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Below are a few major, frequently used sources for the study
of computer science. The computer science literature is international
in scope and organized into primary (the first public record of the research)
and secondary (works derived from primary sources) publications, although
this distinction is beginning to be blurred in some web resources.
For additional
information on sources please consult a librarian. Internet
resources require a Tufts I.D. number for off-campus access (authorized
user statement)
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Facts and Background Information
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Reference Resources
Bibliographies
The
Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies
DBLP Computer
Science Bibliography
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Prentice Hall’s Illustrated
Dictionary of Computing
[PRINT. Tisch Reference QA76.15 .N33 1995]
Entries take into account Greek, Latin, Arabic, French and English
origins of words; also includes a style manual for correct usage
of computer terminology.
Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence
[PRINT. Tisch Reference Q335 .E53 1992]
Brings together the core knowledge for artificial intelligence
from a variety of fields.
Encyclopedia of Computer Science
[PRINT. Tisch Book Stacks QA76.15 .E48 1993]
Basic reference to computer science and technology; the discipline
and its history.
Encyclopedia of Computer Science
[PRINT. Tisch Reference QA76.15 .E48 2000]
Encyclopedia of Software Engineering
[PRINT. Tisch Reference QA76.758 .E53 1994]
Emphasis on practical aspects as opposed to theoretical concepts.
Oxford Reference Online--Computing
Dictionary of Computing. Dictionary of the Internet.
Web Dictionary of Cybernetics
and Systems
From three sources: American Society of Cybernetics glossary,
Krippendorff’s Dictionary, and Hornung’s Glossary.
A hypertext dictionary that is a part of Cybernetics and Systems
Theory in the Principia CyberneticaWeb.
Directories
Community
of Science (COS)
An internet site for the global research and development community.
Within the site are COS Expertise, which gives personal profiles
of professionals in the research community, and COS Funding Opportunities,
a prime source for grant information.
Data Tables
On-Line
Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
A database of over 52,000 integer sequences compiled by AT&T
fellow Neil J. A. Sloane. Literature references are provided for
known sequences.
Government Resources
Computer Incident Advisory
Capability
Source for computer virus information.
Computer Security Resource Center
(CSRS). National Institute of Standards and Technology.
The focus of this website is information security management,
research and testing.
Information Technology Laboratory.
National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Conducts research and develops test methods and standards for
emerging and rapidly changing information technologies.
National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST)
Develops and promotes measurement, standards, and technology to
enhance productivity, facilitate trade, and improve the quality
of life.
Images
Scientific
Visualization Sites
Annotated bibliography of scientific visualization sites. A service
of NAS (Numerical Aerospace Simulation).
News
C/NET
Latest tech news on hardware and software.
ZDNet
Site for news, how-to’s and help guides.
Reviews
Computing
Reviews. ACM.
A source for expert critiques of published work in the computing
disciplines.
Societies & Associations
Association for Computing Machinery.
ACM.
Founded in 1947 to advance the application of information technology.
Site includes a conference calendar and a graduate assistantship
directory.
Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society
Founded in 1946 to advance the theory and application of computer
and information technology. Site includes a conference calendar.
Standards and Specifications
IEEE Standards Product
Catalog
American National Standards Institute
(ANSI)
Computer and
Communication Standards and Cross References
Defense Standardization
Program Library
International Standards Organization
(ISO)
National Information
Standards Organization (NISO) Standards
National Institute
of Standards (NIST) Standards and Technology Regulations
Resources for Writing
Bibliographic Citation Manager(s)
RefWorks
A web-based reference/citation and bibliography manager. Allows
users to keep track of and download citations from our
internet databases/indexes and then use these references in
writing papers and automatically formatting papers and the bibliographies.
This software works with EndNote too!
Dictionaries
Acronyms
Server
Oxford
English Dictionary Online
Oxford
Reference Online--Computing
Dictionary of computing. Dictionary of the internet.
Style Manuals & Guides
Elements of
Style by William J Strunk
Resources
for Writers
Find Books
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A library’s catalog covers most aspects of a subject over
centuries of publications in many languages. Catalogs can be searched
by author, title, subject, and keyword. Tisch Library uses the
Library of Congress (LC)
classification scheme. LC classification brings similar books
together on the shelves, which facilitates browsing. Computer
Science books are classified in QA76.
