Guide to Computer Science Internet Resources   [Internet Resources]

  	
  	
  	
  


	Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship  	Summer 1997  


	DOI:10.5062/F4Q52MMM


  

 	 URLs in this  document have been updated.  Links enclosed in {curly  brackets} have been changed.  If a replacement link was located,  the new URL was added and the link is active; if a new site could not be  identified, the broken link was removed.



    

Science and Technology Sources
on the Internet
  Guide to Computer Science Internet Resources
    Michael Knee
  University Library
  University at Albany, SUNY
knee@cnsvax.albany.edu

  


  [Academic Departments & Institutes]  [Algorithms]  [Associations]  [Bibliographies/Technical Reports]  [Dictionaries]  [Electronic Resources]  [Facts & Figures]  [Programming Languages, Courses, & Tutorials]  [Starting Points]    
    This guide contains links to significant computer science resources on the  Internet. It is based on the {computer  science} resource listing available as a subject guide on the  University at Albany, University Libraries home page. There are, however,  four differences:    

	1. Duplicate links have been removed. That is, links to sites that   may belong in more than one subject category will appear in only one   subject category in this guide.    


	2. Links to sites, such as electronic journals and bibliographic   databases, that require a subscription and/or a license have been removed.    


	3. Links to several popular computing sites have been removed.    


	4. The link to a listing of Internet search engines on the University  at Albany, University Libraries "search the Internet" page has been  removed. This is an excellent list, but it was not compiled by this  author. {Ultraseek} and {Alta Vista} provide good  search results as long as the searcher understands the syntax of the  search engine. For optimal results, searchers must read the "how to" or  the "special features" sections that are provided. Searchers may also want  to try using several search engines and comparing the results; or, using  one of the multi-threaded search engines like MetaCrawler that simultaneously  searches several search engines, removes duplicates, and presents results  in a ranked order.  



    The guide is divided into nine subject categories which are  self-explanatory with the exception of Starting  Points. Starting Points are internet subject guides that cover  sub-disciplines of computer science like artificial intelligence,  programming languages, and concurrency. Their purpose is to provide an  organized, subject approach to internet resources for that  sub-discipline.    Several strategies were used to collect the sites for this guide. The  following subjects guides were perused and were most helpful:

    

  	{InterNIC Academic Guide to the Internet - Computer & Info   Sciences}  
	{The WWW Virtual Library - Computing}  
	{Yahoo! - Science: Computer Science}  
	{University of Waterloo Electronic Library - Computer   Science}



    Furthermore, the Ultraseek search engine was used with the following  search strategy:


	+title:"computer science"  +resources.

 In addition, other keywords like  artificial intelligence, programming languages, and software engineering  were substituted for "computer science" in this strategy. Finally,  listservs, such as SLA-PAM, were monitored for relevant resources.    





Starting Points


    

	{The Ada Project (TAP) - Tapping Internet Resources for Women in Computer Science} - TAP   resources include bibliographies & online papers, conferences, employment resources, fellowships & grants, news, organizations, projects &   programs, and statistics. http://www.mills.edu/ACAD_INFO/MCS/TAP/     


	{Artificial Intelligence Resources} - Internet   resources that are useful to AI researchers.  http://ai.iit.nrc.ca/ai_point.html    


	{CMU Artificial Intelligence Repository} - A collection of files, programs, &  publications of interest to AI researchers, educators, students, &  practitioners. http://www.cs.cmu.edu/Groups/AI/html/air.html    


	{Complexity On-line} - An information network about  complex systems providing access to institutions, guides, journals,  conference proceedings, bibliographies, tutorials, software, newsgroups, &  interactive services. http://complex.csu.edu.au/complex/     


	{Concurrent Systems} - Contains pointers to information on concurrent (parallel) systems available on the Web including electronic repositories, research groups and centers, research projects, tools, meetings, & journals. http://archive.comlab.ox.ac.uk/concurrent.html     


	{Formal Methods} - Contains pointers to information on formal methods available on the Web. Includes announcements, introductory articles, individual notations, methods and tools, publications, meetings, projects, companies, & organizations.  http://archive.comlab.ox.ac.uk/formal-methods.html     


	
The Genetic Programming  Notebook - An extensive collection of links to information on genetic  programming, genetic algorithms, & artificial intelligence. Includes  access to software, people, groups, journals, conferences, courses, &  tutorials. http://www.geneticprogramming.com/    


	{Resources  for Programming Language Research} - Contains resources for research in  programming language theory, design, implementation, & related areas  including language overviews with links to language specific sites.  http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/mleone/web/language-research.html    


	{A Software Engineering Resource List} - Includes pointers to software engineering   archives, research sites, conferences, & other starting points.  http://iit-iti.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/templates/itiiit/itiiit2.cfm?CFID=2516&CFTOKEN=69512945&user_id=12&page=319&template=12&resultat=0&order_num=&mot_recherche=&write=0&student_id=0&debut=0&curr_page=1&showdetails=0    


