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Computer Science Subject Guide

Recommended Databases

arXiv
Open archive for electronic pre-prints in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance and statistics.
Free Online Dictionary of Computing (FOLDOC)
http://foldoc.org

PolicyMap
A U.S. national data and mapping tool and analytics platform that leverages thousands of data indicators to perform demographic and socioeconomic analysis. Users can go from a neighborhood census block group in many cases, up to a national level, as well as create custom regions for their research and studies.

What is a Database?

Research tools that help you find articles in journals, magazines, or newspapers, or other information sources like books, videos, and maps.
Some focus on a kind of source (like newspaper articles); most of ours focus on scholarly research in a specific academic field.

(Ruth Szpunar at DePauw University)

Why should I use the Creighton Databases?