Guides: Computer Science: Home

Meet your librarian!

Julie Shen

she/her

Contact:

4 ways to reach me:

Online Chat:Use the button above.
Email: jshen@cpp.edu
By Appointment: Students, you can make a virtual or in-person appointment with me using CPP Connect.
Phone: 909-869-4330

Faculty: Please feel free to contact me for any of the following:

a new/updated library guide/video for your class.
a guest lecture about library resources available to support your students in successfully completing a class project.
help in locating a book, an article, or other kinds of information for your research project.

Students Please feel free to contact me for any of the following:

You are struggling with your research topic.
You can't find the right data or information for your project.
You have a question about citation styles or copyright/fair use.
You're planning your life after college and want to research careers in different industries.

I look forward to hearing from you!

Subjects: Accounting, Business Administration, Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, Finance, Hospitality Management, International Business, Law, Management & Human Resources, Marketing, Reference, Technology & Operations Management

Introduction

Welcome to this library guide! If you are off campus, many of the resources featured here require that you login with your Bronco name and password.

Most Useful Databases

O'Reilly Online Learning E-books (formerly Safari Books Online)
This ebook and video collection covers a wide range of IT topics: software development, system administration, security, business, web and mobile, and career development.
ACM Digital Library
Journals, conference proceedings, magazines, newsletters, and multimedia titles published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Learn more about ACM.
Compendex/Engineering Village
Index of journal articles from all engineering disciplines and applied sciences: computer science, biotechnology, industrial chemistry, applied physics and math. Also includes conference proceedings and papers from professional societies. Read more about this resource and watch how-to videos. Users can also access GeoRef and Knovel through Compendex.
NOTE: The University Library has trial access to GEOBASE, an index database of abstracts from more than 2,000 journals related to earth sciences, environmental sciences, and geography, through June 30, 2023.
IEEE Xplore
Journals, conference proceedings, and standards from IEEE. Journals and conference proceedings from IET. Over 400 ebooks from Wiley/IEEE. Watch a how-to video.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
Conference proceedings series covering developments in all areas of computer science from 1973 to present. Includes subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics (LNBI).
Web of Science Core Collection
Provides citation information for the most highly cited articles and journals.

Cite Your Sources!

La Geode, by Samyra Serin
Photo by S. Serin (2008)

When creating your project, remember to cite everything you did not write/create/think up on your own, including images/graphs/charts/maps you borrow from online sources. For more info, take a look at the following:

Videos on different types of plagiarism
Provided by the Office of Student Conduct & Integrity at Cal Poly Pomona.

Below are some recommended tools and websites to help you format your sources correctly.

Google Scholar
Works best for books and scholarly articles. Search for a title, then click on the "Cite" button. Includes the following styles: APA, Chicago, Harvard, MLA, and Vancouver.
Noodle Tools Express
Create MLA, APA, and Chicago style citations.
Zotero
Create citations in APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, ACM, IEEE, CSE, etc. Free registration to save bibliographies. Optional download for desktop version.
Endnote Online
Free online version of the well known software for managing your citations.
Endnote Online / Cite While You Write (CWYW) Word plugin installer files
More info about Mac and Windows.
Cite This For Me
Create citations in APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, ACM, IEEE, CSE, etc. Free registration to save bibliographies. Optional Chrome add-on to cite any webpage.
Citation Machine
Create citations in APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, ACM, IEEE, CSE, etc. Check your paper for plagiarism errors.
EasyBib
MLA style is free. All other citation styles require a fee.
APA Style Guide at Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Chicago Style Guide at Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
MLA Style Guide at Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
ACM Citation Style at ACM.ORG
IEEE Reference Guide at IEEE.ORG
IEEE Style Guide at IEEE.ORG

Need an article we don't have?

Interlibrary Loan Services (formerly Document Delivery)
Free to all CPP students, faculty, and staff. Registration required. Request articles not available in our databases and get them within a few days!