Stewart Library - Weber State University
Research Guide: Computer Science

Finding Books

Using Catalogs:

Use the Stewart Library Catalog to find location and availability of books and other media in Stewart Library. Most of the books on the Internet are located on level two of the library in the General Collection under the call number QC.  Another resource to find books in libraries outside the Stewart Library is Worldcat.  It is a catalog of books, web resources, and other materials from a large number of libraries.  

From Bookstores:

Order books online from Amazon Books or Barnes and Noble. Also use Books in Print sources as needed.

Interlibrary Loan:

If we do not own a particular book or article you need, we will borrow it for you from another library through Interlibrary Loan.

Reference Resources

Reference resources include encyclopedias, dictionaries and other materials you use to "refer" to. Use these resources for background information on a topic.

Online Reference Resources

Print Reference Resources (available in the Reference area on the 1st level)

  • Dictionary of computer science, engineering, and technology (QA76.15.D5258 2001)
  • Encyclopedia of computer science (QA76.15.E48  2000) 
  • The cyberspace lexicon : an illustrated dictionary of terms from multimedia to virtual reality (QA76.76.I59C675 1994)
  • Dictionary of multimedia and internet applications : a guide for developers and users (TK5105.875.I57B64 1999) 
  • Microsoft encyclopedia of networking (TK5102.M527 2000)

Finding Articles

Online Journals Available at WSU

To determine whether the Stewart Library has electronic access to a specific journal, please check the Full Text Electronic Journals & Newspapers. 

Article Databases

To find articles on your topic you need to use article databases, also known as periodical indexes. Each database usually covers a group of subject related journals. Search by subject or keyword in these indexes.

Browsing Current Periodicals

Current magazines and journals can be browsed in the Current Periodicals Area, in the QA section on the Main level. Bound volumes of older issues are found upstairs in the periodicals stacks.

Web Resources

Here are some WWW sites to get you started. Most of these will take you to other links, so explore!

Research Tips

  • Clearly identify your information need
  • Identify key words and search terms to match your topic
  • Develop search statements using advanced search techniques
    • Boolean logic, adjacency searching and truncation
  • Use the Stewart Library catalog to find books
  • Use the Database Finder to find databases related to Science and Technology.  Then search these databases to find journal articles.
  • Go back to the online catalog to see if the journals are in Stewart Library and where they are located
  • Use Interlibrary loan to get materials that are not in Stewart Library
  • Use search engines to find Web information
  • Carefully evaluate the information you find for usefulness and quality
  • Revise your search terms and strategy to expand or narrow your results, be creative, look in other areas
  • Once you have found information from an Internet site you can Email the documents to yourself, 
    print or save them to a floppy disk  
  • Use appropriate style to document and cite research
  • Ask for Assistance at Reference, via phone, or email

 

Updated March 23, 2007 . Please send comments to JaNae Kinikin, Physical & Applied Sciences Librarian
Weber State University, Stewart Library. Copyright © 2008 All Rights Reserved.