Subject Guide: Computer Science
The Library's Subject Guides help you find resources that are specialized for certain areas of study. There are many other resources available which provide generalized information--not specific to one topic or area. To see more of these general resources, see the Subject Guide: General page.
Science Liaison - Moriana GarciaOnline Resources
Databases provide information about journal, magazine and newspaper articles.
- ACM Digital Library
- Computers & Applied Sciences Complete
- Compendex 1969-
- Compendex Historical 1884-1968
- Engineering Village (EI)
- General Science Abstracts
- MathSciNet
- Safari Tech Books Online
- Science Citation Index, 1980- Included in Web of Knowledge
Reference Books
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Reference books provide background information on a people, terms and concepts.
- Dictionary of multimedia terms & acronyms QA 76.15 .H318 2005
- Encyclopedia of computers and computer history Ref QA76.15 .E53 2001 (2 vols.)
- Encyclopedia of New Media QA 76.575 .E5368 2003
- Glossary of Netspeak and Textspeak QA76.15 .C79 2004
- Milestones in computer science and information technology Ref QA76 .R434 2003
- World of computer science QA76.15 .W67 2002 (2 vols.)
Web Resources
Here are a few web sites we think you might find useful:
- AlanTuring.net The Turing Archive for the History of Computing
- CCRMA - The Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics
- Scirus (a search engine for scientific information).
Online Journals
Here are a few of the journals available via the web in this field:
- Nature
- Science 1997-present (access through the publisher Web site)
- Science 1880-2004 (access through JSTOR)
- Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds
- To browse a list of journals in the Electronic Journal Center related to Computers and Computer Science, click here.
- To determine whether we have a journal available online, please search the CONSORT catalog or use the Electronic Journal Finder.