Subject Guides: Hot Topics: Cyber Security: Extending Your Research

Recommended Databases

Looking for articles and academic information?

This list of databases is a good place to start.

When searching these databases use keywords such as:

cyber terrorism
cybersecurity
cyber security
identity theft
information security
data breach

ACM Digital Library
The ACM Digital Library provides full access to all Association for Computing Machinery publications as well as other select publications.
CQ Press Library This link opens in a new window
"CQ Press Library - the place to search or browse resources on American government, current affairs, history, politics, public policy, and data analysis for the social sciences." Use this resource to search for current and historical information about cyber security, cyber crime, and more.
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
CQ Researcher provides in-depth reports on a variety of current hot-topics. "Each single-themed, 12,000-word report is researched and written by a seasoned journalist. The consistent, reader-friendly organization provides researchers with an introductory overview, which includes three pro-con debates; a background and chronology on the topic; an assessment of the current situation; tables and maps; a pro/con debate by representatives of opposing positions; and bibliographies of key sources." Search for "cybersecurity" to view reports on this subject.
Criminal Justice Abstracts
"This bibliographic database provides records selected from the most important sources within the criminal justice field. It covers hundreds of journals from around the world, reflecting the increasing globalization of criminology studies."
IEEE Xplore
"IEEE Xplore provides web access to more than four-million full-text documents from ...publications in electrical engineering, computer science and electronics."
PAIS
"This resource covers issues in the public debate through selective coverage of a wide variety of international sources including journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, web content, and more. PAIS International is the current file covering 1972 to present, and PAIS Archive includes the content from printed volumes published 1915-1976."
Security Studies
Full text collection of journal articles, ebooks, and policy reports
Statista
Searchable statistical tables, reports, and infographics
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
"This database provides abstracts and indexing of the international literature of political science and international relations, along with complementary fields, including international law and public administration/policy."

Books and Government Documents

Search the library catalog (URSUS) for books and government publications about cybersecurity and privacy. Check out this list of subject headings below. Each link will bring you to a list of items about that topic sorted by the publication date. if the book is not at Fogler Library, use the 'Request' link to ask for it from another library in Maine. We will quickly have it shipped to us and you can check it out!

Looking for a book that isn't in URSUS? You can make a request for it through Interlibrary Loan. This guide will help you submit an ILL request.

Hot Topics: Cyber Security

Recommended Databases

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Books and Government Documents

URSUS Catalog Search