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- Slides for "Doing library research in EECS"Slides for a short class in getting started with EECS library research, covering the basics of where to search and other considerations (July 2020)
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Use these databases to find citations to journal articles and conference proceedings in electrical engineering, computer science, and related disciplines.
- InspecPremier citation database for electrical engineering and computer science
Coverage: 1886-present - CompendexTop engineering database
Coverage: 1884-present - Web of ScienceGeneral science database
Coverage: 1900-present
Tells you how many times an article has been cited, and who has cited it - IEEE XploreFull text of IEEE journal and conference proceedings articles, and more
- ACM Digital LibraryFull text of journal and conference proceedings articles published by the ACM
- SPIE Digital LibraryFull-text electronic books, journal and conference articles in optics, photonics, and imaging
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- DSpace@MITMIT’s institutional repository
Includes Open Access papers by MIT faculty and over 14,000 MIT theses
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- O'ReillyFull text of books published by O’Reilly (formerly known as Safari). To sign in, choose "institution not listed" and then enter your MIT email address. O'Reilly only allows downloading books through their mobile app. To download a book, install the app (https://www.oreilly.com/online-learning/apps.html) and then enter your MIT email address to sign in.
- ElectricalENGINEERINGnetBASEElectrical engineering e-books from CRCnetBASE
- KnovelFull text reference materials on technical topics
- Springer E-booksFull text of electronic books published by Springer
- IEEE Xplore E-booksE-books available via the IEEE Xplore interface
- Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer ScienceFull-text 50-100 page "lectures" on technical topics, including many cutting edge areas in EECS.
- Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics engineeringA major overview reference for topics in EE
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- MIT CrosslinksA website with resources for studying key concepts in MIT classes
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