Library Guides: Library and Information Science: Databases

Best Bets for Databases

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.

Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
An international abstracting and indexing tool designed for library professionals and other information specialists.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) with Full Text
Indexes more than 560 core journals, nearly 50 priority journals, and nearly 125 selective journals; plus books, research reports and proceedings.
Google Scholar
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.

Databases

Academic Search Complete
Designed for academic institutions, this database by Ebscohost provides complete coverage of multidisciplinary, full-text academic journals.
ACM Digital Library
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.
Computer & Information Systems Abstracts
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.
Emerald Insight
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.
ERIC (ProQuest)
The Educational Resource Information Center is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to education-related literature.
Google Scholar
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.
IEEE Xplore
Collection of journal articles, conference proceedings, ebooks, and standards published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Content dates from 1988 - present.
Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
An international abstracting and indexing tool designed for library professionals and other information specialists.
Library Literature & Information Science Full Text and Retrospective (H.W. Wilson)
Provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracting of journals, including key library and information science periodicals, and full-text coverage of many of them.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) with Full Text
Indexes more than 560 core journals, nearly 50 priority journals, and nearly 125 selective journals; plus books, research reports and proceedings.
ProQuest Central
Serves as the central resource for researchers at all levels.
Springer E-Book Series
Grants access to thousands of English-language e-books.
Ulrichsweb
Ulrich's (Ulrichs) contains bibliographic data about all periodicals published worldwide, and includes reviews from Magazines for Libraries and Library Journal.
WorldCat
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.

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Bridget Farrell

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Reference Librarian

Bridget Farrell

she/her

Email Me

Contact:

250E Anderson Academic Commons
2150 E. Evans Ave.
Denver, CO 80208

303-871-3445

Subjects: Education, Grants, Library and Information Sciences, Writing

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