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ENGINEERING LIBRARY RESOURCES IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

By James W. Clasper, Engineering Reference Librarian
Engineering Library, University of Cincinnati, 850L Baldwin Hall, ML #0018, (513) 556 - 1452

BOOKS AND CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS dealing with Computer Engineering and Computer Science can be located through UCLID. You can search UCLID by author, title, keyword or subject. General subject headings that can be used include:

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER ENGINEERING; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER PROGRAMS; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER VISION; COMPUTERS; DIGITAL ELECTRONICS; ELECTRONIC DIGITAL COMPUTERS; MICROCOMPUTERS; MICROPROCESSORS.

For additional terms, use the Library of Congress Subject Headings.

BIBLIOGRAPHIES contain lists of books or articles.

Computer Aided Design of Digital Systems: A Bibliography (Z5838.D5V35)
Expert Systems II (A5834.D37P46 1986)
Fifth Generation: An Annotated Bibliography (math Z5640.B73 1985)

HANDBOOKS AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS are located on the Reference shelves unless otherwise indicated.

Access Science (available through OhioLink on the web)
Artificial Intelligence Compendium (Q334.5.S34 1988)
Berkshire Encyclopedia of Human Computer Interaction (QA76.9.H85 B46 2004)
Biography Resource Center (Available through UC on the Web)
Chip Directory (Available on the Web)
Cisco Router Handbook (Available to OhioLINK institutions on the Web)
Computer Engineering Handbook (TK7885.C645 2002) (Also available on the Web)
Computer Science Handbook (QA76.C54755 2004)
Computing Information Directory (Z5640.C654 13th 1996)
Dictionary of Algorithms, Data Structures and Problems (Available on the Web)
Dictionary of Computer and Internet Words : An A To Z guide to Hardware, Software, and Cyberspace (QA76.15.D5255 2001)
Dictionary of PC Hardware and Data Communications Terms (TK7887.5.S53 1996)
Directory of Published Proceedings (Available on the Web)
Encyclopedia of Computer Science (QA76.15.E48 2003)
Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnolgy (T174.7.E53 2004 v.1-10)
Encyclopedia of Software Engineering (QA76.758.E53 2002)
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (Available on the Web)
Fundamentals Handbook of Electrical & Computer Engineering (TK151.F86 1982)
Handbook of Digital System Design (TK7868.D5L537 1990)
Handbook of Microcontrollers (KJ223.P76 P73 1999)
Handbook of Natural Language Processing (Available to OhioLINK institutions on the Web)
Handbook of Neural Computation (QA76.87.H36 1997)
IC Master (Requires registration) (TK7874.I32 1998)
Internet Encyclopedia (TK5105.875.I57 I5466 2003)
Knovel (Available through UC on the Web)
Introduction to the C Programming Language (available on the web)
ISA Directory of Instrumentation (available on the web)
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Available through UC on the Web)
McGraw-Hill Computer Handbook (QA76.M225 1983)
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (Access Science) (available through OhioLink on the web)
Microcomputer Dictionary and Guide (TK7885.A2S56 1976)
Microprocessor Databook (QA76.5.M549 1990)
Motorola Semiconductor Selector Guide (available on the Web)
Software Encyclopedia (QA76.6.S61713 1993)
System and Control Encyclopedia (QA402.S968 1987)
Transputer Reference Manual (TK7895.T73T73 1988)
Turing Digital Archive (Available on the Web)
U.S. Electronics Manufacturers Database (TK7805.E36 2006)
VLSI Handbook (TK7874.V563 1989)
Wiley's Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (TK9.E53 1999)

INDEXES AND ABSTRACTS are guides to locating journal articles, conference proceedings and technical reports.

Artificial Intelligence Research Papers (Q335.A795 1987)
Computer and Control Abstracts (INSPEC available through OhioLink from 1969)
Computer and Information Systems (Langsam Library)

DATABASES are electronic equivalents of printed indexes and abstracts generally covering a period of twenty years. These resources provide rapid access and improved subject searching capabilities. In addition, resources on computer engineering may be accessed through the World Wide Web through the Engineering Library Home Page-Engineering Resources on the Web. Some databases relevant to Computer Engineering are:

ACM Digital Library (1991- ) (Full text of ACM publications available through UC on the Web)
ACM Guide to Computing Literature (1980- ) (available through OhioLINK)
AIDA (Artificial Intelligence Database of Abstracts) (1955-1994) (available on CD-ROM)
Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies (Available on the Web)
COMPENDEX (Engineering Index) (1969- ) (Available through OhioLink)
Computer and Applied Science Complete (CASC) (1975- ) (Available through OhioLINK)
Computer Database (1997- ) (Available through U.C.)
Computer Science Index (1955- ) (Available through OhioLINK)
Computer Vision Homepage
Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library : The UK Gateway to Quality Engi neering Information on the Internet (Available on the Web)
MathSciNet (1940- ) (Available through OhioLink)
IEEE Xplore (1988- ) (Available through UC on the Web)
INSPEC (1969- ) (Available through OhioLink)
INSPEC Archive (Available through OhioLINK)
LexisNexis Academic (available through OhioLink)
NEC ResearchIndex : The NECI Scientific Literature Digital Library (CiteSeer) (Available on the Web)
NTIS (1964- )(Available through U.C. on the Web)
SPIE Digital Library (1998- ) (Available through UC on the Web)
Supertech (1982-1992) (Available on CD-ROM)

JOURNALS are a good source of information on recent developments. Selected titles currently received by the Engineering Library are listed below. Note: Be sure to check the OhioLink Electronic Journal Center for more journals on computing.

