Computer Science and Information Systems: Library Resources

General Background Sources

The following sources provide useful background information on topics related to computer science and information systems. You may find them helpful as you select your topic, formulate your research question, and develop your thesis statement.

The Computer Glossary: The Complete Illustrated Dictionary     Birnbaum Reserve QA76.15 .F733 2001
This ninth edition includes 1500 new and revised entries. This reference work provides access to "concepts, terms, jargon, companies, moguls, products and a history of the PC industry."

Dictionary of Computer Science Engineering and Technology    Birnbaum Ref QA76.15. D5258 2001
The entries offer succinct definitions and are organized alphabetically.

Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology    Birnbaum Ref QA76.15 .H48 2003
This one volume encyclopedia covers computer science and computer engineering. Each article includes a bibliography.

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology    Birnbaum Ref Q121.M3 2002 (vols.1-20)
This twenty-volume work covers the natural and physical sciences and technology. Check the index to find a topic.

Milestones in Computer Science and Information Technology     Birnbaum Ref QA76 .R434 2003
This work offers extensive coverage of the history of computer science and information technology; over 600 entries arranged in alphabetical order; other entries focus on companies, hardware, software, programming languages, inventors/developers, theories, and concepts; indexes included.

Software Engineering     Birnbaum Reserve & Stacks QA76.758 .S657 2001
This reference work includes an introduction followed by coverage of various topics: computer-based system engineering, software processes, project management, requirements, design, critical systems, verification and validation, management, and evolution.

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Finding Books

You can find other books on your topic by searching the online Pace Library Catalog by subject or keyword. Subject searches target the specific Library of Congress Subject Headings that have been assigned to the books that the Pace Library owns.  Unless you know the subject headings that pertain to your topic, you may want to begin with a Keyword search.  Once you have found a source that you find useful, look at the Library of Congress Subject Headings towards the bottom of the catalog record to determine the best terms to use in a Subject search for further materials.  Subject headings that you may find useful are:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Games -- Programming
  • Computers and Civilization
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Networks -- Security Measures
  • Computer Security
  • Computer Software
  • Customer Loyalty
  • Customer Relations Management
  • Data Mining
  • Data Protection
  • Data Transmission Systems
  • Data Warehousing
  • Database Design
  • Database Management
  • Electronic Commerce
  • Information Resources Management
  • Information Technology
  • Information Technology -- Management
  • Internet
  • Internet Programming
  • Internet -- Security Measures
  • Multimedia Systems
  • Object Oriented Programming (Computer Science)
  • Operating Systems (Computers)
  • Perl (Computer Program Language)
  • Privacy, Right of -- United States
  • Programming Languages (Electronic computers)
  • Software Engineering
  • System Design
  • Technology -- Moral and Ethical Aspects
  • Web Servers
  • Web Site Development

For additional tips on searching the catalog, see the library's guide to Using the Pace Library Catalog.

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Search the Literature…journals, indexes, databases

For quickly identifying and locating the top 50 journals in information science, read Technical Opinion: How to Quickly Find Articles in the Top IS Journals --a PDF document published in the Communications of the ACM from the Guide to Computing Literature.

ACM Digital Library
Tables of contents, abstracts, reviews and the full-text for articles published in the ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) periodicals and proceedings since 1985 are available. The ACM Guide is also available, offering a bibliographic citations and abstracts of works published by ACM and other publishers. The Guide to Computing Literature--"a bibliographic collection from major publishers in computing" is also accessible.

Books 24x7
This is an E-Book collection focusing on technology and business offering instant access to the full text (including code, examples, and graphics) from the comprehensive library of over 1000 technology reference books and journals. Topics related to computer science and information systems include: Certification and Compliance, Databases, Desktop & Office Applications, Enterprise Computing, Enterprise Computing, Graphic Design & Multimedia, Hardware, IBM Technologies, Networks & Protocols, Operating Systems, Programming Languages, Security, Software Engineering, Telecommunications, and Web Programming & Development. An account must be created to gain access to the contents of Books 24x7.

Business Source Premier
Business Source Premier provides full text for over 2,710 scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more. This database now has datamonitor industry profiles. Coverage is from 1965-present; updated daily.

Computing Reviews
Computing Reviews is a joint publication between the ACM and Reviews.com. This online resource will provide access to full-text reviews from journals, proceedings, and books from 1974 to the present.

Digital Commons @ Pace
Digital Commons is a digital repository for the scholarly output of Pace University. This project provides access to full-text, digitized copies of various working papers, journal articles, dissertations and theses. Use the Browse by Research Unit, Center, or Department to locate the faculty papers and the CSIS technical papers authored by the Ivan G. Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems. Pace University dissertations and theses can also be browsed. Limit by year and the author's last name.

Directory of Open Access Journals (Free Web)
Open access to scholarly and scientific publications made available for free on the Internet. Browse by subject: Technology and Engineering and then select Computer Science.

IEEE Computer Society Digital Library
The IEEE Computer Society Digital Library provides online access to the full-text of 18 applications and research-oriented Computer Society Magazines and transactions, as well as a growing body of conference proceedings, from 1995 to the present.

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Bibliographies, Pre-Prints, & Technical Reports

BibFinder: A Computer Science Bibliography Mediator
A powerful meta-search engine which combines CSB, DBLP, Network Bibliography, ACM Digital Library, ACM Guide, ScienceDirect, IEEE Xplore, CiteSeer, and Google Scholar to find bibliographies from the computer science literature. Search by author, title, conference/journal, and year.

The Computing Research Repository (CoRR)
The CoRR online repository, sponsored by the ACM, the arXiv.org e-Print archive, NCSTRL (Networked Computer Science Technical Reference Library), and AAAI allows users to search, browse by subject class and download full-text papers.

E-print Network: Computer Technologies and Information Sciences
"The E-print Network provides one-stop browse/search access to more than 19,650 Web sites containing e-prints, full text searching of over 730,000 e-print documents indexed from Web sites, deep Web searching across 52 major databases containing close to 20 million pages of searchable full text, and links to more than 2,800 professional scientific societies... Browse by disciplines offers patrons the ability to browse over 19,650 Web sites of individual researchers, college and university departments, academic/professional societies and associations, laboratory sites, and other resources organized by Disciplines." For computer and information science, several options are available: browse or search.

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Web Sites

CiteSeer
"CiteSeer is a scientific literature digital library and search engine that focuses primarily on the literature in computer and information science." Document types available include citations to conference papers, technical papers, and journal articles.

Scirus
"Scirus is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. Driven by the latest search engine technology, Scirus searches over 250 million science-specific Web pages." Save, email, and export checked results.

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Citing Your Sources & Submitting Articles for Publication

Pace University Library: How to Cite Resources
The library has provided information on citation styles for print and electronic resources.

Citation Format Guide for ACM Publications
"This guide consists of two sections: sample formats for journals and sample formats for conference proceedings. The first presents examples of most of the reference types that arise in ACM journals. The second presents examples of most of the reference types that arise in ACM conference proceedings."

IEEE: Submit a Manuscript
This site provides guidelines, information about IEEE publications, and links providing assistance in submitting manuscripts to all IEEE publications.

Submitting Articles to ACM Journals
This page provides documentation on how to prepare manuscripts for submission to the ACM journals.


Created by Pace University Library
Last Revised 3/22/06
Janell Carter
jcarter3@pace.edu