Early-on, explore topics and directions for research via ebooks;
Find concise, practical industry-specific trade journal articles using ProQuest Research Library. Find readable, especially credible professional society "magazine" articles giving overviews of computing topics and IT applied to many STEM topics by searching IEEE and ACM and limiting to magazine articles. Other resources such as the news and business sources and ebook collections can provide context or additional detail on a topic. Browse and search individual ebook platforms in full-text.
Early-on; explore directions for research
Search additional, specialized sources to find journal articles and conference papers
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Purdue University Indy students and staff can access almost all University Library electronic resources (campus databases and direct access full-text content), but only within University Library. Library resources are "IP-filtered". Access typically requires using a University Library site link.See IU Indy Computing Resource Details.
Search hint: When available, using classification category browsing* may provide more comprehensive results than keyword searching.
"OPEN" Patent Resource Sites:
Global Patent Index (GPI) - European Patent Office (EPO) "... More than 500 000 patent documents are added every month." Site claims "We provide access to the largest single source of technical information in the world: our databases containing millions of patent documents."
Google Patents - "Search and read the full text of patents from around the world. "
The Lens "... over 268+ million scholarly works, 153+ million global patent records... drawn from diverse data sources." Started in 1998 to "render the global patent system more transparent", it is increasingly recommended by users of patent resources. Provides discovery and analytics tools and "cited by" information, and promises privacy. Short videos demonstrateToolset features such as "Explore which articles influence what patents and who is building products".
PATENTSCOPE, from World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Scroll down to the FAQs, including "Where can I find the drawings accompanying a patent application?"
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) - The government's free, searchable database of United States patents, patent applications, and trademarks. It provides coverage of patent materials from 1790 to the present.
The search interface is available in 10 languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish).Where can I find the drawings accompanying a patent applicati
"HOW TO" resources:
Also see a collection of IT-related standards included with IEEE Explore and linked with IEEE's browse options.
Orientation to standards; Purdue Libraries TOOLs and COLLECTIONS of STANDARDS
Learn more about Standards and Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs); browse options for FREE ACCESS to STANDARDS
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