Nov 27, 2013
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.