Computer Science and Software Engineering
- Dictionaries help you to define your keywords
- Encyclopedias help you to get an overview of your topic and provide more information than a dictionary
- Handbooks and manuals provide figures and facts
Online dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks
Print dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Computing and Electrical Engineering
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004.03/40
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Penguin Concise Dictionary of Computing
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004.03/39
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Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology
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004.03/41
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Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology
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303.483303/1
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Encyclopedia of Computer Science
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004.3/5
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To find additional reference items
- Search the Library Catalogue
- Select advanced keyword search
- Combine a broad keyword AND the word dictionar**
computer science AND dictionar**
computer** AND encycloped**
computer network** AND handbook**
- To retrieve variations of your keyword use the truncation symbol **
e.g. comput** will retrieve compute, computer, computers, computing
 Ask a question.
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Search the Library Catalogue to find books, videos, CDs
If you know the exact title
- Select title search
- Type in the exact title
- Check the location, call number and status boxes to find the item in the Library collection
If you don't have an exact title OR only have a topic area
- Select advanced keyword search
- Type in keywords from your topic
- Combine your keywords with AND to find catalogue records that contain all of your keywords
e.g. comput** AND database design**
- To retrieve variations of your keyword use the truncation symbol **
e.g. comput** will retrieve compute, computer, computers, computing
Catalogue search tips:
- Too many hits? Add another keyword e.g. computer AND software AND design
OR
Use the limit functions in advanced keyword search e.g. limit by publication date, format, location
- Found a useful title? Click on the subject headings to find similar material
- Studying at a different UOW campus? Use an advanced keyword search and limit by location
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Search a database to find journal articles, book chapters, conference papers and research reports.
Try these first
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Database
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Notes
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Truncation symbol
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Help
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Safari Tech Books Online
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Computing, network design and administration , desktop applications, web design, authoring, databases, e-commerce, hardware, graphics and multimedia, operating systems, security, software engineering. International.
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Access help online
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Computer Database
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Products, news and reviews in hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and technology application.
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Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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New developments in computer science and information technology research and teaching
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Springerlink
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Over 1200 refereed journals in computer science, engineering and more. International. 1997 onwards.
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Complete list of Informatics databases
Found a useful reference?
Some databases do not provide the fulltext of the article. To locate these articles, you will need to search the catalogue to determine if the Library holds the journal title(s) either in print or electronically on another database.
Database search tips:
- Break your topic into keywords and/or phrases. The search strategy worksheet will help you
- Consider alternative keywords or spelling variations
- To narrow your search combine your keywords with AND to find records that contain all your keywords
e.g. machines AND robots
- To broaden your search combine your keywords with OR to find records that contain either of your keywords
e.g. machines OR robots
- Use truncation to retrieve variations of your keyword
e.g. robot* retrieves robot, robots, robotic.
- Found a useful reference? Use the subject headings to find similar material
Ask a question.
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It is important to critically evaluate all information found on the Web.
Try the following sites as a starting point.
Search engines create databases using computer programs called 'spiders', 'robots' or 'crawlers' that trawl the web and other Internet sites and return results to the database.
Try these first:
Directories organise Internet resources by subject. The information provided in directories is created, arranged and maintained by people rather than machines.
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