Two new database subscriptions

NU Library is happy to announce two new database subscriptions. One is for computer science, the other for religious and Islamic studies.

The ACM Digital Library  is the most comprehensive collection of full-text articles and bibliographic records in existence today covering the fields of computing and information technology. The full-text database includes the complete collection of ACM's publications, including journals, conference proceedings, magazines, newsletters, and multimedia titles and currently consists of:  

·       ·         391,000 Full-text articles

·                 2.0+ Million Pages of full-text articles
·         20,000+ New full-text articles added each year
·         44+ High Impact Journals with 2-3 new journals being launched each year
·         275+ Conference Proceedings Titles added each year
·         2,000+ Proceedings Volumes
·         8 Magazines (including the flagship Communications of the ACM, the most heavily cited publication in the field of computing according to Thomson-Reuters)
·         37 Technical Newsletters from ACM's Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
·         5,805+ Video files
·         594 Audio files

The Encyclopaedia of Islam (Second Edition) Online sets out the present state of our knowledge of the Islamic World. It is a unique and invaluable reference tool, an essential key to understanding the world of Islam, and the authoritative source not only for the religion, but also for the believers and the countries in which they live.