It is now possible to access both the ACM and IEEE digital libraries off-campus thanks to a clever little thing called a proxy server. All you need to do is go to the Databases A-Z page and click on ACM or IEEE. A login box will appear and you will need to enter your IT account username and password as shown below:
Please comment here or contact me if you have any questions or problems using electronic resources.
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Posted by Helen Curtis
Rexa is a specialist search engine and digital library covering computer science research literature. Its aims are to “facilitate research progress and collaboration by providing efficient browsing, search, associations and analysis among papers, people, organizations, venues and research communities”. Access is free but you will need to register to use the service.
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Posted by Helen Curtis
You may have noticed when using Computer Source or Inspec that database provider EBSCO had a new design.
It is designed to be far more user-friendly than the previous interface and from my brief experience I certainly think it is! You can watch a demo of the new interface here. Improvements include:
(Taken from EBSCO’s Support Centre FAQs).
We hope you find the improvements useful for your research. 
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Posted by Jo Alcock
Indexed book
I recently came across an interesting blog called Indexed which gives daily thoughts in the form of graphical diagrams. New posts are made each weekday about various general topics.
Thought it was worth sharing as something a little bit different you might wish to subscribe to.
The author of the blog, Jessica Hagy, has also published a book (pictured above).
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Posted by Jo Alcock
ticTOCs
ticTOCs is a great new resource which can help you keep up-to-date in your area of research.
It has been designed specifically for researchers and academics, and currently contains tables of contents (TOCs) from 7,742 journals. Registration is free and you can then choose which journals you are interested in. When a new issue is published, you will receive details of the tables of contents in your ticTOCs account.
Many journals also have RSS feeds you may wish to subscribe to if you use an RSS reader, and you can often register to receive e-mail updates.
Please ask at your nearest Learning Centre to receive more information about keeping up-to-date with current research.
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Posted by Jo Alcock
Just received an update from the University of Wolverhampton Facebook page:
A team of our students are designing a new video game for a popular console as part of a national competition.
The Computing students are taking part in Dare to be Digital, a video games development competition for talented students, organised with Channel 4.
To support them please have a look at their profile and vote for them at: http://www.daretobedigital.com/team-information/team.php?idTeam=280
Best of luck to the team of students and please provide your support by voting for them.
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Posted by Jo Alcock
The publisher SAGE are offering free online access to six information science journals for two months. The journals below are available in full text until 31st August 2008. All you need to do is register here.
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Posted by Helen Curtis
Cogprints is an electronic archive of papers which includes many areas of computer science. View the subject listing for more details.
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Posted by Helen Curtis
Current Cites reviews the latest articles and books on information technology and information science and provides a monthly annotated bibliography. It offers a mailing list or you can subscribe to the RSS feed.
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Posted by Helen Curtis
An audio treat today from one of the many podcast search engine sites. Podanza hosts a range of podcasts covering various subjects. A technology highlight comes from David Pogue of the New York Times who reports weekly on new technology. David also writes a blog on the same subject.
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Posted by Helen Curtis
