General References
There are a multitude of good sites for online research these days.
Here are some links to good places to track down engineering papers:

CiteSeer/ResearchIndex is a search engine and citation index operated by NEC. It is based on the Google search engine and specialises in IT papers and technical reports. In many cases it is possible to download publications directly from the site.
Computer Science Bibliography is a database of computer science publications which can be searched on author and keywords. It allows a number of bibtex records to be downloaded directly for inclusion in LaTeX reports.
The ACM Digital Library allows articles published in ACM journals to be searched and retrieved. UWA has a site license allowing papers to be downloaded to the desktop.
The IEEE Library allows articles published in IEEE journals to be searched and retrieved. UWA has a site license allowing papers to be downloaded to the desktop.

Merriam-Webster Online
Britannica Search: Dictionary
Computer Dict:Free On-line Dictionary from FOLDOC
Computer Literacy Bookshops Home Page

Professional Affiliations
Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
IEEE Computer Society
Centre for Intelligent Information Processing Systems (CIIPS)
Software Engineering Australia (SEAWA)

University Groups

Group	Areas of Interest
CMU's Center for Electronic Design Automation	Codesign, Benchmarks, DSP
Integrated Signal Processing Systems	DSPStone, SPAM, Fridge, DSP compilers
A. Jerraya's System-Level Synthesis Group	hardware/software co-design, system level synthesis
UCLA Papers Library	Intl Collection of Technical Reports and Papers
Rajesh Gupta's Group (iESAG)	Hw/Sw Co-design of Embedded Systems
G. Micheli's Synthesis Group	Many aspects of CAD, Synthesis, Hw/Sw Co-Design
Stanford Electronic Library	Searchable Tech Reports, Pubs etc
Tech Univ of Braunschwirg	COSYMA, Prototyping, Embedded Systems
UC Berkeley CAD Home Page	All aspects of CAD
UCI's Center for Embedded Computer Systems	Embedded Systems, Hw/Sw Co-design, HDLs
UCLA VLSI CAD Lab	VLSI CAD
UCSB CAD & Test Group	CAD & Test Group

Research labs

Lab	Areas of Interest
IMEC's SOC++ System Design IMEC's Reconfigurable Systems Program	System level C++ based design, Hardware & Software Synthesis
INRIA's Codesign Project	Implementing systems on silicon List of INRIA's other Research Activities
IBM's Verification Group	Sugar Spec Language for property checking Formal Checkers