Data Science resources

Library resources for Data Science

Use Library Search to find:

• all physical material held at the three UWE Bristol libraries (including books, magazines and DVDs)
• a vast amount of online content (including e-books and journal articles).

Journals and magazines (online)

These provide information on specialist topics and can be more up to date than books. Relevant titles for Data Science include Data Science Journal and Harvard Data Science Review.

There are many other relevant journals and these can also be searched for by title or subject in Journal search. Library staff can also assist with helping you locate journals.

Databases

Databases provide reliable information from collections of journal articles, images, audio, film and more.

Databases for Data Science

ACM Digital Library provides access to the full text of all Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) journals, newsletters and conference proceedings, plus the journals of some affiliated organisations.

CiteseerX (Research Index) is a scientific digital library aimed primarily at computer scientists. It contains freely available, full-text research articles (journal pre-prints and papers where available, conference proceedings, technical reports) downloaded from the web.

IEEE Xplore includes full text access for: IEEE journals and conference proceedings, IEEE standards, and over 400 Wiley-IEEE eBooks. There is an archive to 1988, with selected journals and conferences back to 1950.

ScienceDirect provides access to over 1,000 electronic journals with abstracts from several hundred further titles. As well as the sciences, coverage includes business, economics and social sciences. Full text available from 1996 onwards.

Scopus is an abstract and citation database of peer-review literature, including books, conference proceedings and journals. It covers science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.

Workbooks, guides and tutorials

• Study skills for environment and technology workbook – an introduction to finding information using UWE Bristol Library resources.
• Literature review workbook – guidance on the purpose of a literature review, how to identify a research problem, and finding high quality sources for your review.

Special collections

• Statistical data – databases and free websites containing useful statistical data.
• Film, TV and radio resources – access to a variety of resources including Box of Broadcasts, Kanopy and other audio and moving image collections.
• News and news archives – print and online current and archival news sources.
• Image resources – a curated list of image databases and links, including advice on copyright issues.

Subject support

Your learning developer is Neil Light. Contact the Library.