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History of Computing - Selected resources for your research projects

Available from RIT Wallace Library (http://wally.rit.edu)

Reference sources (1^st floor Reference collection)

Biographical sources

• A to Z of computer scientists (QA 76.2 A2 H46 2003)
• Computer pioneers (QA 76.2 A2 L44 1995)

General background on historical developments

• Encyclopedia of computer science (QA 76.15 E48 2000)
• Encyclopedia of computers and computer history (2 vol., QA 76.15 E53 2001)
• Encyclopedia of computer science and technology (QA 76.15 H43 2003)
• McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of personal computing (QA 76.15 G53 1995)
• World of computer science (2 vol., QA 76.15 W67 2002)

Important journals (2^nd floor Periodical collection and online)

IEEE Annals of the history of computing

• Print: 1979-2000 (QA 76.17 A56)
• Issues for 1979 to 1991 called Annals of the history of computing
• Online: 1992-current issue (IEEE Xplore database)

Journal of the ACM

• Print: 1960-current issue (QA 76 A77)
• Some pre-1960 volumes on microfiche (FICHE 82)
• Online: 1954-current issue (ACM Digital Library database)

Communications of the ACM

• Print: 1963-current issue (QA 76 A772)
• Pre-1963 volumes on microfiche (FICHE 83)
• Online: 1958-current issue (ACM Digital Library database)

Periodical article databases (http://wally.rit.edu/electronic/topic/compsci.html)

• INSPEC
• MathSciNet
• ACM Digital Library
• IEEE Xplore

Other resources

• Einstein – RIT Online Library Catalog: http://albert.rit.edu
• ConnectNY – Shared Online Library Catalog: http://www.connectny.info
• Copyright and plagiarism information: http://wally.rit.edu/instruction/dl/stud.html
• How to cite sources: http://wally.rit.edu/researchguides/citing.html

3/17/2004

Questions? Contact Roman Koshykar, CS/IT Librarian

Office: 05-2420; Email: rgkwml@rit.edu; Phone: 475-2238

Online: http://wally.rit.edu/depts/ref/research/humanclick/humanclick.htm