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Welcome to the WCU Library Services guide to research resources in Computer Science - from WCU Library and beyond. This page of the Guide includes:

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E-books - new titles at WCU Libraries.
Research Databases
Using a database focused on computer science content allows you to take advantage of the database's unique characteristics. Two of the databases specifically search their publications (ACM & IEEE), while the Computers and Applied Sciences database (from EBSCO) will return articles from a broader range of publishers.
Streaming Video - an example of the streaming videos available from WCU Libraries' subscription to the Films on Demand database.
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E-Books

Digital universe: the global telecommunication revolution
(ebrary e-book)
Social network data analytics
(ebrary e-book)
Information security: principles and practice (2011)
(ebrary e-book)
Recommender systems: an introduction
(ebrary e-book)
Visualize this: the FlowingData guide to design, visualization and statistics
(ebrary e-book)
Handbook of financial cryptography and security (CRC)
(ebrary e-book)
Safari Books Online
Read technical books online through the library's e-book account. Titles change as new publications become available. Check back often!

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Streaming Videos for Online Learning

Did you know that WCU Libraries has a subscription to a large and growing collection of online videos, including many in Computer Science? The collection is called "Films on Demand" and is listed under "Databases" on the Libraries' website. This video, The Code Breakers: Understanding Free and Open-Source Software, is one example.

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Research Databases for Computer Science

ACM Digital Library

Search or browse for full-text articles published by the Association for Computing Machinery in journals, magazines, conference proceedings and newsletters. Includes titles such as ACM Computing Surveys, Computers in Entertainment, ELearn, Journal of Data & Information Quality, Journal of Experimental Algorithms, and many more.
Computers & Applied Sciences Complete

Search 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.
Note: If full text is not available in the database, click on "Check Availability" to locate other sources for full text.
IEEE Computer Society Digital Library

Search full text in 27 IEEE society magazines and transactions, and from more than 4100 selected conference proceedings. If desired, limit to specific publications by selecting or de-selecting on the opening (Advanced) Search page.