What is Informatics?Informatics is...- understanding the impact technology has on people.
- the development of new uses for technology.
- the application of information technology in the context of another field.
Informatics is a new field of study that gives students the skills to apply information technology to another field - from health care to journalism to biology to economics. Informaticists can then use technology to harness the power of information and make exciting new discoveries that make us more productive at home and at work. IUPUI School of Informatics http://informatics.iupui.edu/overview/what_is_informatics.php Research Tip: Use these terms when searching for informatics-related items in IUCAT and article databases. Note: this is not an exhaustive list. Students in I503: Use this research guide to find appropriate resources for your projects.
Finding Articles
Subscription Databases: ACM Portal (ACM Digital Library and Guide to Computing Literature)-Full text of every article ever published by ACM. Annual Reviews
Authoritative, analytical resource "...synthesizing the vast amount of primary research literature and identifying the principal contributions in your field" on an annual basis for a variety of scientific and social science disciplines. IUPUI has access for numerous Annual Review titles, with extensive current and historical content for the life, health, and medical sciences. Titles include Biochemistry, Biophysics, Genomics and Human Genetics, Medicine, Neuroscience, and Physiology. Searches can be done by title, across the collection or by subject series (e.g. Biomedical Life Sciences). To customize your search, from the Search interface, choose Publications pull-down menu: Return reviews published in. New Applied Science and Technology Full Text (Wilson)-Indexes articles, product evaluations, and book reviews in over 390 leading English-language periodicals published in the U.S. and elsewhere. The database includes trade and industrial publications, journals of professional and learned societies, and specialized subject periodicals. Art Full Text (Wilson) ARTbibliographies Modern (CSA)-Provides full abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, PhD dissertations, and exhibition reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary art, with approximately 12-13,000 new entries being added each year. Entries date back as far as the late 1960s.
ARTstor-Provides curated collections of art images and associated data for noncommercial and scholarly, non-profit educational use. The Charter Collection provides students, faculty, curators, and staff with access to a large and expanding resource of digital images and data for teaching and research in art history, as well as - more broadly - in the humanities and other disciplines. Computer Database (Gale)-A comprehensive information technology research database, covering computer science, electronics and telecommunications. DAAI: Design and Applied Arts Index (CSA)-Contains over 130,000 annotated references from more than 500 design and craft journals and newspapers published from 1973 onwards, and data on over 50,000 designers, craftspeople, studios, workshops, firms etc., making it the largest index of its kind in the world. Research articles are covered, along with topical news items, conference and seminar reports, and book, video and exhibition reviews. Each reference includes full bibliographic details and a brief abstract.
DAR: Design Abstracts Retrospective (CSA)-Contains over 130,000 annotated references from more than 500 design and craft journals and newspapers published from 1973 onwards, and data on over 50,000 designers, craftspeople, studios, workshops, firms etc., making it the largest index of its kind in the world. Research articles are covered, along with topical news items, conference and seminar reports, and book, video and exhibition reviews. Each reference includes full bibliographic details and a brief abstract.
EdITLib Digital Library-Education & Information Technology Library (EdITLib) Digital Library is a valuable online resource for those interested in Educational Technology and E-Learning. Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), this digital library holds over 22,000 peer-reviewed and published international journal articles and conference papers on the latest research, developments, and applications related to all aspects of Educational Technology and E-Learning. New
Emerald Insight Full Text-Coverage spans a spectrum of management disciplines including: strategy; leadership; information management; marketing; plus substantial content in applied science and information and medical technology. See link to "Quick Browse" to view the the journal subject collections. IEEE Computer Society Digital Library-Provides online access to 22 society magazines and transactions, and more than 1,700 selected conference proceedings. IET Journals page
Describes the IET journals, which can be accessed via IEEE Xplore. Topics include communications and networks; image processing; computer vision; medical equipment technology; synthetic biology; systems biology; nanobiotechnology. IEEE Xplore-Provides full text access to the complete IEEE/IET Electronic Library (IEL) of IEEE and IET journals, transactions, society publications, magazines, and conference papers. Includes search and linking to content from the IEEE Computer Society Digital Library. AbstractPlus records and full text is provided for content published since 1988, and for select content published since 1913. IEEE provides the "world's highest quality technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics." New LISA: Library and Information Science Abstracts (CSA)-an international abstracting and indexing tool designed for library professionals and other information specialists.
MEDLINE (EBSCO)-Research authoritative medical information from such fields as medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more with MEDLINE®. PubMed-Developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) in conjunction with publishers of biomedical literature as a search tool for accessing literature citations and linking to full-text journals at web sites of participating publishers. Web of Science (ISI)-Provides seamless access to the Science Citation Expanded®, Social Sciences Citation Index®, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index™. It enables users to search current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from approximately 8,500 of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the world. ISI Web of Science also provides a unique search method, cited reference searching. With it, users can navigate forward, backward, and through the literature, searching all disciplines and time spans to uncover all the information relevant to their research. Users can also navigate to electronic full-text journal articles. Wiley Interscience Journal Search (Wiley)-More than 300 online publications for researchers and professionals. Open Access Resources: Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) -Covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. Public Library of Science (PLoS) Journals -Publishes peer-reviewed, open-access scientific and medical journals that include original research as well as timely feature articles. Campus membership provides a discount to authors for the article publication fee. New
Finding Books & Media
Books- IUCAT is IUPUI's online catalog
- Search for print and electronic books in IUCAT
Enter IUCAT. From the home search page, start with simple keyword searches using general concepts connected with AND (e.g. programming AND Linux). If you have logged in to IUCAT, you can use the Request Delivery system to request that a book available at another IU library, but not available here, be sent here for you to pick up.
