West Chester University of PA Subject Guides - Computer Science

PILOT library catalog

E-Books

Dictionary of Computing

from Credo Reference. Published by A & C Black, 2004.
Includes drawing and tables as well as definitions (e.g. Unicode CO & CI controls, examples of programming language code).
Encyclopedia of Algorithms

Ming-Yang Kao, editor. Published by Springer, c. 2008. From the foreward: each "encyclopedia entry is an in-depth mini-survey of an algorithmic problem and is written by an expert researcher. The entries for an algorithmic area are compiled by an area editor to survey the representative results in that area and can form the core materials of a course in the area."
Encyclopedia of Computer Science

from Credo Reference. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2003 (4th ed.)
A comprehensive encyclopedia with extensive entries written by over 300 international experts. Includes images, diagrams, entries on significant people, and hyperlinked cross-references to related entries.
Safari Tech Books Online

Read technical books online through the library's e-book account. Selected titles currently include Learning Perl, The Ruby Programming Language, Agile Project Management, Mashups: Strategies for the Modern Enterprise. Titles changes as new publications become available. Check back often!

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Welcome to the WCU Library Services guide to research resources in Computer Science - from WCU Library and beyond.

This page includes

PILOT library catalog
E-books
Databases listed by name
Once you know which database is best for your research topic, direct searches allow you to take advantage of the database's unique characteristics. Some databases are very specific to computer science (e.g. IEEE Computer Society Digital Library) while others, such as Academic Search Complete include articles from all disciplines.
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Databases

Academic Search Complete
A large multi-disciplinary database from EBSCO which includes many full-text articles. Among the math journals indexed are College Mathematics Journal, International Journal of Mathematics, Discrete Mathematics & Applications, MT: Mathematics Teaching.
ACM Digital Library
Search and find full-text articles published by the Association for Computing Machinery in conference proceedings, newsletters and journals. Includes access to Computing Reviews.
ACM Guide to Computing Literature
This database can be searched separately at the ACM Digital Library portal.
Computers and Applied Sciences Complete
An EBSCO database with indexes and abstracts for articles in more than 1,800 academic journals, professional publications, and other reference sources. Full text is available for selected years of more than 730 periodicals, such as Journal of Network and Systems Management, International Journal of Information Security, Software & Systems Modeling. If full text is not available in the database, click on "Check Availability."
IEEE Computer Society Digital Library (CSDL)
Full text for 27 society magazines as well as transactions and more than 3,300 conference publications.
IEEE CSDL Topics

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