COVID-19 Campus Closures
Northeastern University has moved all instruction online due to COVID-19 concerns. But you can still get help with your research! I'm available for online and phone consultations during my regular office hours; just schedule an appointment as usual. You can also reach the reference desk by text at 617-934-7876, by email, or via our QuestionPoint 24/7 chat service.
O'Reilly for Higher Education
Previously known as Safari Books Online. Books from industry-leading publishers such as Sam's, O'Reilly, Peachpit, and Que, plus 30,000 hours of video, proven learning paths, case studies, interactive tutorials, audio books, and videos from O’Reilly's global conferences.
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Connect to O'ReillyTo access, select "Not listed? Click here" from the drop-down menu and register with your Northeastern University email address.
Key Resources
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ACM Digital LibraryFull-text access to most ACM periodicals and conference proceedings and contains a large amount of information on gaming, modeling and simulation. Includes information from ACM groups such as SIGGRAPH and SIGCHI.
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IEEEXplore (IEEE/IET Electronic Library)NU subscribes to the AbstractPlus records and full text published since 1988 and select content published since 1950 from IEEE journals, transactions, magazines, and conference proceedings; IEE journals and conference proceedings; and IEEE standards.
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Compendex and Inspec through EI VillageAbstracts and indexing to the world's scientific and technical literature, with some links to full text.
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Computers & Applied Sciences Complete (EBSCOhost)Covers the research and development spectrum of the computing and applied sciences disciplines. Indexing and abstracts for more than 1,720 academic journals, professional publications, and other reference sources. Full text for over 670 periodicals.
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Faulkner's Advisory for IT StudiesMore than 1,200 reports that help researchers learn about and keep up with the issues, trends, market conditions, products, services, and vendors in the IT and communications industries.
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CiteSeer XScientific literature digital library and search engine that focuses primarily on the literature in computer and information science, and aims to improve the dissemination of and access to scientific literature and scholarly knowledge.
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Web of ScienceCitation information and analysis, as well as author abstracts, are available in this multidisciplinary database covering 8,500 high impact research journals.
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LISTA: Library and Information Science Abstracts (EBSCOHost)Over 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports, and proceedings. Topics include librarianship, information management, and more, extending back as far as the mid-1960s.
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arXiv.org e-Print ArchiveOpen access to 1,648,678 e-prints in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering and systems science, and economics. E-prints are usually submitted by authors before publication and may differ from published materials arXiv is funded by Cornell University, the Simons Foundation and by the member institutions.
Research & Instruction Librarian
Need help with your research?
Email me: b.williams@northeastern.edu
Call me: 617 373 2363
If you need immediate help, please chat with a librarian.
What I can do in a consultation:
- Help you find sources for your project
- Help you brainstorm research strategies
- Help you set up a citation manager
- Help you access online materials
- Help you request items through Interlibrary Loan
What I can't do in a consultation:
- Proofread your paper (visit the Writing Center!)
- Help you choose a topic or verify that your topic is "good" (talk to your instructor!)
- Find sources for you (that's your job!)
Bottom line: while I am here to support your research process and help you navigate the library, I am not a substitute for your instructor. Questions about assignment requirements, grading, acceptable sources, acceptable topics and deadlines should be directed to your professor or TA.