IEEE Xplore Digital Library

IEEE Xplore is a powerful online resource for accessing scientific and technical publications produced by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and its publishing partners. IEEE Xplore provides access to a comprehensive collection of full-text PDF documents comprising the world's most highly cited journals in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics. The content repository supporting IEEE Xplore contains more than 2 million articles from over 12,000 publications that encompass journals, conference proceedings, and technical standards, with select content dating back to 1893.

IEEE Xplore provides convenient, real-time access to this continually updated database through robust browse and search capabilities. You can search the database by specifying keywords, phrases, article titles, authors, index terms, and other criteria. Once located, you can view, download, and print individual articles and papers, search results lists, tables of contents, bibliographic records, and multimedia files.

Our subscription includes access to

• IEEE journals, transactions, and magazines
• IEEE conference proceedings
• IET journals
• IET conference proceedings
• IEEE published standards

The IEEE Xplore database merges a subset of the INSPEC bibliographic database of abstracts, compiled from technical journals published worldwide, with full-page images of all publications. The database contains complete original page images, including all charts, graphs, diagrams, photographs, and illustrative material, from an integrated-circuit schematic to a topographic map to a photograph of a new crystalline structure. All articles, papers, and standards are in PDF format so you see them as published.

Additional help:

• IEEE Xplore getting started (PDF | 1MB)
• IEEE Xplore saving searches in the File Cabinet (PDF | 2MB)
• IEEE Xplore search alerts (PDF | 1MB)
• IEEE Xplore overview
• Searching with IEEE Xplore
• Advanced searching
• Finding more with Abstracts Plus
• Working with results
• Publication quick search
• Command search
• Browsing journals and magazines
• Browse conference proceedings
• Saving searches in IEEE Xplore
• Personalization

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