including cellular and molecular biology. New     

Oxford Reference Online-Large collection of high quality, up-to-date dictionaries; search by individual title, subject collection or across the collection to obtain entries cross-referenced by discipline. Includes terms, symbols, processes, and entry-level web links etc. for subjects such as Arts and Architecture, incl. modern design; Performing Arts; Biological Sciences, incl. biochemistry, molecular biology, and genetics; Computing, incl. databases, networks, and multimedia; Physical Sciences & Mathematics, incl. statistics terms and distributions. 

Mathematics and Writing Tools

• Advanced Multivariate Statistics with Matrices; by Kollo and von Rosen (Springer 2005) 
• Analysis of Variance and Functional Measurement: A Practical Guide; by Weiss (Oxford U. Press 2006)
• Applied Statistics: Using SPSS, Statistica, MATLAB, and R, by Marques de Sá (Springer 2007)
• Bootstrap Methods: A Guide for Practitioners and Researchers, 2nd ed.; by Chernick (Wiley 2008)
• Categorical Data Analysis, 2nd ed.; by Agresti (Wiley 2002)
• Chicago Guide to Writing about Multivariate Analysis (U. of Chicago Press 2005)
• Chicago Guide to Writing about Numbers (U. of Chicago Press 2004)
• Constrained Clustering: Advances in Algorithms, Theory, and Applications; ed. by Basu, et al. (CRC 2009)
• The Craft of Research (U. of Chicago Press 2003)
• Data Analysis: A Bayesian Tutorial; by Sivia (Oxford U. Press 2006; online and in stacks)
• Data Mining Methods and Models; by Larose (Wiley 2006) 
• Designing Experiments and Analyzing Data: A Model Comparison Perspective; by Maxwell and Delaney (Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc. 2004)
• Discrete Multivariate Analysis : Theory and Practice; by Bishop, et al. (Springer 2007) 
• Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics and Estimation for Social Scientists; by Lynch (Springer 2007) 
• Introduction to Bayesian Analysis: Theory and Methods; ed. by Ghosh, et al. (Springer 2006)
• Introduction to Bayesian Statistics; by Koch (Springer 2007)
• Lattice: Multivariate Data Visualization with R; by Sarkar (Springer 2008)
• Longitudinal Data Analysis; by Hedeker (Wiley 2006)
• Markov Chain Monte Carlo: Innovations and Applications; ed. by Kendall, et al. (World Scientific 2005)
• Methods and Applications of Linear Models: Regression and the Analysis of Variance, 2nd ed.; by Hocking (Wiley 2003)
• Models for Intensive Longitudinal Data; ed. by Walls and Schafer (Oxford U. Press 2006)
• Modern Multivariate Statistical Techniques: Regression, Classification, and Manifold Learning; by Izenman (Springer 2008)
• Missing Data in Longitudinal Studies: Strategies for Bayesian Modeling and Sensitivity Analysis; by Daniels and Hogan (Chapman & Hall/ CRC 2008)
• Nonparametric Regression Methods for Longitudinal Data Analysis: Mixed-Effects Modeling Approaches; by Wu and Zhang (Wiley 2006)
• Optimum Experimental Designs, with SAS; by Atkinson, et al. (Oxford U. Press 2007)
• R Book; by Crawley (Wiley 2007)
• Regression Methods in Biostatistics: Linear, Logistic, Survival, and Repeated Measures Models; by Vittinghoff, et al. (Springer 2005)
• SAS for Mixed Models, 2nd ed.; by Littell, et al. (SAS Institute 2006)
• SPSS for Intermediate Statistics: Use and Interpretation; by Leech, et al. (Lawrence Erlbaum 2005)
• Structural Equation Modeling: A Bayesian Approach; by Lee (Wiley 2007)

