The IEEE Xplore Digital Library

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.

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