	
WWW Computer Architecture  Home Page - Access research groups, researchers, conferences,  associations, books, electronic resources, & newsgroups.  http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~arch/www/    


	{Yahoo} - An organized, comprehensive listing of WWW sources from Yet Another Hierarchically Organized Oracle. http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Computer_Science/ 








Academic Departments & Institutes


    

	{CS Departments Worldwide} - A general resource  on worldwide academic computer science departments.  http://wwwmbb.cs.colorado.edu/~mcbryan/bb/3/summary.html     


	{Institutes, Centers, & Laboratories} - A worldwide listing of computer science  institutes, centers, & laboratories.  http://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/bySubject/Computing/Overview.html#inst      


	{List of Supercomputing and Parallel Computing Sites} - A list of Web   servers for  institutions involved in high-performance computing and parallel  computing. http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/Contact/other_sites.html  






Algorithms


    

	{Collected Algorithms of the ACM} - CALGO contains software associated with papers published in the Transactions on Mathematical Software and other ACM journals. The software is refereed for originality, accuracy, robustness, completeness, portability, & lasting value. Algorithms numbered 493 and above & a few earlier ones are available at this site.   http://calgo.acm.org/?searchterm=collected+algorithms 








Associations


    

	
American Association for  Artificial Intelligence - Access information on AAAI conferences,  symposia, workshops, publications, resources, & membership.  http://www.aaai.org/    


	
Association for Computing Machinery -  Contains information about ACM activities, services, conferences,  publications, policies, and links to the table of contents ACM journals.  http://info.acm.org    


	
IEEE Computer Society - Find a  full range of information about conferences, standards, & activities; or  access an electronic version of the IEEE flagship publication,   {IEEE Spectrum}    


	{Resources of Scholary Societies - Computer Science}  - This site provides access to Web sites & gophers maintained by or for  scholarly computer science societies around the world.  http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/compsci_soc.html    


	
Society for Industrial and Applied  Math - Access links to SIAM's books, journals, monthly newsletter, and  information about conferences and meetings. http://www.siam.org/  








Bibliographies/Technical Reports


    

	
Collection of  Computer Science Bibliographies - A searchable collection of  bibliographies from various sources, covering most aspects of computer  science. Access references to journal articles, conference papers, &  technical reports.  http://liinwww.ira.uka.de/bibliography/index.html    


	{Computer Science Bibliography Glimpse Server} - A  searchable database containing over 300,000 citations & covering most  aspects of computer science.   http://donkey.CS.Arizona.EDU:1994/bib/     


	{Computer Science Technical Reports Archive Sites} - A list of sites around the world that have online computer science technical reports. http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/mirrors/bibliography/     


	{The  Hypertext Bibliography Project} - Contains bibliographies  from key computer science journals and IEEE, ACM, & SIAM symposia;  includes reference, abstract, & citation. An attempt is being made to  create a "citation index" similar to Science Citation Index. This  site is searchable & browsable.   http://liinwww.ira.uka.de/bibliography/Misc/HBP/index.html    


	{Networked Computer Science Technical Reports Library} - NCSTRL is a searchable, international collection of computer science technical reports from CS departments as well as industrial & government research laboratories. http://csetechrep.ucsd.edu/Dienst/htdocs/Welcome.html     


	{New Zealand Digital Library's Computer Science Technical Reports Collection} - A searchable digital library that provides a full-text index to over 20,000 technical reports culled from the archives of over 250 university and research institutions around the world. http://www.nzdl.org/gsdlmod?a=p&p=about&c=cstr    


	{On-line  CS Techreports} - A list of sites around the world that have online  Computer Science technical reports. This site is searchable.  http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/jblythe/Mosaic/cs-reports.html    


	{Unified CS Technical Report Index} - UCSTRI provides  searchable & browsable access to computer science technical reports from  numerous institutions. http://www.cs.indiana.edu:800/cstr/search   








Dictionaries


    

	{BABEL} - A glossary of computer oriented abbreviations & acronyms that is updated 3 times a year. http://www.geocities.com/ikind_babel/babel/babel.html    


	{Dictionary of PC  Hardware and Data Communications Terms} - Written by Mitchell  Shnier & published by O'Reilly & Associates, this comprehensive dictionary  provides complete descriptions of complex terms.  http://www.oreillynet.com/search/    


	{Free  On-Line Dictionary of Computing} - A browsable and searchable  dictionary of acronyms, programming languages, tools, architectures,  operating systems, networking, theory, mathematics, telecoms,  institutions, companies, projects, products, & history.  http://foldoc.org/    








Electronic Resources


    

	{Computer Magazines} - Microsoft's collection of  links to high tech periodicals.  http://library.microsoft.com/compmags.htm     


	{Directory of Computing Science Journals} - This directory provides access to information about computer science journals and for some, tables of contents, abstracts, & full-text are available. http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/journals/    


