Informatics: INFO 300 Winter 2024

Research Starting Points

UW Libraries Search
Searches the entire UW Libraries' collection, including articles, ebooks, news, media, etc.

Web of Science This link opens in a new window
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Database of scholarly literature spanning many different topics. Allows you to easily identify who has cited an article.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.
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ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new window
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Publications from the Association of Computing Machinery - good for topics in computer science, usability, user behavior.
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
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Magazines, newspapers and journals in all business disciplines.
Communication Source This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly journal articles in communication, mass media and related fields. Useful for questions about social media, as well.
Education Source This link opens in a new window
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Education related scholarly articles and books
IEEE Xplore This link opens in a new window
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IEEE publications and standards in engineering, computer science, and related fields.
PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly literature in psychology - good for questions about mental health and human behavior.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
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Database covering all aspects of medicine, including medical technology.

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Browser extension that connects you to UW Libraries' subscribed content from a web search.

Some characteristics of of scholarly and peer-reviewed articles:

Written by a scholar or expert in the field
Cite sources in the form of footnotes or bibliographies
Language is typically that of the discipline covered (e.g. lots of jargon and acronyms)
Usually assume that the reader has some prior knowledge of the topic or problem
Often describe original research & clearly articulate how they came to their conclusions/results
Rigorously reviewed by a group of experts prior to publication (peer reviewed)