Subject: Computer Science

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General subjects, definitions, concepts? Encyclopedias, textbooks, dictionaries, books
Numerical values, charts, formulas? Handbooks
Journal articles? Databases
Current developments? Journals, society newsletters and web pages, conference publications and web pages
General research tips:
  • Check with your librarian to find out about new resources and electronic databases. If you are not on campus, try the online Ask A Librarian form.
  • Look for library guides in related disciplines.
  • Know your library’s classification system. The CSM Library uses Library of Congress (LC). Use it to browse for information. In our Library, most computer science materials are located in QA76 and TK5105.
  • Become familiar with core works in your field. Use these as a base to start your search.
  • Keyword choices are important. Add keywords to your search from publications you've already identified and from thesauri and indexes.
  • Evaluate your sources--especially Internet sources. Check for updating, type and date of coverage, publisher and/or author.
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Finding Books & Journals in Computer Science

Books in Computer Science

  • The Library of Congress Classification Scheme for books
    • Q 300-390: Cybernetics and Information Theory
    • QA 71-90: Instruments and Machines
    • QA 75-76: Computer Science
    • T 1-995: Technology
    • TA 1630-1660: Optical Data Processing
    • TJ 210-211: Robotics
    • TK 5101-5106: Telecommunication
    • TK 7800-8360: Electronics and Computer Engineering
  • Use the following Library catalogs to find Computer Science books
    • Catalyst - to find CSM materials
    • Prospector - to find materials at Colorado libraries.
    • WorldCat - to find materials elsewhere.
Journals in Computer Science
  • Computer Check the E-journal list to see if a particular title is available electronically
  • Use the following Library catalogs to find journals
    • Catalyst - to find Arthur Lakes Library journals.
      • Search by Title
    • Prospector - to find journals at Colorado libraries.
      • Search by Journal Title
    • WorldCat - to find journals elsewhere.
      • Search by Title

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Indexes and Databases, Connect from the Databases page
Selected Online Journals. Connect from the online catalog.
  • IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
  • IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications
  • IEEE Design & Test of Computers Magazine
  • IEEE Intelligent Systems Magazine
  • IEEE Internet Computing Magazine
  • IEEE Micro
  • IEEE Software
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Selected Reference Sources
  • Dorf, Richard C. The electrical engineering handbook. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1997. TK145 .E354 1997
  • McMurray, Emily J. Notable twentieth century scientists. Detroit: Gale Research, 1995. Q141 .N73 1995
  • Muller, Nathan J. Desktop encyclopedia of telecommunications. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998. TK5102 .M85 2000
  • Norris, Mark. Understanding networking technology: concepts, terms, and trends. Boston : Artech House, c1999. TK5102 .N67 1999
  • Pyper, T.R. Elsevier's dictionary of cybernyms : abbreviations and acronyms used in telecommunications, electronics, and computer science in English, French, Spanish, and German with some Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Danish, and Finnish. New York : Elsevier, 2000. QA76.15 .P89 2000
  • Ralston, Anthony, Edwin D. Reilly, and David Hemmendinger, eds. Encyclopedia of Computer Science. 4th ed. London: Nature Publishing Group, 2000. QA76.15 .E48 2000
  • Rojas, Raúl., ed. Encyclopedia of computers and computer history. Chicago, Ill. : Fitzroy Dearborn, c2001. QA76.15 .E53 2001
  • Rosen, Kenneth H., and John G. Michaels, eds. Handbook of Discrete and Combinatorial Mathematics. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2000. QA164 .H36 2000

  • Tucker, Allen B., ed. The Computer Science and Engineering Handbook. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1997. QA76 .C573 1997

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Internet Resources

A huge amount of computer science information including tutorials, handbooks, and dictionaries is on the Internet. This is not surprising as these are the people who helped to invent it. In addition to these sources, web sites about a particular topic may be found using a search engine such as Google. by entering keywords that describe the topic.

Selected Online Reference Materials

Selected Professional Organizations
New Titles

This List of New Books and other resources recently cataloged by the Library can be searched and reviewed by Call Number, Author, or Title.

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