Bibliographic databases

1. General services
   • ACM Guide to Computing Literature
   • Citation indexes
   • Compendex/Engineering Index (Athens)
   • IEEE Xplore (full-text access to IEEE transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings published since 1988 plus select content back to 1950, and all current IEEE Standards)
   • Inspec
   • Linguistics Abstracts Online
   • MathSciNet: Mathematical Reviews on the Web
   • Medline (Athens)
   • Medline (public domain)
   • Zentralblatt MATH
2. Informal sources
Bibfinder: a Computer Science Bibliography Mediator
3. Technical reports
   Computer Science Technical Reports -
      University of Waikato
4. Theses and dissertations
   • Index to Theses [UK]
   • Dissertations Abstracts International [mainly north American] (requires cookies enabled)
   • Australasian Digital Theses Program
   • Theses Canada

Library catalogues

1. Copyright deposit libraries
   • British Library
   • Library of Congress
   • Cambridge University Library
   • Bodleian Library
2. Local libraries
   • University of Birmingham Library
   • Birmingham Public Libraries
3. Periodicals
   • British Library current serials
   • Cambridge University union list of serials