I need to do some research in Computer Science. Where do I start?

KEY DATABASES

Computing Reviews (Harvard login), updated daily, evaluates the best articles and books in computer science.

Web of Science (Harvard login) includes the major journals in computer science, with comprehensive cited reference tracking.

INSPEC (Harvard login) provides deep coverage of electrical engineering and computer science.

 

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Robyn Rosenberg is the research contact for Computer Science.

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