	
Electronic Transactions on  Artificial Intelligence - More than a conventional journal gone  electronic, it is also a medium for scientific communication. ETAI is a  forum for exchange of scientific results, information about current  events, & debate about recently published research results. ETAI also  provides links to software that is available & can be run over the Net and  for the creation of bibliographies.  http://www.ida.liu.se/ext/etai/    


	{Elsevier Science Tables of Contents} - ESToC furnishes the tables of  contents to primary and review journals; or, subscribe to {ContentsDirect}  (it's free) & receive Elsevier's table of contents via e-mail.   http://www.elsevier.nl/homepage/alert.htt?mode=contents&main=/homepage/about/estoc
http://www.elsevier.com/homepage/about/contentsdirect/    


	{Top 100  Computer Magazines} - Contains links to the top 100 computer & software  Web magazines; also includes MIPS (most interesting page of site.  http://netvalley.com/top100mag.html 








Facts & Figures


    

	
Computer  Almanac - Interesting and Useful Numbers about Computers - A  collection of numbers & facts relevant to computers & the Internet.  http://www-cgi.cs.cmu.edu/afs  /cs.cmu.edu/user/bam/www/numbers.html 








Programming Languages, Courses, &  Tutorials


    

	
Ada Home - Designed to be  the Web information source for Ada and Ada-related issues. It includes the  hypertext version of the Ada 95  Reference Manual & the Ada  Lovelace Tutorial. http://www.adahome.com/
http://www.adahome.com/rm95/
http://www.adahome.com/Tutorials/Lovelace/lovelace.htm    


	{The All Basic Code Home Page} - A site for Basic   source code packets including source code  for QuickBasic, PowerBasic, ASIC, and MoonRock. There is also a list of  links to other Basic-related pages.  http://fn2.freenet.edmonton.ab.ca/~voxel/     


	{Assembly Language Tutorial} - A searchable, basic  Assembly Language tutorial.  http://udgftp.cencar.udg.mx/ingles/tutor/Assembler.html     


	{Bench++}  - Contains a suite of benchmarks designed to measure the performance of  the code generated by C++ compilers.  http://www.research.att.com/~orost/bench_plus_plus.html    


	{C Programming} - Teach yourself C; includes an online   test, a list of C resources, and other tutorials on the Internet.  http://math.nmu.edu/web/Courseware/c/default.htm     


	
CODE Visual Parallel  Programming System - CODE is a visual parallel programming system that  allows users to change a sequential programs into a parallel one.  http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/code/    


	{Designing & Building Parallel Programs} - The hypertext version of  Designing & Building Parallel Programs by Ian Foster. There are links to programming tools, example programs, & other resources on  parallel & distributed computing. http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~itf/sc95/     


	{The Fortran Library} - This site provides a large number of routines to perform standard non-numeric coding tasks for scientists & engineers; it also includes some routines for numeric tasks. http://www.pnl.gov/berc/flib/     


	{The Genetic Programming Tutorial Notebook} - A basic tutorial on genetic programming.  http://www.geneticprogramming.com/Tutorial/index.html    


	{A Gentle  Introduction to Haskell} - The goal of this tutorial is to  provide an introduction to the Haskell programming language for someone  who has experience with at least one other language, preferably a  functional language. http://www.haskell.org/tutorial/    


	{Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming Using C++} - A self-paced course to learn object-oriented programming. Concepts are presented using the C++ programming language, but the course is not intended to learn C++ in all its details. http://www.gnacademy.org/text/cc/     


	
Numerical Recipes in C: The Art of Scientific Computing - The  complete second edition of William Press' classic. It is available in  {PostScript ®} and {Adobe Acrobat}  editions. http://nr.harvard.edu/nr/bookc.html
http://nr.harvard.edu/nr/bookcpdf.html    


	{Pascal Programming} - An interactive introduction to  the Pascal programming language that covers the basics of learning to  program, data types, declarations, arrays, functions, records, pointers,  enumerated & set types, and file handling.  http://www.cit.ac.nz/smac/pascal/default.htm     


	{Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days} - Learn the Java  language & how to use it to create applets & applications. It is intended  for individuals with at least some basic programming background.  http://192.107.38.102/java/tyjava/httoc.htm     


	{TTT System} - The TTT System provides Topics  (lecture notes), Tasks (with sample solutions), & Tests (multiple choice,  interactively graded) for beginners who want to learn how to write  programs in the C++ language.  http://www.csu.edu.au/faculty/sciagr/inftech/comp/ttt/ttthome.htm    


	
UNIXhelp for  Users - This site provides helpful information for users of the UNIX  operating system. It is arranged by tasks, commands, concepts, &  utilities. A glossary is included & it is searchable.  http://cypress.mcsr.olemiss.edu/unixhelp/    


	{VooDoo's   Indroduction to JavaScript} - A thorough introduction to JavaScript.  http://oopweb.com/JavaScript/Documents/jsintro/Volume/tutorial.htm    


	{World Lecture Hall - Computer Science} - This site  contains an extensive listing of computer science courses.  http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture/cs/