Sample eBooks - New Media

Sample eBooks - Informatics

• Advanced Data Mining Technologies in Bioinformatics; ed. by Hsu (IGI 2006 online and in stacks) 
• Advanced Information Systems Engineering, International Conference (Springer, incl. volumes publ. from 1997 to 2009) New 
• Bioanalytical Chemistry; by Mikkelsen & Cortón (Wiley 2004) 
• Bioinformatics; by Mathura, et al. (2009; access via Springer ebook collection link, given below)   
• Biological Database Modeling; ed. by Chen and Sidhu (Artech House 2008 online and in stacks)
• Chemical Biophysics: Quantitative Analysis of Cellular Systems; by Beard & Qian (Cambridge U. Press 2008) 
• Computational Methods for Protein Structure Prediction and Modeling:Volume 1: Basic Characterization; ed. by Xu, et al. (Springer 2007) 
• Computational Methods for Protein Structure Prediction and Modeling: Vol. 2: Structure Prediction; ed. by Xu, et al. (Springer 2007 in Stacks)
• Computer Ethics: A Case-Based Approach; by Barger (Cambridge U. Press 2008)
• Crystallography Made Crystal Clear: A Guide for Users of Macromolecular Models, 3rd ed.; by Rhodes (Elsevier 2006) 
• Data Mining and Medical Knowledge Management: Cases and Applications; ed. by Berka, et al. (IGI 2009) New 
• Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM); by Pianykh (2008; access via Springer ebook collection link)
• Encyclopedia of Information Ethics and Security; ed. by Quigley (IGI 2008) New
• Emerging Topics and Technologies in Information Sytems; ed. by Lytras & Ordonez de Pablos (IGI 2009) New
• Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology; ed. by Marshall, et al. (IGI 2006)
• Encyclopedia of Human Computer Interaction; ed. by Ghaoui (IGI 2006)
• Evolution of the Web in Artificial Intelligence Environments; ed. by Nayak, et al. (2008; access via Springer ebook collection link)
• Grid Computing for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology; ed. by Talbi and Zomaya (Wiley 2008)
• Handbook of Research on Informatics in Healthcare and Biomedicine; ed. by Lazakidou (IGI 2006)
• Handbook of Research on Knowledge-intensive Organizations; ed. by Jemielniak & Kociatkiewicz (Information Science Reference 2009) New 
• Human Computer Interaction Research in Web Design and Evaluation; ed. by Zaphiris & Kurniawan (IGI 2007)  
• Human Factors Methods: A Practical Guide for Engineering and Design; by Stanton, et al. (Ashgate Pub. 2005)
• Information Retrieval in Biomedicine: Natural Language Processing for Knowledge Integration; ed. by Prince & Roche (IGI 2009) New
• Introduction to Chemoinformatics, Rev. ed.; by Leach and Gillet (2007; can access via the Springer ebook collection)
• Knowledge Structures for Communications in Human-Computer Systems: General Automata-Based; by Koenig (Wiley 2007) 
• Large Scale Structure and Dynamics of Complex Networks: From Information Technology to Finance and Natural Science; ed. by Caldarelli & Vespignani (World Scientific 2007)
• Practical Bioinformatics; ed. by Bujnicki  (2008; can access via the Springer ebook collection)
• Proteins: Structure and Function; by Whitford (Wiley 2005)
• Springer's Handbook of Enzymes, 2nd edition, incl. 19 volumes publ. from 2005 to 2009 New  
• STAT-USA Companion to International Marketing: Highlighting Accessibly-Designed Information and Communications Technology (2007)
• Systems Bioinformatics: An Engineering Case-Based Approach; ed. by Alterovitz and Ramoni (Artech House 2007 online and in stacks)
• Systems Biology: Genomics; ed. by Rigoutsos & Stephanopoulos (Oxford U. Press 2007 online and in stacks) 
• Systems Biology: Networks, Models, and Applications; ed. by Rigoutsos & Stephanopoulos (Oxford U. Press 2007 online and in stacks)
• Thinking in Systems: A Primer; by Meadows (Earthscan 2008)

Springer ebook collection - Access resources mentioned above, and other Springer ebooks from 2005 through 2007, including some from 2008 and 2009. 

Print Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, & Handbooks*

General

• Computer Review: Knowledge Economy Market and Technology Directory. Includes Daily Online Updates (REF TK 7885.A1 C56 2008) New
• Science, Technology, and Society: An Encyclopedia (Oxford U. Press REF HM 846 .S43 2005)

New Media

• Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes: Music, Film, Visual Arts, Dance, Theater (Schirmer Books REF NX 456 .K67 2000)
• History of Modern Design (Prentice Hall NK1175 .R35 2004)
• Oxford Dictionary of Modern Design (REF NK 1165.W66 2004)
• Plunkett's Entertainment & Media Industry Almanac (REF P 88.8.P57 2008; select content available online via IUCAT link) New
• Who's Who in Animated Cartoons (Applause REF NC 1765.L357 2006)
• Who's Who in Design (Essen: REF NC998.4 .W46 v.3 2007 or stacks NC998.4 .W46 v.2 2003)

Informatics

• Chicago Guide to Writing about Multivariate Analysis (U. of Chicago Press REF T11 .M484 2005)  
• Chicago Guide to Writing about Numbers ( U. of Chicago Press REF T11 .M485 2004)
• Encyclopedia of Information Ethics and Security (IGI Global REF HM 851 .E555 2008) New
• Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics (Sage REF HA29 .S2363 2007 v.1 - v.3) New
• Encyclopedia of Nonlinear Science (Routledge: REF QA427 .E53 2005)
• Handbook of Research on Information Technology Management and Clinical Data Administration in Healthcare (2009) New
• How to Write and Illustrate Scientific Papers (Cambridge University Press REF T11 .G86 2008) New
• Plunkett's Health Care Industry Almanac (REF HD 9994 U5 P68 2008; select content available online via IUCAT link) New
• Reporting Results: A Practical Guide for Engineers and Scientists (Cambridge U. Press T11 .V358 2008) New

Organizations & Associations

Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)-Founded in 1981, AACE is "an international, not-for-profit, educational organization with the mission of advancing Information Technology in Education and E-Learning research, development, learning, and its practical application".

Assocation for Computing Machinery (ACM)-"The world's largest educational and scietific computing society, delivers resources that advance computing as a science and a profession.  ACM provides the computing field's premier Digital Library and serves its members and the computing profession with leading-edge publications, conferences, and career resources".

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)-"A non-profit organization, IEEE is the world's leading professional association for the advancement of technology".

Web Resources

Blogs:

• Biological Informatics
• Health Informatics
• Human-Computer Interaction Design
• Media Shift: Your Guide to the Digital Media Revolution

Images:

• ArtStor
• Biology Image Library
• Google Images
• IUPUI Image Collection

Search Engines:

• INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
• Medstory: Intelligent Search for Health and Medicine
• VADLO: Biomedical and Life Sciences