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Computer Science (CS)

A guide to finding selected Computer Science resources. Topics include programming, networking, information systems, software engineering and development, data science and machine learning.

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This guide will help you find reliable resources for your research assignments for Computer Science. Use the recommended resources below or navigate this guide using the tabs at the left to find more specific resources or get additional information.

Recommended Resources

These are some of the most relevant and widely used resources for Computer Science.

  • Web of Science
    • Access restricted to Illinois Tech students, faculty, & staff
    Best Bet Featured

    Web of Science is a multidisciplinary citation indexing database that provides coverage of high-impact scholarly literature across the sciences, technology, engineering, and math. It offers powerful tools for tracking research trends, analyzing citation networks, and evaluating research impact. 

  • ACM Digital Library - Association for Computing Machinery
    • Access restricted to Illinois Tech students, faculty, & staff
    Best Bet
    This database contains research papers, articles, news, journals and all other publications ever published by ACM. Content within the database primarily relates to computer science within different academic fields. The database can be browsed by topic or literature type. The advanced search function allows for specific queries by keyword, institutional affiliation, conference, among other useful features.
  • Books 24x7
    • Access restricted to Illinois Tech students, faculty, & staff
    Best Bet Featured

    Books24x7 is a database providing on-demand access to thousands of IT and business e-books, audiobooks, and videos from leading publishers. It offers a comprehensive resource for learning and reference across various technical and business topics. 

  • Illinois Tech Library Catalog
    • Free to search. Full-text content likely to be paywalled or restricted to Illinois Tech
    Best Bet
    The library catalog searches through all of Illinois Tech’s physical library holdings and hundreds of thousands of digital titles available through our databases and digital collections. Sign in to your Illinois Tech Library account to access all available materials and review your current loans, requests, fees, blocks, messages, and other personal details.
  • CiteSeer
    • Mostly free or Open Access. Some content may be paywalled or restricted to Illinois Tech
    Best Bet
    CiteSeer is a scientific literature digital library focusing on computer and information science. CiteSeer provides citation indexing for each article, which allows you to see (a) all the references cited by the article, and (b) what other articles have cited the article.
  • SIAM Journals - Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
    • Access restricted to Illinois Tech students, faculty, & staff
    Best Bet
    An online digital library of publications of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, from 1997-present. Use the Advanced Search feature to search multiple titles simultaneously.

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