Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia articles, written by subject authorities, provide information useful for gaining a basic understanding of a topic and getting started with a research project. Typically, a bibliography, or list, of "classic" books and articles for further research follows each article. Students will find also these encyclopedias useful for brushing up on topics related to their central area of investigation. [Note: See the Research Guides for sources that deal with narrower sub-fields within the discipline.]

Encyclopedia of computer science. London : Nature Pub. Group, 2000.

Comprehensive, lucid, authoritative. 623 articles on the history of and concepts in computing. The material is divided into nine sections, Hardware, Computer Systems, Information & Data, Software, Mathematics of Computing, Theory of Computation, Methodologies, Applications, and Computing Milieux. All entries contain references to related articles, a bibliography, and occasionally, related Web sites. Appendices cover abbreviations and acronyms, notations and units, computer journals and magazines, schools offering Ph.Ds in computer science, presidents of major computing societies, key high- level languages, a glossary,.

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] QA76.15 .E48 2000

Encyclopedia of computers and computer history. Chicago : Fitzroy Dearborn, c2001.

An attempt to cover "virtually every aspect of computers and their history...to connect that past with what we experience today." The articles are typically about 600 words and include suggestions for further reading, and cross references. Although the writing is aimed at general readers, this reference will be useful to more sophisticated readers as a starting point for further research.

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] QA76.15 .E53 2001

The computer desktop encyclopedia. Alan Freedman. New York : AMACOM, c1999.

Aims at comprehensiveness. It tries to provide a meaningful definition for every important computer concept, term, and buzzword from micro to mainframe. Degree of technical explanation is appropriate to the term, i.e., the entry for "IP over SONET" is more technical than the entry "how to copy a file."

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] QA76.15 .F732 1999

Origins of cyberspace : a library on the history of computing, networking, and telecommunications / by Diana H. Hook and Jeremy M. Norman ; with contributions by Michael R. Williams.

Chronicling the history of computing, 1613-1970, this reference book is illustrated by copies of pamphlets, letters, blueprints, and many other useful images. The book has 1,411 annotated entries, an extensive bibliography, and a thorough subject index.

CALL NUMBER: [RefBib] QA76.17 .H66 2002    

World of Computer Science. Brigham Narins, Editor. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, c2002.

Includes 800+ individual entries, cross-references, historical chronology, and comprehensive general index.

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] QA76.15 .W670 2002 v.1-2

Subject Dictionaries

These specialized subject dictionaries define the terminology in the discipline. See the Research Guides for sources that deal with narrower sub-fields within the discipline.

A dictionary of computing. [consultant ed.: I. G. Pyle] ; [general editor: Valerie Illingworth]. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1997. Also available online via Oxford Reference Online.

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] QA76.15 .D526 1997

Dictionary of personal computing and the Internet . S.M.H. Collin. Chicago Fitzroy Dearborn, c1997.

Concise dictionary with focus on the Internet and personal computers.

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] QA76.15 .C650 1997

Jargon : an informal dictionary of computer terms. Robin Williams with Steve Cummings. Berkeley, CA : Peachpit Press, 1993.

Dictionary of terms for the non-technical user intended to provide information to get your everyday work accomplished. It defines a "utility" as "a little software program that does one thing very well." What more do you need to know?

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] QA76.15 .W560 1993

The New hacker's dictionary. compiled by Eric S. Raymond ; foreword and cartoons by Guy L. Steele, Jr. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1993.

Collection of slang terms used by the computing subculture known as "hackers." Look here if you need a definition for "RTFM."

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] PN6231.E4 H3 1993

Oxford Reference Online: Computing. [ Online ] Oxford University Press, 2003. Available: http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/SUBJECT_SEARCH.html?subject=s4 (Accessed 18 March 2004).

As part of the Oxford Reference Online Collection, this subset includes two reference sources: A Dictionary of Computing and A Dictionary of the Internet.

The computer science and engineering handbook. editor-in-chief, Allen B. Tucker, Jr.
Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press : Published in cooperation with ACM, c1997.

CALL NUMBER: QA76 .C57315 1997

Sources of Statistics

The library subscribes to the ASI Microfiche Library. Every document indexed in ASI since 1979 is available in this library. In addition to the ASI Microfiche Library for federal government publications containing statistical data, the library also subscribes to the SRI Microfiche Library, containing most but not every non-federal statistical item indexed in SRI. A third collection, Index to International Statistics, deals with statistical material from international, intergovernmental bodies, completes the package. Online access to the database—and to some of the documents themselves—is available through the Statistical Universe component of LexisNexis Academic Universe.

Directories

Directories identify the professionals, institutions, organizations, and associations within a discipline.

International biographical dictionary of computer pioneers. editor, J.A.N. Lee. Chicago : Fitzroy Dearborn, 1995

CALL NUMBER: [Ref] QA76.2.A2 L440 1995

Citation Guides and Style Manuals

Style manuals and citations guides illustrate how to cite book, journal, and other research sources, including materials found in online databases and on the Web according to the conventional format of a particular discipline. Subject specific citation guides are listed below, and a complete listing appears at Reference Sites: Citation Guides and Style Manuals.

IEEE Computer Society Style Guide. [ Online ] Available: http://www.computer.org/author/style/cs-style.htm

Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources. [ Online ] Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger. Available: http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/

Books in Schaffer Library are arranged by Library of Congress Class number. Class numbers are searchable in the Web Catalog and browsable in the Stacks and Reference Collection.

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QA 75.5 - 76.95	Computer science. Electronic data processing
T	Technology (General)
TA	Engineering (General). Civil Engineering
TJ	Mechanical Engineering
TK	Electrical Engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering

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Schaffer Library provides to range of general and subject-specific electronic databases—some offering full-text access to articles or library holdings information.

Databases & Indexes > Computer Science

Computer Science

The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies
http://liinwww.ira.uka.de/bibliography/
This is a collection of bibliographies of scientific literature in computer science from various sources, covering most aspects of computer science. The bibliographies are updated monthly from their original locations such that you'll always find the most recent versions here. The collection currently contains more than 1.4 million references (mostly to journal articles, conference papers and technical reports), clustered in about 1400 bibliographies, and consists of 660 MBytes of BibTeX entries. More than 19,000 references contain cross-references to citing or cited publications. More than 180,000 references contain URLs to an online version of the paper. There are more than 2000 links to other sites carrying bibliographic information.

Searchable index. Indices, Topical subject area.

Tools for tracking recently published articles.

The New York Times: Computer Science. [ Online ] The New York Times. Available: http://college.nytimes.com/guests/directory/Technology,_Engineering_&_Math/Computer_Science/ (Accessed 3 March 2004)
Provides full text access to computer science articles from The New York Times "Science Times" section.

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