Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center
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Subject
Guide: Computer Science
| The subject guide to computer science provides information on resources available from the Alvin Sherman Library, both in the library and online, related to computer and information sciences. The subject guide covers subject headings, reference sources, books, periodicals, databases, Web sites, and style guides. |
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Periodicals |
Web Sites |
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Reference Sources |
Databases |
Style Guides |
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Books |
Subject Headings
You can find books and other materials in the library by searching NovaCat, the NSU Libraries online catalog. How to search NovaCat. To locate books and materials at other libraries, see Catalogs.
Suggested Library of Congress (LC) subject headings include:
For particular computer programs the name of the program can be searched as a subject such as "Microsoft Word". For computer languages use the name of the program and the subheading "computer program language" such as Fortran (computer program language). |
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Reference Sources
Encyclopedias
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Location & Call Number / Database |
Computer Sciences (2002) |
Alvin Sherman Library Reference |
Encyclopedia of Communities of Practice in Information and Knowledge Management (2006) |
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Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology (1987 and updates) |
Alvin Sherman Library Reference |
Encyclopedia of Information Ethics and Security (2008) |
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Alvin Sherman Library Reference |
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| Encyclopedia of Information Systems (2003) | Alvin Sherman Library Reference |
Encyclopedia of Multimedia Technology and Networking, Second Edition (2009) |
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Encyclopedia of Software Engineering (2002) |
Alvin Sherman Library Reference |
World of Computer Science (2002) |
Alvin Sherman Library Reference |
Dictionaries
Title |
Location & Call Number/Databases |
Dictionary of Computer Science, Engineering, and Technology (2001) |
Alvin Sherman Library Reference |
The Hutchinson Dictionary of Computing and the Internet (2004) |
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Alvin Sherman Library Reference |
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Webster's New World Computer Dictionary (2003) |
Alvin Sherman Library Reference |
Webster's New World Hacker's Dictionary (2006) |
Alvin Sherman Library Reference QA76.9 .A25 S333 2006 |
Handbooks
Title |
Database |
Handbook of Geometric Computing: Applications in Pattern Recognition, Computer vision, Neuralcomputing, and Robotics (2005) |
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Handbook of Information Security (3 volumes) (2006) |
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Handbook of Research on Information Security and Assurance (2008) |
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Handbook of Research on User Interface Design and Evaluation for Mobile Technology (2008) |
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Handbook of Research on Web Information Systems Quality (2008) |
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The IT Measurement Compendium: Estimating and Benchmarking Success with Functional Size Measurement (2008) |
Books
You can see a list of the most recently received books on computer science and related subjects by going to Materials @ the Library. Lists are available for Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Library and Information Science, and Mathematics.
E-books
E-books or electronic books may be accessed via NovaCat or from the NetLibrary, MyiLibrary, Safari Books Online, and ScienceDirect databases.
Entries for electronic books in NovaCat will have the eBook icon 
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Circulating Books
Circulating books may be checked out by visiting the library. Distance students may also request books via Document Delivery.
| Title | Author | Location |
Artificial Intelligence with Uncertainty |
Dey Li and Yi Du |
Alvin Sherman Library Q335 .L5 2008 |
Architecting Software Intensive Systems : A Practitioner's Guide |
Anthony J. Lattanze |
Alvin Sherman Library QA76.758 .L3285 2009 |
Bio-Inspired Artificial Intelligence : Theories, Methods, and Technologies |
Dario Floreano and Claudio Mattiussi |
Alvin Sherman Library Q336 .F66 2008 |
Computational Methods of Feature Selection |
Edited by Huan Liu and Hiroshi Motoda |
Alvin Sherman Library QA76.9 .D3 C64 2008 |
Data Analysis: A Model Comparison Approach |
Charles M. Judd, Gery H. McCleland, Carey S. Ryan |
Alvin Sherman Library QA276 .J83 2009 |
Data Mining for Business Applications |
.Edited by Longbing Cao, et al. |
Alvin Sherman Library HF5548.2 .D38 2009 |
Handbook of Parallel Computing : Models, Algorithms and Applications |
Edited by Sanguthevar Rajasekaran, John Reif. |
Alvin Sherman Library QA76.58 .H36 2008 |
The Method Framework for eEngineering System Architectures |
Donald G. Firesmith with Peter Capell, et al. |
Alvin Sherman Library QA76.9.A73 M46 2009 |
Perspectives on Knowledge Management |
Edited by I.V. Malhan, Shivarama Rao. |
Alvin Sherman Library HD30.2 P474 2008 |
Petascale Computing: Algorithms and Applications (2008) |
Edited by David A. Bader |
Alvin Sherman Library QA76.88 .P475 2008 |
Scheduling in Distributed Computing Systems : Analysis, Design & Models |
Deo Prakash Vidyarthi et al. |
Alvin Sherman Library QA 76.9.D5 S34 2009 |
Web Data Management Practices : Emerging Techniques and Technologies |
Edited by Athena Vakali, George Pallis |
Alvin Sherman Library QA76.9 .W43 W4155 2007 |
Periodicals
Periodicals include journals, magazines, newspapers and other serial publications. Search NovaCat for individual titles and holdings information. Periodicals do not circulate, but may be viewed at the library location listed. NSU distance students may request copies of specific articles via Document Delivery.