ACM Transactions on Computer Systems (Available to UC on the Web)
ACM Transactions on Graphics (Available to UC on the Web)
ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software (Available to UC on the Web)
ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems (Available to UC on the Web)
Acta Informatica (Available to OhioLink institutions on the Web)
Bell Laboratories Technical Journal (Available on the Web)
Byte (Available on the Web)
Compound Semiconducter (Avaialble on the Web)
Computer (Available through UC on the Web)
Computer Architecture News (Available to OhioLINK institutions on the Web)
Computer Graphics (Available to OhioLINK institutions on the Web)
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (Available to OhioLink institutions on the Web)
Computer Speech and Language (Available to OhioLink institutions on the Web)
Computer Vision and Image Understanding (Available to OhioLink institutions on the Web)
Computers and Electrical Engineering (Available to OhioLINK institutions on the Web)
Computers and Biomedical Research (Available to OhioLink institutions on the Web)
Computerworld (Available on to OhioLINK institutions on the Web)
Digital Signal Processing: A Review Journal (Available to OhioLink institutions on the Web)
EDN (Available on the Web)
Electronic Engineering Times (Available on the Web)
Graphical Models and Image Processing (Available to OhioLink institutions on the Web)
IBM Journal of Research and Development (Available on the Web)
IBM Systems Journal (Available on the Web)
IEEE Antennas and Wireless Progation Letters (Available through UC on the Web)
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (Available through UC on the Web)
IEEE Design and Test of Computers (Available through UC on the Web)
IEEE Distributed Systems Online (Available on the Web)
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (Available through UC on the Web)
IEEE Micro (Available through UC on the Web)
IEEE Software (Available through UC on the Web)
IEEE Transactions on Communications (Available through UC on the Web)
IEEE Transactions on Computers Available through UC on the Web)
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory (Available through UC on the WEb)
IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks (Available through UC on the Web)
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Reliability Engineering (Available through UC on the Web)
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (Available through UC on the Web)
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (Available through UC on the Web)
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part A (Available through UC on the Web)
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part B (Available through UC on the Web)
IEICE Transactions (Available on the Web)
Information and Computation (Available to OhioLink institutions on the Web)
Information Sciences (Available to OhioLink institutions on the Web)
InformationWeek (Available on the Web)
Infoworld (Available on the Web)
Integration, the VLSI Journal (Available to OhioLink institutions on the Web)
Internet Week (Available on the Web)
Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (Available on the Web)
Journal of Computational Physics (Available to OhioLink institutions on the Web)
Journal of Computer and System Sciences (Available to OhioLink institutions on the Web)
Journal of Digital Information (Available on the Web)
Journal of Network and Computer Applications (Available to OhioLink institutions on the Web)
Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (Available to OhioLink institutions on the Web)
Journal of Symbolic Computation (Available to OhioLink institutions on the Web)
Journal of the Franklin Institute (T1.F8) (Also available through OhioLINK)
Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation (Available to OhioLink institutions on the Web)
Journal of Visual Languages and Computing (Available to OhioLink institutions on the Web)
Journal of VLSI Signal Processing (Available to OhioLink Institutions on the Web)
MicroNews (Available on the Web)
Microprocessors and Microsystems (Available to OhioLINK libraries on the Web)
MRS Internet Journal of Semiconductor Research (Available on the Web)
Network : Computation in Neural Systems (Available to UC on the Web)
Network Computing (Available on the Web)
Neural Computation (Available to UC on the Web)
Operating Systems Review (Available to OhioLINK institutions on the Web)
Parallel Computing (Available to OhioLink institutions on the Web)
Pattern Recognition (Available to OhioLink institutions on the Web)
Real-Time Imaging (Available to OhioLink institutions on the Web)
SIAM Journal on Computing (Available through UC on the Web)
SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing (Available through UC on the Web)
Superconductor Science and Technology (Available to UC on the Web)
TechWire (Available on the Web)
Sun World (Available on the Web)
Unix Review (Available on the Web)
Visual C++ Developers Journal (Available on the Web)
Windows Magazine (Available on the Web)
Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (Available to OhioLink instituions on the Web)
Wireless Networks (Available to OhioLink institutions on the Web)

TECHNICAL REPORTS

HP Laboratories Technical Reports (available on the Web from 1990- )
Networked Computer Science Technical Reports Library

STANDARDS

Annual Book of ASTM Standards (TA401.A67 2004)
Guide to Software Engineering Standards and Specifications (QA76.758.M258 1997)
IEEE Standards (Available through UC on the Web)
Internet Requests for Comments (RFC) (Available on the Web)
SEMI International Standards (TK7871.85.S437 1991)

RESEARCH FUNDING RESOURCES

Prepared by the U.C. Office of Research and Advanced Studies. Provid es access to resources related to research and graduate education at the Univers ity of Cincinnati (HTTP://www.uc.edu/research/)

ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) 1515 Broadway NY, NY 10036 (212) 869-7440
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 345 E. 47th St. NY, NY 10017 (212)705-7900