Building Context
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Encyclopedia of Cognitive ScienceCall Number: Ref BF 311 .E53 2003 and OnlineAvailability and more information from Catalyst...
Captures current thinking about the workings of the mind and brain, focusing on problems that are as old as recorded history, but reflecting new approaches and techniques that have emerged since the 1980s. -
The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences (MITECS)Call Number: Ref BF311 .M556 1999Availability and more information from Catalyst...
MITECS is divided into six sections: philosophy; psychology; neurosciences; computational intelligence; linguistics and language; and culture, cognition, and evolution.
Core Research Tools
Three Key Research Databases
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ACM Digital Library(Searches through citations and the full text)
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PsycINFO(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and abstracts)
The premier search tool for all areas of psychology and related disciplines. Covers 1840 - current.
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Google Scholar(Searches through citations and the full text)
Use Google's special academic search to locate scholarly articles from across disciplines. On campus, the preferences are set to indicate the Library's full-text access to what you find (links on the right). Use the "cited by" link to see who has cited a particular work you're interested in.
Other useful research databases
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IEEE Xplore Digital Library(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and some full text)
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INSPEC(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and abstracts)
Available through Web of Knowledge, this is a collection of key literature in physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computers and computing, and information technology. Covers 1898 - current. -
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and some full text)
The most comprehensive source of scholarly work on Linguistics. All aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Covers 1973 - current. -
MathSciNet(Searches through citations, reviews, and author information)
A key index of published literature in mathematics. Each article is reviewed and assigned a subject from the Mathematics Subject Classification. Covers 1810 - current. -
ProQuest Technology Collection(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and some full text)
Search across several key research databases: The Technology Collection includes the Advanced Technology & Aerospace, Material Science & Engineering, and Military Databases. Includes scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications and more. Covers 1962-current. -
Web of Science(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and some full text)
A massive index of literature from the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Also offers cited reference searching to see who has cited a particular document. 1898 - current.
Note: To do cited reference searching, click on "cited reference search," fill in an author's last name and publication date, figure out which of the resulting list of citations match the work you're looking for, and then "finish search" to see who has cited that work.
Also check out the research guides for related disciplines:
Finding Technical Reports and Other Grey Literature
Googling Well
A great strategy is to identify organizations that are active around your topic and then look for a section of their website that includes publications, reports, or technical information. You can also search Google including the string ("white paper" OR "position paper") in your search to gather reports by various institutions and associations.
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Google Advanced Search OperatorsIncludes advanced techniques to limit searches in specific ways, such as only to .gov websites or only to websites that include numbers within a particular number span that you choose.
Also try these collections
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CiteseerCiteseer is a repository for papers on the internet. It is not selective, so there is no guarantee of a paper's quality. However, Citeseer can be a good way to find papers that have not been published through traditional means. You can also link from a paper to other papers that have cited it.
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Computing Research Repository (CoRR)CORR is a repository of computer science reports. It aims to provide a way for researchers to quickly disseminate their finding. You can browse by subject area or search by title, author or words in the abstract.
