Resources for Computing / Informatics

Faculty Information Adviser:
Rebecca Fong

email : LLRbus@lsbu.ac.uk

Information Skills Adviser for student enquiries:
Emma Furderer 020 7815 6603
email: LLRbus@lsbu.ac.uk

E-resources

Journals databases

ACM Digital Library [electronic resource].
Full text access to all (165 titles in total) ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) journals, magazines and proceedings. Other titles are available in abstracts.

Business Source Premier [electronic resource].
Via EBSCOhost databases. Provides full-text for approximately 2,300 scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and marketing. Includes Dun & Bradstreet company information and Datamonitor reports. Other titles are available in abstracts.

Emerald [electronic resource].
Access to management research journals from MCB University Press. The service provides access to over 20,000 management articles, with a full text archive going back to 1994. Some contents are in abstracts.

IEEE Xplore Digital Library [electronic resource].
Access to the full text of IEEE and IEE Journals & Conference Proceedings, as well as IEEE Standards, Transactions, Magazines and Letters. This comprises more than 4000 publication titles. Includes 200 e-books from IEEE/Wiley collection.

ScienceDirect (Science Direct) [electronic resource].
Database containing over 1000 full text journals from Elsevier Science and the leading scientific, technical and medical publishers. Covers life, physical, technical and social sciences. Other titles are in abstracts only.

SpringerLink [electronic resource].
Provides online, full-text access to Springer's journal titles as well as journals from other publishers. Subjects include: life sciences, chemical sciences, environmental sciences, geosciences, computer science, mathematics, medicine, physics & astronomy, engineering and economics. Some titles are in abstracts only.

ISI Web of Knowledge (WOK), ISI Web of Science, ISI Proceedings, ISI HighlyCited, Journal Citation Reports, My Endnote Web [electronic resource].
Subject: science and technology, social science, arts and humanities. Coverage: ISI WoK includes two main products: Web of Science (Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Science Index and Arts & Humanities Index from 1981 to the present); ISI Proceedings and My Endnote Web. Abstracts, and citation index only, full text access to titles LSBU subscribes to. Includes: SOCIAL SCIENCE CITATION INDEX: Reference and some abstracts to all aspects of scholarly research in the social sciences from 1981.

Sage Journals Online (Sage Premier) [electronic resource].
Provides access to the full text of individual SAGE journals. Some contents are in abstracts.

Academic Onefile [electronic resource].
Via Gale Cengage Learning. Provides full text and abstracts access to articles from journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.


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E-Books

Safari Tech Books Online [electronic resource].
The database allows full text access to selected textbooks (around 100 titles) in the Computing subject area, from publishers such as O'Reilly and Associates, Pearson Technology Group Publishers, etc. Users can search the full text by using keywords or phrases.

Springer Ebook Collection including Lecture Notes in Computer Science [electronic resource].
The collection includes online access to of more than 500 newly released STM books each year. Accessible via PDF and HTML formats. Includes Lecture Notes in Computer Science (full text access available from 1997 to Dec 2010 only).

MyiLibrary [electronic resource].
Provides access to around 150 books in computing / IT areas.

Biz/Ed Premier [electronic resource].
Provides access to 25 business and economics core textbooks including "Management information systems by Terry Lucey" (9th, 2005).

The Oxford Handbook of Information and Communication Technologies [electronic resource]
edited by: Robin Mansell et al. 2009. Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-954879-8.

 

 


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Market research

Global Market Information Database, Euromonitor [electronic resource].
Contains statistical and full text analysis findings under eight headings: Country Data, Consumer Lifestyles, Retail Market Sizes, Forecasts, Brands and Companies, Information Sources, Major Market Profiles and Euromonitor Market Reports.

MarketLine Business Information Centre [electronic resource].
Provides concise industry, company and country information, with profiles linked to latest newswires. Brief market reports contain information on main products and services, key employees, subsidiaries,a SWOT analysis and list of top competitors. Over 50 countries are covered. Includes Datamonitor reports.

Mintel [electronic resource].
Full text of several hundred UK market research reports from Mintel marketing intelligence. Covers Market, Finance, Retail and Leisure Intelligence market report journals.