Ebooks
New! ebook "Meta" Search -- to simultaneously search University Library's ebook collections* Enter IUCAT. From the home search page, under More IUCAT Searches, select "E-book Search (Beta)". Start with simple keyword searches using general concepts connected with AND (e.g. programming AND Linux). If you do multiple ebook searches, use the IUCAT "Go Back" tab when starting new searches to avoid being "bumped out" of the ebook search. *(Safari ebooks must be searched and accessed directly via the library's link to Safari). Books 24X7 IT Pro [You will be prompted for your username and password]-Contains hundreds of the "best-of-breed" books from the world's top publishers such as MIT Press, Microsoft Press, Osborne/McGraw-Hill, Que, Sams, Sybex and Wiley. New books are constantly added. Ebrary-Discover over 20,000 full-text books in multiple academic and general interest subject areas, sheet music titles and reports. For help on using this and other ebook services, view our eBooks tutorial. NetLibrary-Provides access to your library's ebook collection. When you enter the site from an affiliated library, you will see the name of your library in the box on the right side of the screen. Once you have accessed your library's affiliated site, you are able to search and view the full text of all the ebooks in your library's ebook collection. [Strong collections in the sciences, computer science, and education] Safari Books Online-The e-reference library for programmers and IT professionals. New [Learn how to use Safari] Dissertations and ThesesDissertations & Theses (ProQuest)-Doctoral dissertations and master's theses are a vital fund of scholarship for any discipline. The massive body of work available through ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQTD) represents the most comprehensive source of academic research in the world.
Reference Materials
Online Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, & Handbooks: Major online resources Gale Virtual Reference Library-Large collection of dictionaries and encyclopedias. Search by individual title, across the collection (Basic Search), or by subject (Advanced Search: limit results by subject area). Subject collections include Arts (e.g. filmakers and the Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film); Business (e.g. e-commerce); Education (e.g. applications of information and communication technology); General Reference (e.g. acronyms and abbreviations); Law (e.g. survey of state laws); Science; Social Science (e.g. bioethics and the Wexler factbook The Healthcare System); and Technology. McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (2007)-McGraw Hill's "flagship" technology reference title. Please see link within the Science subject collection at webpage: Gale Virtual Reference Library. The Encyclopedia "covers the latest developments" in topics in theoretical and applied science and technology, including cellular and molecular biology. New - Oxford Reference Online-Large collection of high quality, up-to-date dictionaries; search by individual title, subject collection or across the collection to obtain entries cross-referenced by discipline. Includes terms, symbols, processes, and entry-level web links etc. for subjects such as Arts and Architecture, incl. modern design; Performing Arts; Biological Sciences, incl. biochemistry, molecular biology, and genetics; Computing, incl. databases, networks, and multimedia; Physical Sciences & Mathematics, incl. statistics terms and distributions.
Specialized online resources Print Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, & Handbooks*General - Computer Review: Knowledge Economy Market and Technology Directory. Includes Daily Online Updates (REF TK 7885.A1 C56 2008) New
- Education and Technology: An Encyclopedia (ABC-CLIO REF LB 1028.3 .E17 2004 v. 1-2)
- Science, Technology, and Society: An Encyclopedia (Oxford U. Press REF HM 846 .S43 2005)
New Media - Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes: Music, Film, Visual Arts, Dance, Theater (Schirmer Books REF NX 456 .K67 2000)
- Encyclopedia of New Media: An Essential Reference to Communication and Technology (Sage REF QA 76.575 .E5368 2003)
- History of Modern Design (Prentice Hall NK1175 .R35 2004)
- Oxford Dictionary of Modern Design (REF NK 1165.W66 2004)
- Plunkett's Entertainment & Media Industry Almanac (REF P 88.8.P57 2008; select content available online via IUCAT link) New
- Who's Who in Animated Cartoons (Applause REF NC 1765.L357 2006)
- Who's Who in Design (Essen: REF NC998.4 .W46 v.3 2007 or stacks NC998.4 .W46 v.2 2003)
Informatics - Chicago Guide to Writing about Multivariate Analysis (U. of Chicago Press REF T11 .M484 2005)
- Chicago Guide to Writing about Numbers ( U. of Chicago Press REF T11 .M485 2004)
- Encyclopedia of Health Care Management (Sage 2004)
- Encyclopedia of Information Ethics and Security (IGI Global REF HM 851 .E555 2008) New
- Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics (Sage REF HA29 .S2363 2007 v.1 - v.3) New
- Encyclopedia of Nonlinear Science (Routledge: REF QA427 .E53 2005)
- Handbook of Research on Information Technology Management and Clinical Data Administration in Healthcare (2009) New
- How to Write and Illustrate Scientific Papers (Cambridge University Press REF T11 .G86 2008) New
- Plunkett's Health Care Industry Almanac (REF HD 9994 U5 P68 2008; select content available online via IUCAT link) New
- Reporting Results: A Practical Guide for Engineers and Scientists (Cambridge U. Press T11 .V358 2008) New
* REF denotes the library's "reference" collection on the 2nd level. Volumes can be checked out on a short-term basis by faculty. Other items are located in the 4th level (stacks) and typically can be checked out.
Organizations & Associations
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)-Founded in 1981, AACE is "an international, not-for-profit, educational organization with the mission of advancing Information Technology in Education and E-Learning research, development, learning, and its practical application". Assocation for Computing Machinery (ACM)-"The world's largest educational and scietific computing society, delivers resources that advance computing as a science and a profession. ACM provides the computing field's premier Digital Library and serves its members and the computing profession with leading-edge publications, conferences, and career resources". Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)-"A non-profit organization, IEEE is the world's leading professional association for the advancement of technology".
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