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Evaluation Tips

It is important to critically analyse information before you use it in an essay, report or assignment. These websites suggest how to evaluate the quality of different types of information. For further assistance with this, please ask in the Library.

Evaluating Resources
Wikipedia: academic use
Article about academic use of Wikipedia

Computer Science Resources

Computer Science Collection‎ (from Proquest) This link opens in a new window
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IEEE Xplore Digital Library This link opens in a new window
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Looking for code? On your IEEE Xplore Search results screen check the 'Supplemental Items' facet to filter articles which link to code you can run, modify and input data to experiment, reproduce, and build on your research. More information.

ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new window
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CiteSeerX This link opens in a new window
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Computing Research Repository This link opens in a new window
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TechRxiv
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TechRxiv.org is a freeprint repository providing research results ahead of formal peer review and publication.

The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies This link opens in a new window
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Maths Resources

MathSciNet via EBSCO This link opens in a new window
MathSciNet via AMS This link opens in a new window
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arXiv (for mathematics) This link opens in a new window

Major Multidisciplinary Databases

Scopus This link opens in a new window
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ISI Web of Science Core Collection This link opens in a new window
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Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Collection (from ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
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Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window