General Databases containing Science and Engineering Topics
What is a Database?
A database is an organized collection of structured information, or data, typically stored electronically in a computer system. from Oracle The structured information in these databases contains information about articles, books, etc.
Each of these databases contain or have links to many full text articles. If a specific database doesn't cover your topic, try a multidisciplinary one. Multidisciplinary databases can be used to broadly explore topics too.
Multidisciplinary Databases
Contain information of interest to many disciplines.
Strict guidelines on what publications they include, so publications are quality. However, not all quality publications are in here, so you will find less information. Be sure to use more than one database.
crawls "more scholarly" websites then Google, but not everything is scholarly. More work to determine if something is scholarly sometimes. Note: Be sure to setup to display library links for George Mason University Libraries to get full text articles.
The point of searching for an article is being able to read the ones that you want. Often, Google Scholar searches publisher websites that ask for money to view an article.
University Libraries might have an article, but not at the publisher website. Setting up library links with Google Scholar will display links to University Libraries.
Note: If you sign into Google Scholar, it will remember your settings
Select the Menu, then Settings.
Select library links from the navigation
Type mason into the search box
Select the George Mason University – Full-Text @ Mason checkbox
Citations and full-text articles in the area of computing and information technologies from journals, magazines, and conference proceedings published by the ACM.
Access to current research, theory and applications in all sub-disciplines of computing via the review medium. Compiles expert, unbiased critical reviews of current publications of note in computing.
Provides full-text access to all journals, transactions and conference proceedings published by IEEE and IET. Accesses more than 1,000 books in the IEEE-Wiley eBook Library and IEEE-MIT eBook Library-Computing and Engineering Collection.
Provides access to reviews, abstracts and bibliographic information for the mathematical sciences literature. Includes access to Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications from 1940 to present.
Offers current news for all branches of the military, through a thorough offering of periodicals, academic journals and other related content. Content also includes country reports and relevant government documents.
For additional engineering related databases and complete database descriptions, go to a list of all Engineering Databases.
If a journal article or conference paper is not available electronically or a book isn't available through the WRLC, use ILLiad to request the item.
Core Journals in SEOR
NOTE: Many more journals in Systems Engineering and Operational Research can be found using the library databases, the library Journal Finder and the catalog.
"This journal reports the latest developments and achievements in both theoretical and practical aspects of systems engineering, electronics and related research areas."
"This leading, international journal focuses on theory, research, and intellectual development for information systems in organizations, institutions, the economy, and society."
"The mission of the journal is to foster new thinking and research to help decision-makers understand the mechanisms and complexity of economic, engineering, management, social, and technological systems."
"This journal is a primary source of multidisciplinary information for the systems engineering and management of products and services, and processes of all types."
"INSIGHT features informative articles dedicated to advancing the state of practice in systems engineering. Articles discuss resilient systems, model-based systems engineering,natural systems, agile security, systems of systems, and more."
(Open Access). Cybersecurity research is interdisciplinary and this journal reflects that. It publishes research in areas including cultural studies, computer science and security, security economics, human factors, cryptography, legal aspects and more.
(Open Access) This peer-reviewed journal "covers topics appealing to a broad readership within the cyber security discipline, with a particular focus on education, training, and workforce development."
"This journal addresses the interface of OR and computing by publishing surveys and original research papers on theories, methods and experiments." (1998-present)
"This journal focuses on the practice of operations research and management science and the impact this practice has on organizations throughout the world."
"Find groundbreaking research about organizations, including their processes, structures, technologies, identities, capabilities, forms, and performance."
"Features comprehensive articles and surveys cover transportation modes, present and prospective, and researches planning and design issues and the related economic, operational, and social concerns."
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