Many periodicals are available with full-text (or full image) online in the databases. Search the Journal Finder for specific titles.
| Title | Location |
ACM Computing Surveys |
Alvin Sherman Library Periodicals, Online |
ACM Transactions on Graphics |
Alvin Sherman Library Periodicals, Online |
ACM Transaction on Computer Systems |
Alvin Sherman Library Periodicals, Online |
ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology |
Online |
Human-Computer Interaction |
Online |
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering |
Alvin Sherman Library Periodicals, Alvin Sherman Library Microfiche, Online |
Journal of Database Management |
Alvin Sherman Library Periodicals, Online |
Journal of the ACM |
Alvin Sherman Library Periodicals, Online |
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association |
HPD Library Periodical Shelves , Online |
MIS Quarterly |
Alvin Sherman Library Periodicals |
The VLDB Journal |
Online |
Journal Publisher Websites
The following are the Web sites of periodical publishers with a large amount of computer science and/or information technology content. These Web sites can be searched for full text journal articles on relevant topics. The Alvin Sherman Library may not supply access to all of the content on these sites. Click on More info for a complete description of the database. To access the databases, go to the Electronic Resources.
Title / Publisher |
Database Subject Groups |
The ACM Digital Library (Association for Computing Machinery) More info Tutorial |
Computer & Information Science |
ED/ITLib (Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education) More info |
Computer & Information Science; Education |
Computer & Information Science. |
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Computer & Information Science, Business |
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InfoSci Journals (IGI Global) More info |
Computer & Information Science, Education |
Science Direct (Elsevier) More info |
Computer & Information Science |
SpringerLink (Springer) |
Computer & Information Science; Education |
Wiley Interscience (Wiley-Blackwell) More info |
Computer & Information Science |
Databases
Computer Science and Information Science
The following online databases serve as indexes to the literatures of Computer Science and Information Science, primarily periodicals but including other kinds of publications. They include citations, abstracts and, sometimes, full-text depending on the type of database. See Database Searching for additional information. Click on More Info for a complete description of the database. To access the databases, go to the Electronic Resources.| Title of Database | Type |
Computer Abstracts International (Proquest) More info |
Selected full text. |
Selected full text. |
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Computer Database (Gale Cengage) Tutorial |
Selected full text. |
Computers and Applied Sciences Complete (EBSCOhost) More info |
Selected full text. |
E-Access (IGI Reference Books) More info |
Full text |
Selected full text. |
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Selected full text. |
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Library Literature and Information Science Full Text (Wilson) More info |
Selected full text. |
Proquest Computing (Proquest) More info |
Selected full text. |
Proquest Telecommunications (Proquest) More info |
Selected full text. |
Safari Books Online (Proquest) More info |
Full text. |
General and Multidisciplinary Publications
The following online databases are General and Multidisciplinary Databases. They have substantial numbers of Computer Science and Information Science publications. Most contain primarily periodical articles but may specialize in other kinds of publications. See Database Searching for additional information. Click on More Info for a complete description of the database. To access the databases, go to the Electronic Resources.
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Web of Science (Thomson Web of Knowledge) |
Selected full text. |
Academic One File (Gale Cengage Learning) |
Selected full text. |
Selected full text. |
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Selected full text. |
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Conference Papers Index (Cambridge Scienctific Abstracts) More info |
Selected full text. |
Dissertations and Theses (Proquest) More info |
Selected full text. |
Education Full Text (Wilson) More info |
Selected full text. |
Selected full text. |
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Marps, Practicums, and Applied Dissertations (Nova Southeastern University) More info |
Some full text. (Current NSU students and employees only.) |
PapersFirst (FirstSearch) More info |
Citations & abstracts. |
ProceedingsFirst (FirstSearch) More info |
Citations & abstracts. |
Proquest Central (Proquest) More info |
Selected full text. |
Science Online (Facts on File) More info |
Full text. |
Web Sites
Many useful information resources are available on the Internet. But, remember to evaluate any Web site before using it for research.
