Initial research, electronics journals

In preparation for writing my proposal, I’ve been able to do some initial library research. I spent a few hours today reading through the last year’s worth of Electronic Design, which is an electrical engineering magazine that seems to target people on the very technical side of electronics product development. I found a number of good (albeit short) articles there that will provide good background information on the technical details behind miniaturization, power considerations, and IO issues that affect SFF PCs.

What I really need to find are journals that focus more on the human factors side of PC design. One name that I need to follow up on is the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. Also of potential interest is a journal called Pervasive Computing, published by the IEEE—unfortunately my school doesn’t subscribe to it and back-issues are very expensive for non-IEEE members.