LibGuides: Information and Computer Sciences: Home

Welcome to the Computer Science Research Guide!

This guide aims to provide links to useful resources in Computer Science and tips for starting your research. If there is something you're looking for that you are not finding here, let me know!

As the librarian for CICS, I am happy to help if you have questions or need assistance. Feel free to email me, and we can set up a time to meet - face-to-face, on the phone, or online.

Rebecca

Tools to Know About

Google Scholar
Be sure to manage your Google Scholar settings in order to access UMass Amherst licensed content from off campus! Click "more" for instructions.

Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.

You can access Google Scholar with UMLinks buttons from outside the UMass Amherst IP range ("off campus") by two methods:

1. Access Google Scholar through the Library web site by using this link.
2. Go to generic Google Scholar.
a. Click on "Settings."
b. Click on Library links.
c. Type in "University of Massachusetts" or "UMass Amherst" (or a few other variations).
d. Check "University of Massachusetts Amherst - UMass Check for Full Text" and Save.
e. You will be asked to authenticate somewhere along the way to full text.

UMass Libraries Remote Access Bookmarklet
UMass Amherst Libraries has a bookmarklet that can be used to access licensed electronic resources from off-campus, without going through the Libraries' website. The bookmarklet works with Chrome, Firefox, IE, and Safari. From websites like JSTOR, Science Direct, or Google Scholar, you will be prompted to log in with your UMass NetID.
Unpaywall Browser Extension
Unpaywall is an open database of over 22 million open access scholarly articles harvested from repositories and publishers around the world. Use the browser extension to see if there is an OA copy of the article you are looking for.

Quick start databases

ACM Digital Library
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Journals of the Association for Computing Machinery, its conference proceedings, magazines, technical reports, and more, 1954-present. Includes some works published by affiliated organizations. Covers the fields of computing and information technology.

Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
ArXiv.org e-Print Archive
Open access to 1,487,358 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance, Statistics, Electrical Engineering and Systems Science, and Economics.

Content is freely available for use by all.

DBLP
Openly available computer science bibliography, including more than 4.4 million publications in major computer science publications. Provides free access to high quality metadata and links to electronic versions of publications where available.

Google Scholar
Use to access many UMass online journal subscriptions.

Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.

You can access Google Scholar with UMLinks buttons from outside the UMass Amherst IP range ("off campus") by two methods:

1. Access Google Scholar through the Library web site by using this link.
2. Go to generic Google Scholar.
a. Click on "Settings."
b. Click on Library links.
c. Type in "University of Massachusetts" or "UMass Amherst" (or a few other variations).
d. Check "University of Massachusetts Amherst - UMass Check for Full Text" and Save.
e. You will be asked to authenticate somewhere along the way to full text.
IEEE Xplore
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All IEEE journals (including Spectrum), standards, transactions, and major conference proceedings since 1988, plus some content since 1952, to present.

Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password. As of May 2022, IEEE no longer supports Internet Explorer, please use another browser for the best experience.