Computer and Technology Topics

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	Computer and Technology Topics
	Blue Ridge Community College Houff Library

Reference Resources - the first place to start research

Access Science - (McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology)
Computing, A Dictionary of
Encyclopedia of Information Systems
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
Freedictionary.com - medical, legal, financial and computer dictionaries, plus a thesaurus, acronyms and encyclopedias.
NetLingo - an online dictionary explaining the technology and community of the world wide web, email, chat, and newsgroups.
TechEncyclopedia - defines over 20,000 terms
Webopedia - the only online dictionary and search engine you need for computer and Internet technology.


Books - no limit on how many books you can check out at one time. Our checkout period is four weeks. Library cards are free at the Circulation Desk.

-	To find books in the Library, search the BRCC Online Catalog
	Quick Book Search:
	SEARCH EXAMPLES computers and history techology computers and society

Resources for locating books from other libraries.

Safari’s business and information technology eBook collection Safari eBooks includes titles from publishers such as O’Reilly, Addison-Wesley, Sams, Que,Cisco Press, Microsoft Press, and some 20 others. These publishers represent the leaders in the IT publishing industry, and we have access to over 3,000 of their titles.

WorldCat 88+ million books worldwide
James Madison University
University of Virginia

If you find a title you would like that BRCC does not own, use the Library's free interlibrary loan service. Print, or write out the information and e-mail the Library, bring it in (our hours) or call (our phone numbers).

Databases/Periodical Indexes (Magazines, Journals & Newspapers) - this is where you can print articles from actual magazines, journals and newspapers. For free.

Indexes Containing Full-Text Articles be sure and follow all the steps on our Remote Access Directions page to be able to access these databases from your home computer.

Boolean Searching - excellent handout explaining how to do advanced database searching

Computers & Applied Sciences Complete - provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,720 academic journals, professional publications, and other reference sources from a diverse collection. Full text is also available for more than 670 periodicals.
Encyclopedia of Information Systems
Blackwell - Search all at once by clicking here: Computing, or search individually below. Click here for detailed instructions.
British Journal of Educational Technology
Computational Intelligence
Computer Graphics Forum
Expert Systems
Information Systems Journal
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
ACM Digital Library - Provides full-text from the Association for Computing Machinery's 22 professional journals and over 45 proceedings.
CQ Press - great research on today's issues
Factiva (must use Internet Explorer) - great for international viewpoints
Issues and Controversies
Opposing Viewpoints - (InfoTrac - the database that does the citations for you!) has a nice list of topics if you are having a difficult time deciding on a subject. Also carries primary documents, viewpoints, statistics, images, and links to reliable websites.
Google Scholar

Search Engines/Web Directories

AllSearchEngines.com - software and computer search engines
Computer Related Search Engines
INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections/Physical Sciences, Engineering, Computing and Math
IBM Web Server - search a variety of information related to IBM products and services
Search Engine Watch - a listing of computer search engines
Search Engines Beaucoup Computers & Programming

Web Tools

Web Search Tools
Web Site Evaluation Information - very important to do for each and every Internet search

Style Guides - for MLA and APA citations for your bibliography

Citation Builder (MLA, APA, Scientific Style) **Shenandoah Valley Governor School conducted a research study on our online citation builders and determined that the Citation Builder was the one most error free.***
Citation Machine (MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian) *Click More Resources at the top of the MLA or APA page to bring up Work from a Subscription Service Accessed through a Library - one or more authors which is what you need to cite an article from one of the library's databases
BibBuilder (MLA)
Citation Wizard (APA, Chicago, CBE, ISO, MLA)
EasyBib (MLA)
Knight Cite - MLA, APA, Chicago)
Noodle Tools (MLA)
SourceAid (MLA, APA, Chicago. CMS, CSE)
Student ABC Citation Machine (APA, MLA)
UTEL MLA-Style Bibliography Builder 1.0b (MLA)

Cheat Sheets (to check your results from the sites above because they are not 100% accurate)
APA Cheat Sheet
MLA Cheat Sheet

Assistance - just in case

Question? E-Mail a Librarian - online form to ask a quick question of the Librarian.
LRC Live - real time online help from community college librarians in VA.
Online Suggestion Box - your tuition and fees help pay for the library so let us know what we can do for you.

7/2/08