The Catalogs
Library
Catalog
Boston Library Consortium Catalogs
Harvard
University Library System Catalog (HOLLIS)
National Research
Council of Canada
Includes Canada Institute for Scientific & Technical Information
(CISTI).
WorldCat. First Search.
Click on WorldCat or select WorldCat database from the search
box.
Covers almost all of the catalogs of the major research libraries,
as well as public libraries.
Other Sources for Books
Books
in Print
Lists books currently in print and available on the market for
purchasing.
Document Delivery
Borrow from other libraries, both books and journal articles.
The
Online Books Page: QA – Mathematics and Computer Science
List of online books that are freely readable from the University
of Pennsylvania’s Digital Library.
The
Online Books Page: TK – Electrical Engineering (and computer
networks); Nuclear Engineering
List of online books that are freely readable from the University
of Pennsylvania’s Digital Library.
Find Articles
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To locate articles or research papers within periodicals and
journals, it is necessary to use specialized databases known as
indexes. Database Searching
Tips (also available in PDF)
provides valuable information on how to construct a search for
best results.
Indexes
Computer Science Indexes
Computer
Technology. Cambridge Scientific Abstracts IDS platform.
Select Computer Technology and click on Quick Search to retrieve
the following indexes:
Computer
Abstracts International 1987-
An abstracting and indexing service for the field of computer
science using the ACM classification scheme.
Computer
and Information Systems Abstracts 1981-
Covers major areas in computer science: artificial intelligence,
CAD/CAM & CIM/CAE, computer circuits & logic, computer
hardware, logic & switching theories, optical & acoustic
technology, etc.
INSPEC
1969-
Institution of Electrical Engineering. 1969-
Access is via Engineering Village 2, the Institute of Physics
AXIOM research service. Choose INSPEC in the Select Database
box on the EV2 homepage. For standard service a password is not
required. For enhanced service providing personalization, alerting,
and search history, you will need to create an account with a
password. INSPEC is the leading database for the world's literature
in physics, electrical and electronics engineering, computing,
and information technology. It corresponds to the print publications
Physics Abstracts, Electrical and Electronic Abstracts, and Computer
and Control Abstracts.
Science Indexes
Science
Citation Index Expanded 1945-
Part of the ISI Web of Science. Provides author, subject and citation
access to journal articles and book reviews in the sciences, as
well as citation values for particular papers, citation tracking,
and related records. Updated weekly.
Scopus. Elsevier, 1966-
An index to the world's scientific, technical and medical literature (14,000 scholarly titles),
including 2,700 titles in Social Science, Psychology and Economics. Updated daily. Non-English
titles are covered as long as English abstracts are available. Full-text linking is available
wherever the technology and the access arrangements permit and continues to expand as such
arrangements allow. Integrated web searching and patent searching by Scirus.
Current
Contents
An ISI current awareness database with an interdisciplinary
focus. Covers science, social science and humanities; includes
latest issue of the journal with table of contents from over
8,000 of the world’s research journals and some evaluated
scholarly websites. Can create auto alerts for e-mail updates.
Has search and journal browse functions. Updated daily.
Electronic journals
Periodicals are listed in the library
catalog. Holdings in all formats are unified in one record,
and most entries for journals held in electronic format contain
a hyperlink to the source. Searches in the web-based catalog enable
one to follow these links directly. A complete list of electronic
journals is on the Tisch homepage under Electronic
Journals.
Key Weekly Science Journals
Nature. Nature Publishing Group.
Current:
v387-, 1997-
Back volumes v. 54-84 (1896-1910) and v.132- (1937-): [PRINT.
Tisch Bound Periodicals Q1 .N2]
Back volumes v.112-131 (1923-1933): [MICROFORMS. R93]
Science
Current:
v270-, (1995- )
Back
volumes v.1-270, (1800-1995)
Collections of Electronic Journals
ACM
Digital Library
A resource for bibliographic information, abstracts, reviews,
and full text articles for ACM periodicals (1985-) and proceedings
(1991-).
Blackwell
Synergy. Blackwell Publishing.
Provides full-text access to 600+ scholarly journals. To browse
Computing select Engineering, Computing and Technology.
