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Computer Science: Reference Sources
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This list is a sample of our reference sources in the library. Reference sources include Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Directories, Handbooks, Guides, and much more. Come browse the shelves in the Reference room (particularly call numbers QA and TK), and you'll find a wealth of information.
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 Encyclopedia of Computers and Computer History
2 volumes
Over 400 articles on the history of computers, from personal computing and mainframes to robotics and artificial intelligence; from the theoretical underpinnings of computers to the people and organizations that translate that theory into reality.
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 Call Number:
Ref QA76.15 .E53 2001
Location:
Gleeson Reference Room, 1st Floor
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 Encyclopedia of Computer Science
More than 600 articles comprising a general reference to computer science and engineering, as well as a broad picture of the discipline, its history, and its direction.
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Call Number:
Ref QA76.15 .E48
Location:
Gleeson Reference Room, 1st Floor
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 Encyclopedia of New Media
Explores digital communications and human-computer interaction from an interdisciplinary, historical, social, and global perspective. The articles are balanced between information technology and the social landscape and provide detailed descriptions and definitions of terms, pioneers, authors and entertainers, social issues, technologies, businesses, associations, and laws.
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Call Number:
Ref QA76.575 .E5368 2003
Location:
Gleeson Reference Room, 1st Floor
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 McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Networking and Telecommunications
Provides quick references and executive summaries of over 1400 networking topics. Also includes historical background information on technologies.
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Call Number:
Ref TK5105.5 .S4288 2001
Location:
Gleeson Reference Room, 1st Floor;
North Bay, Oakland, Sacramento, San Ramon, South Bay Regional Libraries
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 Froehlich / Kent Encyclopedia of Telecommunications
18 volumes
Over 500 detailed articles divided into 7 main telecommunications areas: terminals and interfaces; transmission; switching, routing, and flow control; networks and network control; communication software and protocols; network and system management; components and processes.
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Call Number:
Ref TK5102 .E646 1991
Location:
Gleeson Reference Room, 1st Floor;
San Ramon Regional Library
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 Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
24 volumes
The only multivolume encyclopedia encompassing this field, it contains 1400 articles describing every aspect of electrical and electronics engineering. It defines the discipline by bringing together the core knowledge from all subject areas encompassed by the field. Articles can serve as the starting point for further study with their comprehensive bibliographies. While they can be used as a reference for facts, the articles are long enough to provide genuine understanding of a subject.
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Call Number:
Ref TK9 .W55 1999
Location:
Gleeson Reference Room, 1st Floor
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Dictionaries and Handbooks
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 Computer Glossary
Brief descriptions, definitions, and illustrations of over 6000 terms. Information on the Internet, the web, Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX, plus networking, client/server, graphics, multimedia, object-oriented programming, standards, major products, vendors, industry profiles, etc.
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Call Number:
Ref QA76.15 .F733 2001
Location:
Gleeson Reference Room, 1st Floor
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 Dictionary of Computer Science, Engineering, and Technology
Addresses all aspects of computing and computer technology from multiple perspectives, including the academic, applied, and professional. Detailed definitions of more than 7500 terms.
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Call Number:
Ref QA76.15 .D5258 2001
Location:
Gleeson Reference Room, 1st Floor
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 Electrical Engineering Handbook
Covers a broad range of concepts, models, and equations; includes sections on circuits, signal processing, electronics, electromagnetics, electrical effects and devices, and energy; as well as emerging trends in communications, digital devices, computer engineering, systems, and biomedical engineering.
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Call Number:
Ref TK145 .E354 1997
Location:
Gleeson Reference Room, 1st Floor
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 NetLingo: The Internet Dictionary
Definitions of Internet concepts, jargon and slang.
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Call Number:
Ref TK5105.875 .I57 N48 2002
Location:
Gleeson Reference Room, 1st Floor
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 Newton's Telecom Dictionary
Coves telecommunications, networking, information technology, computing, and the Internet. More than 21,000 terms defined.
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Call Number:
Ref TK5102 .N485 2003
Location:
Gleeson Reference Room, 1st Floor
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 International Biographical Dictionary of Computer Pioneers
Biographical information on significant figures in the history of the computer field.
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Call Number:
Ref QA76.2 .A2 L44 1995b
Location:
Gleeson Reference Room, 1st Floor
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