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Library Resources

Resources for Computing Undergraduates

How to access library resources off campus

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Getting Started

To access the eJournals, eBooks and databases outside the DIT network use the Off Campus Access link
Exam papers: access point and information for online papers
Borrowing and Renewals: entitlements for undergraduates
Program documents: access point and information
Final year projects from previous years are available to view at the library desk. Click here to find your class list.
How to use the Library : full help guides listing

eJournals

So why use eJournals? Journals contain peer reviewed academic research which is not found in textbooks. Information is published on a monthly or weekly basis and consists of breakthroughs and reports on current research.
The DIT Library computing ejournals can be searched by journal title or subject. Or search the entire journal collection including hardcopy titles on the Library Catalogue using Journal Title Search. Click on a title to open the fulltext or use the Kevin St Library guide Finding fulltext journal articles

eBooks

Browse via the eBook link: most of the computing titles are located in NetLibrary. Or search for a specific etextbook on the Library Catalogue.

Subject Links

logo Try the Pinakes Subject Launchpad or some of the following links:

Arxiv ePrints	CiteSeer	ePrint Network	Scirus
AAAI	CORR	Infomine	Stallings Student Site
Caltech/Coda	CogPrints	SEWorld	TechXtra

Kevin St Guides to Project Resources

Download and use these guides to help you get started with an assignment or project

Assignment & Information Skills Resources

First Year

Final year

Subject Databases for Computing

Why use these as opposed to google or other search engines? Subject databases index current scholarly research on various topics published in thousands of academic journals and are the ideal way to find out what’s new in your subject. You may need to use several to locate the information you need as no single database indexes every journal publication.

Academic Search Complete	IEEE Xplore Digital Library	Royal Society Archive
ACM Digital Library*	MathSci Net	Science Direct
NSAI Standards: IS,ISO,EN	IOP Science	Web of Knowledge

Try the following Kevin St Library Guides to get started:

NB Please note the ACM Digital Library subscription provides full-text access to ACM journals, and transactions, but not to ACM conference proceedings. See the Back Up Resources section below for more information.

To access the databases from outside the DIT network see Off Campus Access.
See also the full list of DIT Library databases and passwords

Search Engines

Summon

What does Summon search? Summon is a search engine that provides relevance ranked results from DIT Library's online collections in a one single search. It includes records and citations from the DIT Library's databases, eJournals eBooks and theses collections.

Summon and Google Scholar search different bodies of scholarly content. There is overlap, but there is content in Summon not in Google Scholar, and vice-versa. Results in Summon are reflective of DIT Library's collections — as a DIT Library patron, you have access to most full-text you can find in Summon.

Google Scholar

Some features unique to Google Scholar:

Cited by information e.g. “Cited by 43 publications"
Google Books content
Issues accessing full-text not subscribed to by DIT Library. See Inter Library Loans for more information.
Set your Google Scholar Preferences to Dublin Institute of Technology Find @DIT to link to DIT subscribed full-text.
For more information see the Kevin St Library guide How to use Google Scholar

Science Search Engines

Citing Your Sources

Citing and referencing the information sources used in research is essential to avoid plagiarism. See the Kevin St Library Referencing and citing guide for introduction purposes. Another useful link is How to Avoid Plagiarism. Each subject has it's own citation style so check with a School of Computing course co-ordinator if in doubt. See also the Harvard Referencing Guide (DIT)

Bibliographic citation software can be used to organise, input and store your references:

Back Up Resources

If you need additional resources see Using Other Libraries and Inter Library Loans for further options.

Study Skills

Contacts

Information Literacy: Julie de Foubert
Inter Library Loans: Tina Hayes
Information Desk : 01-402-4894

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