IEEEXplore
1988-
IEEEXplore provides full-text access to all IEEE (Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) journals and conferences
published since 1988, all current IEEE standards, and all IEE
(Institution of Electrical Engineers) journals and conferences
published since 1988, as well as selected IEEE journals published
since 1950.
ScienceDirect.
Elsevier.
A database of over 1,700 journal titles covering the life, physical,
technical and social sciences. Titles start with the initial volume
of publication; all titles have tables of contents and abstracts,
and most have full text articles. Tufts has access to approximately
800 titles from 1995 to date. The titles formerly published by
Academic Press commence with 1993. Green boxes indicate subscribed
titles; white boxes are for non-subscribed titles. Please note:
ScienceDirect no longer provides access to non-subscribed titles.
Articles from non-subscribed titles must be obtained from Tisch
Document Delivery or purchased directly from ScienceDirect.
SIAM
Journals Online
Electronic journals of the Society for Industrial and Applied
Mathematics
SpringerLink.
Springer Verlag.
Provides access to 460+ electronic journals with full-text and
some book series. The focus is on science and technology. Browse
Computer Science Online Library. To gain access to the Springer
A-Z journal list, pull down the top right hand bar.
Wiley
InterScience
Provides full-text access to 300+ journals published by John
Wiley & Sons. Browse Computer Science journals.
Other Sources for Research Papers
Pre-prints, conferences and proceedings, dissertations, and technical
reports are other sources for original research.
ArXiv.org e-print archive
A preprint archive for physics and related disciplines. Originally
the Los Alamos National Laboratory E-Print Archive; now at Cornell
University.
ISI
Proceedings
An index to the published literature of significant conferences,
symposia, and seminars.
Dissertation
Abstracts. First Search. 1861-
Indexes dissertations accepted at accredited institutions; covers
all disciplines. Updated monthly.
Tufts University
Dissertations. ProQuest, 1996-
Tufts dissertations and theses published in Dissertation Abstracts
from 1996 to date. Provides full-text access.
GrayLit Network. U.S. Government.
A science portal of technical reports from the Department of Energy,
Department of Defense, Environmental Protection Agency, and NASA.
Patents Indexes
Derwent
Innovations Index
A resource for patent literature from 40 patent issuing authorities.
Uses the ISI search interface and links forward in time to citing
patents and backwards in time to cited patents. Coverage for some
patents begins in 1963.
esp@cenet. Searchable Worldwide
Patents database. 1920-
Free worldwide patent information with full-text patents.
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Website for the USPTO. Information on patenting an idea, doing
a patent search, and locating a patent depository library.
USPTO Patent
Classification Home Page
U.S. Manual on Patent Classification searchable website.
Find Web Resources on the Internet
In the 1980’s the World Wide Web emerged and spawned publications
of its own, independent of the print traditions. Information retrieved
from the open web must be reviewed for authority, accuracy and
authenticity. Keeping these limitations in mind, there are some
excellent information resources available from the open web, especially
those associated with government agencies and universities. See
how to
evaluate web resources.
Google
A top ranked web search engine, with good relevancy. Uses tabs
at the top of the search box. The Directory tab is a Page Rank
version of the Open Directory. Browse Computer
Science. There is also a tab for Images and News.
Alltheweb.com
Good web search engine. Indexes full webpage, PDF files, Microsoft
Word files, and text within Flash files. Also includes tabs for
databases of news, pictures, videos, audio and FTP files.
Science Web Search Engines
Scirus
A comprehensive science-specific search engine. Locates peer-reviewed
articles.
Websites
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CogNet
Provides a collection of searchable electronic texts for the
cognitive and brain sciences containing works from the MIT
Press, as well as information on new research, job listings,
discussion groups & lectures.
EEVL: The Internet Guide to Engineering,
Mathematics, and Computing
A search engine for high quality resources on the net.
Galaxy:
Computer Technology
A listing of websites relating to computer technology.
Java
A resource for Java technology.
Software Engineering Institute
A federally funded research and development center hosted by Carnegie
Mellon to support the engineering and development of reliable
software.
O’Reilly
Network
Information on computer software organized into site and resource
centers.
WWW
Virtual Library – Concurrent Systems
WWW
Virtual Library – Software Engineering
WWW
Virtual Library - Computing
Yahoo – Computers
and Internet
Yahoo – Reference
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