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The IEEE Xplore® digital library provides access to IEEE journals, transactions, letters, magazines and conference proceedings, IET journals and conference proceedings, IEEE Standards and IEEE educational courses.
User levels
- Guests have access to basic Abstracts and all tables of contents. Guests may also conduct free keyword searches based on content of Abstracts
- IEEE Members have access to enriched abstracts (AbstractPlus) and all tables of contents. Members may also conduct searches based on any content field, and access their personal subscriptions online
- IEEE users at subscribing institutions: Full-text access rights are based on institution's subscription. All corporate, government and university subscribers have access to multiple search and browse options, enriched abstract/citation records and all tables of contents.
Features
Whether you are an IEEE member searching for information for your next project or a librarian serving a diverse group of users, your research will benefit from:
- The world's most highly cited journals in technology
- Nearly 2 million full-text documents
- Full-text, searchable PDFs
- Full INSPEC abstract and citation records
- Full-text HTML for select issues of IEEE Spectrum and Proceedings of the IEEE
- Weekly content updates—12,500+ new papers every month
- Multiple search options:
- Basic Search—type in a key word or phrase—the IEEE Xplore digital library writes the query for you
- Advanced Search—construct complex search queries employing a variety of operators
- Author Search—find articles even when you are unsure how to spell the author's name
- Search only the latest content update
- Session history, allowing you to view, edit and re-run your recent searches
- Select citations to print, e-mail or download directly from search results
- Context-sensitive online help
- Interactive reference linking
- Free e-mail alerts letting you know when new journal, transaction, and magazine issues are posted online
Additional advantages for institutional customers
- Linking to Online Public Access Catalogs (OPACs)
- Unlimited article printing at no extra cost
- IP or password authentication, with dynamic welcome screen
- Option to search subscribed content only
- Expert technical support from onlinesupport@ieee.org
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The industry's most comprehensive reference resource. IEL provides unparalleled full-text access to IEEE and IET journals, magazines, transactions and conference proceedings as well as active IEEE standards – nearly 2 million documents in all.
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IEEE Enterprise
Flexible access for any-sized organization. Pre-purchase a set number of downloads from the full collection of IEEE magazines, journals and conference proceedings.
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