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Highlighted Databases for Cybersecurity
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IEEEXplore This link opens in a new windowIEEE Xplore Digital Library offers access to the abstracts and full-text material published since 1988, plus select content back to 1950, of journals, transactions, and magazines, conference proceedings, IEEE journals, IEEE conference proceedings and current IEEE standards.
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Engineering Village This link opens in a new window
Use Engineering Village to search Compendex, Inspec, and Geobase. By default, only Compendex is selected.
The databases on the platform cover peer-reviewed engineering journals (many also supplying articles in press), conference proceedings, dissertations*, trade publications, patents and government reports across hundreds of engineering disciplines. *Note that certain content types, such as dissertations, are not accessible in every database. [Elsevier recommends using Firefox or Internet Explorer on Windows for the best search experience.] -
ACM Association for Computing Machinery Digital Library This link opens in a new windowFull text contents from ACM and Affiliated Organizations including Journals/Transactions, Magazines, SIG Newsletters and Conference Proceedings.
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Scopus This link opens in a new windowScopus offers access to more that 14,000 scholarly titles including approximately 750 conference proceedings, all journals in Medline, 400 trade publications and also approximately 500 Open Access Journals. In development for more than two years with the collaborative efforts of 300 librarians and researchers, Scopus covers the content of over 4,000 international scientific, technical, medical and social science publishers.
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Web of Science This link opens in a new windowWeb of Science is the online version of the Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index and the Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Users can search 8,500 international research journals in the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. The Web of Science also provides cited reference searching
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INSPEC This link opens in a new window
Hosted by Engineering Village, Inspec includes bibliographic citations and indexed abstracts from publications in the fields of physics, electrical and electronic engineering, communications, computer science, control engineering, information technology, manufacturing and mechanical engineering, operations research, material science, oceanography, engineering mathematics, nuclear engineering, environmental science, geophysics, nanotechnology, biomedical technology and biophysics.
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O'Reilly for Higher Education This link opens in a new windowO’Reilly learning provides individuals, teams, and businesses with expert-created and curated information covering all the areas that will shape our future—including artificial intelligence, operations, data, UX design, finance, leadership, and more.
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Knovel This link opens in a new windowUse Knovel to leading titles of engineering handbooks and reference books. It's also a great way to look up data or properties. Make sure to check out the interactive graphs and equations as well.
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IEEEXplore This link opens in a new windowIEEE Xplore Digital Library offers access to the abstracts and full-text material published since 1988, plus select content back to 1950, of journals, transactions, and magazines, conference proceedings, IEEE journals, IEEE conference proceedings and current IEEE standards.
New Content available - IEEE Xplore SAE eBooks 2022 -
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials (COMPASS) Standards This link opens in a new windowThe ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) Digital Library provides you instant access to the digital edition of nearly every ASTM International book and paper spanning 140+ industries and 100+ years.
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CSA Standards This link opens in a new window
The Canadian Standards Association is a not-for-profit membership-based association serving business, industry, government and consumers in Canada and the global marketplace. A subset of CSA Standards are available electronically. If you are interested in any CSA Standards, please contact your subject librarian to request a purchase.
Omni Search
Useful Web Links
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NIST Computer Security Resource CenterCSRC is the primary gateway for gaining access to NIST computer security publications, standards, and guidelines plus other useful security-related information
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Cyber Defense LibraryThis digital library brings together books, articles, reports, and other publications of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence as well as the work of our experts. We are currently updating the library and adding more documents.
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Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures (CVE)CVE® International in scope and free for public use, CVE is a dictionary of publicly known information security vulnerabilities and exposures.
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Cyber EssentialsCyber Essentials is a new UK Government-backed and industry supported scheme to guide businesses in protecting themselves against cyber threats.
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US-CERTThe United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) leads efforts to improve the nation's cybersecurity posture, coordinate cyber information sharing, and proactively manage cyber risks to the nation while protecting the Constitutional rights of Americans.
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Open Web Application Security ProjectOWASP is an open community dedicated to enabling organizations to conceive, develop, acquire, operate, and maintain applications that can be trusted.