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A Chinese woman demonstrates a voice and handwriting recognition program at a computer exhibition in Beijing Wednesday, March 25, 1998. The program, developed by a joint venture between IBM and the Hanwang Technology Co., can translate speech or written characters into Chinese characters on screen, and has won awards from the Chinese government. The four-day exhibition is expected to draw more than 100,000 visitors. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)




 
Reference Sources
Access Science
(online science and technology encyclopedia)
Access Science is an online encyclopedia of science and technology. It included over 7000 articles, 100,000 definitions and 2000 in depth biographies. It also offers weekly updates on scientific events, discoveries and breakthroughs, plus links to quality web sites.



 
Articles

Computer Source

(remember that you can search additional databases simultaneously, such as Academic Search Premier and Business Source Premier)

Computer Source provides researchers with the latest information and current trends in high technology. This database offers full text for more than 300 publications, covering topics such as computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, information systems, robotics, and software. In addition, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications.

ACM Digital Library Citations and full text of journals, magazines, transactions, proceedings and newsletters from the Association for Computing Machinery. Full text coverage as far back as 1954 for some titles.
Academic Search Premier Academic Search Premier is an interdisciplinary database, covering a broad range of subjects. It contains indexing for 8,172 publications, with full text for nearly 4,700 of those titles.
General Science Abstracts and Full-Text General Science indexes 167 popular science periodicals and the Science section of the New York Times. Designed specifically for students and non-specialists, the periodicals covered range from very general to highly specialized. 40 of the 167 journals are available full-text. Coverage is from 1984 to the present.
Expanded Academic Expanded Academic indexes general interest magazines, journals and newspapers and covers a wide variety of topics. It is a good place to start is you want to find out how your topic is being discussed in the general media.
Factiva Access to more than 6,000 business, trade, and general publications and services, including same-day, full-text access to The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Financial Times, Los Angeles times and the Washington Post. Company and industry comparisons.
MathSciNet Produced by the American Mathematical Society, this database indexes books, periodical and proceedings back to 1940. The library has the paper version, also back to 1940. The online version is much easier to use.




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