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If you subscribe to ACM, consider IGI Global to further enhance your technology research collection.  Many current IGI Global subscribers also purchase journals and/or magazines from ACM.  Librarian feedback shows that ACM subscribers depend on IGI Global publications to provide a unique interdisciplinary, holistic view of the human side of applied information science technology research.  Subject areas covered in IGI Global databases will complement and enhance any technology reference collection.

IGI Global is a prominent and growing publisher in the field of applied information science technology research.  IGI Global strives for the timely dissemination of scholarly materials that are used to reference and report cutting-edge developments in this rapidly expanding field.  Close collaboration with an international network of researchers and a highly active approach to furthering the advancement of interdisciplinary applied technology research set IGI Global apart from other publishers.

IGI Global publications cover the following broad topic areas:
 

Artificial Intelligence

Human Aspects of Technology

Bioinformatics

Industrial Informatics

Business Information Systems

IT Education

Cognitive Informatics

IT Security/Ethics

Data Mining/Databases

Knowledge Management

Electronic Business

Library Science

Electronic Commerce

Medical Technologies

Electronic Government

Mobile/Wireless Computing

Engineering

Multimedia Technology

Environmental Informatics

Networking/Telecommunication

Global Information Technology

Social Computing

Health Information Systems

Software/Systems Design

High Performance Computing

Web Technologies

Visit the IGI Global website or the new IGI Global website and take advantage of exciting new e-resources features including SML-powered research content that enables full-text search, increased search options, a ranking system, CrossRef, RefWorks, free MARC records, and persistent URLs.  In the near future the new platform will also include open URL compliance, COUNTER compliant statistics, and a user administration area.

Free trials are available.  Current WALDO subscribers receive a substantial discount on InfoSci-Books and InfoSci-Journals InfoSci-Books contains over 1,000 scholarly IGI Global books and reference works dating back to the year 2000, and is updated continuously. This database is unrivaled among scholarly book publishers in terms of depth and breadth of coverage in the area of computer science and information technology management research.  InfoSci-Journals will house over 100 IGI Global journals by the end of 2009, making this database the most comprehensive full-text collection of peer-reviewed research in applied information and computer science technology on the market.



ACM is the world's largest educational and scientific society uniting computing educators, researchers and professionals to inspire dialogue, share resources and address the field's challenges.  ACM strengthens the profession's collective voice through strong leadership, promotion of the highest standards, and recognition of technical excellence.

ACM 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.

WALDO currently has 85 members subscribing to ACM.  WALDO ACM subscribers receive large discounts and access to all the full-text content in both of the following collections:

Digital Library Core Package ... consists of subscriptions to all ACM journals and magazines, both in print and online, including an archive.  With subscription to the Digital Library Core Package, your library will automatically become an Institutional Member.  The Digital Library Core Package includes selected reviews from Computing Reviews.
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