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Associations, Organizations, and Government Agencies
| Association for Computing Machinery http://www.acm.org/ Founded in 1947, ACM has played a major force in advancing the skills of information technology professionals and students worldwide. Their website has information on membership, scholarships, ordering publications, etc. |
| Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams http://www.first.org/ The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), brings together a variety of computer security incident response teams from government, commercial, and academic organizations. |
| IEEE Computer Society http://www.computer.org The IEEE Computer Society is one of the world's leading organizations of computer professionals. Their website has information on membership, scholarships, ordering publications, etc. |
Information Technology Laboratory (National Institute for Science and Technology) |
| National Science Foundation's Directorate for Computer
and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) http://www.cise.nsf.gov CISE promotes research and education in the fields of computer and information science and engineering, and strives to maintain U.S. preeminence in these fields. |
The National Technical Information Service (NTIS) |
| Scholarly Societies Project - Computer Science http://www.scholarly-societies.org/compsci_soc.html Provides access to websites of international scholarly societies. Website is maintained by the University of Waterloo Library. |
| World Wide Web Consortium http://www.w3.org World Wide Web Consortium is an industry consortium for the purpose of developing common protocols and standards for the World Wide Web. |
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Databases
The following databases contain full text and citations to journal articles, technical reports, conference proceedings, and other publications available from research organizations.
| CiteSeerx beta Scientific Literature Digital Library http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/ CiteSeerX beta is a scientific literature digital library and search engine that focuses primarily on the literature in computer and information science. In addition to articles, technical reports, and other publications the database includes a citation tracking functions and other tools to enhance the use of the literature. |
| CogPrints: Cognitive Sciences E-print Archive http://cogprints.org/ A browsable archive that allows individuals to freely post research citations. It was developed at the Department of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton, England. |
CoRR: Computing Research Repository |
| Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) http://www.doaj.org The DOAJ contains links to over 4,000 free, full text, scientific and scholarly journals. The DOAJ supports the open access initiative that permits users to freely read, download, copy, print, or link to online full text articles. The Directory is maintained by Lund University Libraries in Sweden. |
DTIC Online |
| InfoMineScholarly Internet Resource Collections http://infomine.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/search?category=physci A cooperative effort created by librarians from several universities such as University of California, Wake Forest University and California State University. INFOMINE contains hundreds of journal articles (selected full-text), electronic books, bulletin boards, mailing lists, etc. |
OAIster |
| Scirus http://www.scirus.com/ Scirus is one of the most comprehensive science-specific free online search engines. It contains over 17 million records from sources, some are free and full-text, from sources such as ScienceDirect, NASA, The Computer Science Preprint Server, CogPrints, E-Print ArXiv, etc. |
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Directories
Intute: Science, Engineering and Technology |
| Science.gov: FirstGov for Science http://www.science.gov Science.gov was developed by an interagency working group of 16 scientific and technical information organizations from 11 major science agencies. Two major types of information are included: selected authoritative science Web sites and databases of technical reports, journal articles, conference proceedings, etc. |
| WWW Computer Architecture Home Page http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~arch/www Website is a portal to links for conferences, on-line publications, books, awards, etc. in the computer science industry. Created by the Computer Architecture Group Computer Sciences Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
| WWW Virtual Library - Computing http://www.vlib.org/Computinghtml The Virtual Library (VL) is the oldest catalog on the World Wide Web. The VL was created by Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of html and the web. The VL is not the biggest directory on the web but its pages are recognized as being amongst the highest-quality guides to particular subject areas. |
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Programming Languages
COBOL Portal |
cplusplus.com The C++ Resources Network |
The Source for Java Developers |
Visual Basic Developer Website |
Webster: The Place on the Internet to Learn Assembly |
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Bibliographies
| Bibliographies of Technical Reports of Computer Science
Departments http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/mirrors/bibliography/Techreports/ This website is located at the University of Karlsruhe (TH) in Germany. It contains abstracts and URLs to over 1 million journal articles, conference papers, and technical reports. |
| Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies http://liinwwwira.uka.de/bibliography/index.html This website is located at the University of Karlsruhe (TH) in Germany. It contains abstracts and URLs to over 1 million journal articles, conference papers, and technical reports. |
HCI Bibliography: Human-Computer Interaction Resources |
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Reference Books
| Computer Dictionary http://hyperdictionary.com/computer Based upon the FOLDOC (Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing) Dictionary compiled by Dennis Howe. Contains approximately 14,000 entries. |
| Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures http://www.nist.gov/dads/ Over two dozen contributors have provided over 1300 computer science terms and definitions. NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) is an agency of the U.S. Commerce Department's Technology Administration. |
| Webopedia: Online Dictionary for Computer and Online Terms http://www.pcwebopaedia.com/ Webopedia is part of the internet.com network of Web sites owned and managed by Jupitermedia Corporation. Full-time editors collect information from computer science professionals and agencies in the field. |
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Style Guides
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APA style is generally the standard for papers and publications in Computer Science. See Style Guides. Additionally the APA style manual is available at several NSU Libraries.
In addition, the following style guide information is from two of the major computer science societies, the ACM and IEEE.
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