Computer Information Systems Resources
Articles, Databases & Journals
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ABI/INFORM CollectionThe most comprehensive ABI/INFORM database, this comprises ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry, and ABI/INFORM Dateline. The database features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal and The Financial Times.
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The University of Houston Libraries subscribes to more than 350 databases, to access a complete list of those resources do the following...
- Click on this link - http://info.lib.uh.edu
- Select "Databases" for a complete list.
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Business Source CompleteA scholarly business database, providing full-text context.
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Computer SourceComputer Source provides full text for nearly 300 publications, covering topics such as computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, information systems, robotics, and software. In addition, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications. Many full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1985.
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Information Science & Technology AbstractsInformation Science & Technology Abstracts (ISTA) covers classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, search engines, printed and electronic information sources, the information industry, scholarly communication, electronic publishing, and more.
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JSTORA full-text archival collection of scholarly journals. Subjects covered include Business, Economics, Finance, Political Science, Population Studies, Public Policy & Administration, Statistics.
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Nexis UniIncludes national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources, U.S. Federal and state case law, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews, and international legal information, Shepard's Citations for all U.S. Supreme Court cases back to 1789, business news journals, company financial information, SEC filings and reports, and industry and market news.
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APA PsycInfoThe database also includes information about the psychological aspects of related fields such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, law and others.
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ScienceDirectThe leading full-text scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters from more than 2,500 peer-reviewed journals and more than 11,000 books. Excellent resource for business research.
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SpringerLinkSpringerLink contains abstracts, tables of contents, and full text of articles, handbooks and reference works in the sciences, technology, medicine and social sciences.
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Wiley Online LibraryThe world's broadest and deepest multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.
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Increase your search results by using the thesaurus within the following databases.
Peer Review Questions & Publishing Opportunities
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Cabells Directories of Publishing OpportunitiesCabell's Directories of Publishing Opportunities, Educational Set contains information about scholarly journals in the area of education to help authors find the most suitable journals for their manuscripts based on criteria such as thematic characteristics, manuscript guidelines, acceptance rate, audience type, and review process.
The resources below will indicate if the journal is peer reviewed. Cabell's Directories of Publishing Opportunities will cover the article submission process, manuscript specifications, guidelines, etc.
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UlrichswebProvides detailed, comprehensive, and authoritative information on serials published throughout the world. Ulrich's covers all subjects, and includes publications that are published regularly or irregularly and are circulated free of charge or by paid subscription.
Citation Indexes: Research Author & Journal Impact
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Web of ScienceCougarNet Login Required
Web of Science provides access to current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from high impact research journals in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Web of Science enables users can navigate forward, backward, and through the literature through cited reference searching. -
ScopusCougarNet Login Required
Abstract and citation database containing both peer-reviewed research literature and quality web sources. With over 19,000 titles from more than 5,000 international publishers, it offers researchers a quick, easy and comprehensive resource to support their research needs in the scientific, technical, medical and social sciences fields and, more recently, also in the arts and humanities.
Search Tips
AND narrows down your search results to those which contain only these terms.
- Example: gender AND warfare = Searches for all the records that contain both of these terms.
OR expands your search.
- Example: gender OR women OR feminist = Searches for records that contain any of these terms
NOT eliminates unrelated records from your search results.
- Example: Middle Ages NOT crusades = Searches for all results with Middles Ages that do not contain any reference to the Crusades.
Truncation ( * ) allows you to search for multiple word endings in one search. Place an * at the end of the word root to obtain more search results.
Example:
Environ* = Searches for any text containing environment, environmental, environ, environs, etc.
Quotation Marks (" ") allow you to narrow your search to an exact phrase.
Example:
"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" = Searches for that exact phrase.
Wildcards (?) allow you to search for variant spellings within a word in one search.
Example:
Wom?n = Searches for woman or women