Article Databases & Indexes
Academic Search Complete (online)
- Academic Search Complete contains a variety of topics including reviews of technology and electronics in popular magazines. The most recent years are available in full text, often in a PDF format. Some of the magazines that include articles and reviews on technology are:
- Consumer Reports
- Consumer Reports Buying Guide
- Forbes
- InfoWorld
- Macworld
- Newsweek
- PC Magazine
- PC World
- Poptronics (formerly Popular Electronics)
- Popular Mechanics
- Popular Science
- Time
- TWICE: This Week in Consumer Electronics
- U.S. News & World Report
You can search within these journals by following these steps:
- Launch Academic Search Complete (see above link).
- Click "Publications" on the Navigation bar.
- Type the name of the journal you'd like to search in the "Browse Publications" text box.
- Click on the journal title from the list of results.
- Click "search within this publication" link.
- A new screen will open with the journal title in the first search box. Enter your search terms in the second and third search boxes.
To search for product reviews, follow these steps:
- Enter the name of the software/hardware in the "Find" box at the top of the screen.
- Go to "Refine Search."
- Under "Document Type" scroll to "Product Reviews."
- Click on the "Search" button.
Web sites
- About (online)
- About contains a variety of reviews of specific products. Look within the site’s directory for two noteworthy entries: Computing & Technology and Electronics & Gadgets. Computing & Technology will feature reviews of laptops, scanners, printers, desktop personal computer, etc. Electronics & Gadgets will feature reviews of cell phones, digital cameras, palmtops, mobile devices, etc.
- eWeek.com (online)
High-tech news and reviews.- Government Computer News (online)
A great resource on federal, state, and local government technology.- InfoWorld.com (online)
In-depth coverage and evaluation of IT products for technology experts involved in major purchase decisions for their companies.- Librarian's Index to the Internet: Computers (online)
Features dozens of high-quality websites carefully selected, described, and organized by a team of librarians. Topics include current events and issues, holidays and seasons, helpful tools for information users, human interest, and more.- New York Times: Technology (online)
Technology news and reviews.- Wired Magazine (online)
- Yahoo Directories (online)
Yahoo has a variety of helpful directories including:- ZD-Net (online)
ZD-Net contains product Reviews as well as White Papers on specific products. This resource may require users to first register, free of charge, before providing full text.
Additional technology and electronic resources available from UC libraries
- Office Information Technology subject guide
This page was last modified on 1/09/2007 by Stephena Harmony.