Langsdale Library, University of Baltimore

GUIDE TO RESOURCES IN COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES

Introduction:
This guide is intended to help users find information in computer and information science. Since information on a particular topic may be found in a variety of sources, this guide is designed to provide pointers and tips to help you find resources pertinent to this topic.

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Langsdale Catalog - provides a listing of items owned by Langsdale.
Some Subject Terms you may want to use include:
Information Technology
Computer Science
Computer Security
Internet
World Wide Web

The name of a particular software package or programming language

University of Maryland System Catalog - Allows you to search for items owned by any library in the system. Items not owned by UB can be borrowed directly or sent to Langsdale for you to borrow. See the guide to the UM System Catalog.

NetLibrary [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: Varies. A collection of E-texts covering specifically chosen by Maryland Academic Libraries. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL).

WorldCat [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: Varies. International database of collections (including books, journals , dissertations, documents, and other materials) held by libraries worldwide. Maryland libraries that own copies of the items display at the top of the list of libraries so you can easily determine if local libraries own the material needed. Records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.
Find articles

ABI Inform [off-campus][help]
Coverage: 1970 - present. Indexes many computer and IT related journals and magazines.

Computer Database [on campus]
Coverage: 1980 to present. Use this database to find computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology.

Information Resources Management Journal [Available on campus only.]
Fulltext from 2000 to current. Link will take you to a statement of conditions of use. Clicking on I Agree will take you to page that links to the journal.

Journal of Global Information Management [Available on campus only.]
Fulltext from 2000 to current. Link will take you to a statement of conditions of use. Clicking on I Agree will take you to page that links to the journal.

Journal of Organizational and End-user Computing[Available on campus only.]
Fulltext from 2000 to current. Link will take you to a statement of conditions of use. Clicking on I Agree will take you to page that links to the journal.
Find encyclopedias, dictionaries and handbooks

AccessScience [off-campus] [help]
 Search 7,000 articles and 115,000 definitions in the online version the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology.

XRefer Plus [off campus]
Clicking on the "technology" link of this online reference collection will give you access to:

  1. Collins Dictionary of Computing
  2. Dictionary of Communications Technology
  3. Dictionary of Multimedia and Internet Applications: A Guide for Developers and Users
  4. Hargrave's Communications Dictionary

Ralston, A., Reilly, E.D. & Hemmendinger, D. (Eds.). (2000) Encyclopedia of Computer Science
(4th ed.). London: Nature Publishing Group. (XQA76.15.E482 2000).
Find relevant websites

Citeseer - A project to index and make searchable a variety of papers that are published on the Internet. Most items are in the field computer and information science and engineering.

Association for Computing Machinery. - Much of the information on this website is only availabl to members, but there are plenty of articles, bibliographies and other information available to everyone.

CNET - A commercial oriented site, with a lot of articles, product reviews, software downloads and more.

 

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