Library Science is an interdisciplinary field, so there are a lot of databases that might be useful to search depending on your research topic. Since too many options can sometimes be overwhelming, here's a short list of places to search to get started.
Enables users to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research.
Database of articles relevant to computing and information technology from the Association for Computing Machinery. Search defaults to the ACM Full-Text Collection – you can expand your results to include the more comprehensive ACM Guide to Computing Literature.
Topics include computer technology, artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction (HCI), usability, network technologies, the IT profession, programming languages, operating systems, distributed systems, data management, data mining, big data, web design, web services, social media, and all areas of information and systems security.
Topics include artificial intelligence; computer applications, programming, systems organization, and hardward; information systems, mathematics of computing, software engineering, and more. Sources include scholarly journals, trade journals, conference proceedings, government publications, dissertations, books, magazines, and more.
A database of full-text articles from journals published primarily by MCB University Press. Covers a wide range of topics including business, education, engineering, library science, management and operations & production.
The Educational Resource Information Center is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to education-related literature.
Enables users to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research.
Collection of journal articles, conference proceedings, ebooks, and standards published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Content dates from 1988 - present.
Provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracting of journals, including key library and information science periodicals, and full-text coverage of many of them.
Ulrich's (Ulrichs) contains bibliographic data about all periodicals published worldwide, and includes reviews from Magazines for Libraries and Library Journal.
The world's largest bibliographic database presents bibliographic records for books, serials (journals), and all other formats. Use WorldCat to find materials not in University Libraries or Prospector.