Here is a list of recommended databases for electrical and computer engineering. Coverage varies by product but most help you find research papers --- including journal articles and conference papers --- on topics of interest. See more products at the big list of Databases, where you may search by subject, type, and provider.
Which to choose:
IEEE Xplore is not a subject index for electrical and computer engineering; that is, it doesn't index across a wide range of publishers. It is the database of the IEEE, with additional material from some other publishers.
These databases are valuable sources and are satisfying for their full-text content but be aware that each indexes publications from one society. You will also want to search using an indexing tool with more comprehensive coverage:
Unlimited users.
Updated regularly. Providing resources on technologies related to the automotive, aerospace, and commercial vehicle industries.
Unlimited users.
Updated regularly. Includes more than 350,000 technical papers. These papers were published either in the SPIE Proceedings series or in one of the nine SPIE journals. SPIE journals and proceedings are core information resources for the subject areas of optics, photonics and imaging.
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