Key Note [electronic resource].
Full text of Key Note market research reports covering over 240 titles in 26 UK market sectors. Market reports focus on a specific market segment, e.g. snack foods ; market reviews look across an entire market sector, e.g.UK food market.

Business Insights / Datamonitor 360 [electronic resource].
Business Insights / Datamonitor 360 market reports cover seven main industry sectors; E-commerce/technology, financial services, healthcare, consumer goods, human resources, energy and telecommunications.

 

 


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Country data / Company Reports

EIU Country Data [electronic resource].
Annual, quarterly and monthly economic indicators and forecasts from the Economist Intelligence Unit. Covers 117 countries, with 270 series starting from 1980.

Thomson One Banker [electronic resource].
Real-time global financial data, including historical share prices, mergers and acquisitions details, company filings and news. Covers both public and private companies Data up to a maximum of 40 years back in some cases. Mergers and acquisitions data 1985- Analysis and forecasts also provided. Downloading to Excel permitted.

Fame - Financial Analysis Made Easy [electronic resource].
Financial analysis of the UK's leading companies. Results of the top 1.7 million UK and Irish companies for the last ten years showing balance sheets, profit and loss accounts and other useful information. Updated weekly.


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Online Dictionary / Encyclopedia

Oxford Reference Online [electronic resource] - a premier edition by LSBU
All major Oxford University Press reference works, including the Companions series, are searchable individually or across the whole database.

Includes: Dictionary of Computing and Dictionary of the Internet

FOLDOC - Free Online Dictionary of Computing
This site offers an online computing dictionary and links to other sites, reference works and software.

Encyclopedia of Computer Science, 4th edition - Available via ACM Digital Library


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Theses / Dissertations

Index to Theses [electronic resource].
Covers dissertations accepted for higher degrees by the Universities of UK and Ireland, from 1716 to the present. Gives abstracts of theses published 1970 and onwards.

EThOS [electronic resource] Direct link: http://ethos.bl.uk
Electronic Theses Online Service is British Library's open access to UK theses.

How can I get hold of a theses from another university?

LSBU Theses / dissertations
Some of the dissertations done by LSBU students are sent to us in the Library, and some are kept by the faculties. Those received by us are indexed on the Postgraduate Dissertation Finder. Please note that some of them are available electronically, and some are only available in print which you can read in the library.


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UK Newspapers database

ProQuest Newspapers: Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, Guardian, Independent, Times [electronic resource].
Updated daily. Database of the Daily Mail & Mail on Sunday; Daily Telegraph & Sunday Telegraph; Evening Standard; Financial Times; Guardian & Observer; Times and Sunday Times; Independent. Coverage is from at least January 1998 onwards for all titles.


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Finding journal articles

  • To find journal articles or conference proceedings in computing and IT areas:

    go to E-resources, and do a keyword search on one of the databases (e.g. ACM Digital Library).

    Please note that some articles will come in full text (e.g. in pdfs), but some are only available as abstracts. Some journals may also be available in full in one database but are only available as abstracts from another database supplier.

  • To find out if we have the full text of a specific journal article we are interested in:

    we need to do a journal title (e.g. Computer Weekly, Journal of strategic information systems) search in the catalogue to see if the journal, the specific vol. and issue is available from one of the database hosts. Computing journals are usually subscribed to electronically which you can download at home. Please note that all IEEE titles are available via IEEExplore.

    If we do not have it, we can get it for you via our Interlibrary Loan Service. Or you may want to visit other libraries which offer you access to their collections (See What if the book/journal is not available in this library below).


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Finding e-books

The library subscribes to around 500 e-books in technology areas from different hosts (see above E-books databases) for students to access. There are three ways to access them:

  1. Search in the library catalogue just as you would for the print version. If an electronic version is available, the book title will be indicated by [electronic resource]. Click on "Access this e-book" in the record to access it with your LSBU username and password.
  2. Search in the E-books catalogue (a sub-set of the library catalogue).
  3. Go directly to individual e-book databases and browse the titles, or search among the contents.


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What if the book/journal is not available in this library?

If the book or the journal article is not available from this library, you can

  1. get it via our Interlibrary loan service, there is a small charge for any successful request; or

  2. visit other libraries like The British Library, or the libraries within the M25 network to see if they have the item you are looking for.

    For the British Library, you can apply for a Reader's Card at their admission counter (membership is free) with proofs of address and identity.Please see British Library Helpsheet for more information.

