Computing

Welcome to the Computing subject page.  This guides highlights the key resources for your subject area, and services and facilities available from the Library.

Getting started

All required reading for your modules should be available from your online reading lists. In addition to prescribed reading, when doing your own research ‘beyond your reading list’, LibrarySearch is a quick and easy way to simultaneously search for academic content across a number of different sources. If you get stuck, contact your Academic Librarian.

The key resources for your subject area are:

• ACM Digital Library 
  Computing and engineering conference papers and journal articles.
• IEEE Xplore
  Access to more than 4 million full-text documents from some of the world’s most highly cited publications in electrical engineering, computer science and electronics.  It contains more than 30% of the world’s technical literature.
• O’Reilly for Higher Education Learning Platform
  Essential technology  and business resources in a modern digital learning ecosystem.  Content includes access to more than 46,000 ebooks; 30,000 hours of video; learning paths; case studies and expert curated playlists.
  Topic highlights: Software Development - including Game Development.  Programming Languages - including .NET, C, C++, Go, Java, Perl, Python, and more. Data - including machine learning and AI. Career Development and Project Management.
• Springer Link ebooks 
  Over 23,000 e-books on computer science.
• Science Direct 
  Full-text articles from more than 2,000 journals in the ScienceDirect Freedom Collection, covering all disciplines. Most titles are available from 1997.
• Statista
• A comprehensive statistics platform with access to over 1.5 million data sets and revenue forecasts from 2015 on over 400 industries. Browse topics such as technology and telecommunication or internet reach and traffic.  

  Statista provides access to more than 1.9m statistics and forecasts as well as topics, dossiers and reports from over 22,500 trustworthy sources

  Includes access to the Global Consumer Survey database. 
• The Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law 
  A publication of the Association of Digital Forensics, Security and Law which includes original research about digital forensics and its relationship to security and law.
• Wiley Online Library 
  Access to nearly 1,500 peer-review journals including the Security and Communication Networks and Expert Systems.

Websites

Academic Librarian

Your Librarian is Sinéad McGhee. Sinéad can help you find the resources you need for your research, and advise you on how best to reference them.

Email: library@abertay.ac.uk

Tel: 01382 308867

Other resources and support