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Department
of Mathematics and Computer Science:
Computer Science
Departmental Research Guide
This research guide relays some basic information on library
and information resources pertaining to the concerns of this
department, as provided by University Libraries and/or sites
on the World Wide Web.
1.
LC Call Nos. - - 2.
Finding Articles - - 3.
Reference Collection - - 4.
CS Faculty - - 5.
Professional Societies - - 6.
Web Sites
1.
To Shelf-Browse for Books (using main Library
of Congress Subject Divisions)
Books
on subjects associated with this field are shelved under the
call number ranges listed below. Use TOPCAT
to search for specific items in the collection, or more narrowly-defined
subjects.
Computers
in Education: LB1028.43-LB1028.75 ------- Cybernetics
(bionics, a.i., information theory, etc.): Q300-Q390
------- Programming Languages: QA76.5-QA76.75 -------
Software Engineering: QA76.75-QA76.9 ------- Machine
Theory: QA267-QA268 ------- Computer Graphics:
T385 ------- Optical Data Processing: TA1630-TA1650
------- Telecommunication: TK5101-TK5105.9 -------
Computer Engineering: TK7885-TK7895 ------- Computer
Science Bibliography: Z5640-Z5644 ------- Electronics
Bibliography: Z5836-Z5839
2. To Find Journal and Magazine Articles
(using indexing/abstracting/full-text services)
The
following services are recommended for courses for first-year
students and nonmajors:
- Academic
Search Premier
and MasterFILE Premier: These two all-subject
WWW-based services (they are part of the EBSCOhost
system) feature indexing and abstracting of many journals
and magazines WKU Libraries receives in hardcopy, plus a
large selection of articles in full-text.
- Science
(Magazine) Online (AAAS).
- Google
Scholar: A free Web-based Google service that restricts
searches to the scholarly literature. Now features linking
to full-text of articles held by WKU.
The
following services are recommended for use by advanced students
and researchers:
- MathSciNet:
This Database contains Mathematical Reviews, with
indexing from 1940 to 1979 and full reviews from 1980 to
the present, (updated monthly, as well as Current Mathematical
Publications, updated daily).
- ACM
Digital Library: A large collection of citations
and full text from ACM journal and newsletter articles and
conference proceedings.
- Science
(Magazine) Online (AAAS).
- IEEE
Computer Society Magazine Package: Access
to articles from 14 IEEE journals back to 1988.
- SpringerLink:
Access to about 1000 Springer journals with full content
back to about 1997.
- ejournal
collections by individual publisher: Cambridge Journals
Online, ScienceDirect (Elsevier), and Wiley
Interscience. Abstracting of the nearly 2000 science
journals published by these companies, with some full-text
available at each site (individually).
- DOAJ
(Directory of Open Access Journals): "This
service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific
and scholarly journals" (across all subject areas,
and in multiple languages).
- Electronic
Journal Service: EJS (EBSCOhost):
Full-text articles, tables of content, and abstracts from
journals across all subject areas.
- Google
Scholar: As described above.
- ArticleFirst:
FirstSearch database available to faculty and graduate
students (and to undergraduate students by special permission).
Indexes almost 13,000 journals and magazines from 1990 onward,
including some ninety percent of the ones University Libraries
carries in hardcopy.
- Ingenta:
A free online database indexing some 28000 journals and
magazines from the 1980s onward. Offers for-pay text delivery.
- JSTOR:
Provides the full text/full image web access of the complete
archival collections of over 225 (and growing) core scholarly
journals up to the most recent three to five years.
- IOPScience
(Institute of Physics): 250,000 articles in full-text
from the serial publications of the IOP.
- Applied
Science and Technology Index: A Web-based database
that indexes a number of computer science-related titles.
A paper version running through 1997 is located in Reference
at TA1 .A66 (ref.per.ind.).
- Computer
Literature Index: Paper index for persons involved
in the "practicing end of the computer profession." Coverage
ended in 2001. Located in Reference at QA76.5 .Q31ax
(ref.per.ind.).
- Computing
Reviews: A paper product that reviews the emerging
literature of computer science. Located in Reference at
QA1.C6x (ref.per.ind.).
- ACM
Guide to Computer Literature: A paper index for the
field of computer science. Ended in 1997. Located in Reference
at QA76.C5854 (ref.per.ind.).
- Microcomputer
Index/Abstracts: paper
index/abstract covering 1982-1997. Located in Reference
at QA75.5 .M5 (ref.per.ind.).
Special
resource: Comprehensive
List of Indexes, Abstracts, and Full-Text Services Related
to the Natural & Applied Sciences Held by University Libraries
Special resource:
TDNet
Electronic Journal Finder [use to access Libraries'
electronic journals, magazines, and newspapers, as well as
some indexes and databases containing full-text articles;
includes a comprehensive A-Z listing of titles]
Special
resource: Knovel
Online Library: A set of technical reference books
and tables of particular interest to engineering, mathematics,
physics, astronomy, and chemistry.
3. Monographic Reference Works in
Helm Library
The
following are recommended for use:
4.
Computer Science Faculty
Computer Science Faculty Profiles http://cs.wku.edu/new/people.htm
5.
Related Professional Societies (for professional news, careers/jobs,
memberships, etc.)
6. Web Sites Recommended by Computer
Science Faculty
Literature/Gateways
etc. News/Ethics/Issues
Dictionaries
History/Jobs/Women
Other
Sites
CS
Literature & General Gateways/Search Engines
News,
Ethics & Issues
Online
CS Dictionaries
History,
Jobs, Women in Computing
Other
Sites
University
Libraries Liaison: Rob
Harbison (x6122 / rob.harbison@wku.edu)
last updated 12/5/2008
page maintained by Charles H. Smith
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