    For other academic libraries, please check on the Sconul Access Scheme website to see if the library is a member institution. A member institution will indicate which band of library users can access their libraries to borrow books.

Band A Staff and research students
Band B Part time, distance learning and placement students (Full time undergraduate students will be given Reference Only access)
Band C Full time taught postgraduate students

Full time undergraduate students will be given Reference Only access to institutions which admit Band B users.

You can then apply for a Sconul Card from us to access those libraries which you want to visit. Membership is free.


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Referencing help

Helpsheet on Harvard referencing style.

There are referencing tools available to help you manage your references:

RefWorks [electronic resource].
RefWorks is an online research management, writing and collaboration tool designed to help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies.

Endnote Web: Available via ISI Web of Knowledge [electronic resource]
Endnote Web is available as part of the ISI Web of Knowledge subscription. Click My Endnote Web on the top after you login.

You can access it directly at http://www.myendnoteweb.com with your username and password after first registration.

Microsoft Word 2007

Microsoft Word 2007 has a bibliography function.

Open a word document:
Go to References > Insert Citations to insert new citations (or references) inside the text.
Go to References > Bibliography > Insert Bibliography to generate the list of references at the end.

Choosing your output style:
You need to choose an output style from References > Styles for your reference list. However, Harvard Style is not in the standard build of Word but additional styles which are close to LSBU Harvard styles can be imported from the web. There is one source which you may like to consider: http://bibword.codeplex.com/releases/view/15852 *. Please note that there is no exact match of LSBU Harvard style from the imported list. Small manual adjustment is still required.

*To import:
Under Recommended Download on the above webpage, click on styles.zip, I agree, Open, Extract all files then Browse to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\Bibliography\Style.
Then click Extract. This will put all the additional styles into the correct folder on the desktop PC. When you open a Word document again, you will find the additional styles listed under References > Styles.

You are welcome to contact me if you need help in this area.


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Finding web resources and selected websites for this area

 

There is a Guide to Internet resources for computing produced by Intute (previously Resource Discovery Network).

You may also find these subject gateways or directories helpful in finding quality web resources:

Scirus Citeseer
TechXtra Scitopia (also on IEEExplore)
Google Scholar

Directory of Open Access Journals
ticTOCs Bielefeld Academic Search Engine

ZETOC (from the British Library)

Computing Research Repository from ArXiv

Professional bodies / organizations:

Association for Computing Machinery
(The Library has subscribed to their literature via ACM Digital Library)

British Computer Society
Professional organisation with subject groups and details of qualifications, examinations and publications.

ERCIM - the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics

The EU's Information Society

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (The IET)

IEEE Computer Society

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

The National Computing Centre (NCC)


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Subject directories / portals / gateways:

Internet resources for computing by Intute [pdf]
(previously Resource Discovery Network) - VERY good coverage but very slow as well.

CompInfo - The Computer Information Center
Comprehensive listing of sources including applications and systems, languages development.

University of Albany - computer science resources page
A comprehensive guide to internet resources on computer science by University of Albany. Contents include: Links to computer laboratories and institutes, bibliographic databases, journals, reference directories and latest developments etc.

Yahoo! Computers and Internet
Comprehensive alphabetical listing or keyword search facility. Choose a sub category or search by keyword.

The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies

BUBL Link: Computing and the Internet

BUBL Link: Information management

BUBL Link: The Internet

Internet for Information and Communications Technology - by Virtual Training Suite
Useful if you are new to the subject and to searching for information. Part of collection of teach-yourself packages. Follow the tour for key sites.

Economist Intelligence Unit - Global Technology Forum
This site, maintained by the Economist Intelligence Unit, offers information and analysis on various aspects of doing ebusiness in the digital age. Case studies, surveys, research reports and business analyses are included.


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Programming and software:

Java.sun.com

PHP

XML

Linux Online


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Maths:

Math Goodies - includes exercises and helpsheets at foundation level

MathsNet.net - includes exercises at foundation level

BUBL Link: Mathematics
Links to a large number of specialists sites, proceeding from decimal classification of different areas of the subject.

Theorem of the Day

Math Archives
Site giving links to software, teaching materials, and many mathematical resources, from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

London Mathematical Society

 


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