Resources for Computer Science

Reference Sources

  • Computer science and computing : a guide to the literature - Ref QA 76 .Z99 K56 2006
  • Computing reviews - Index Shelves: QA 76 .C5854
  • Concise encyclopedia of computer science - Ref QA 76.15 .C654 2004
  • Dictionary of computer and internet words: an A to Z guide to hardware, software, and cyberspace - Ref QA 76.15 .D5255 2001
  • The dictionary of computing & digital media: terms & acronyms - Ref QA 76.15 .H318 1999
  • Encyclopedia of computers and computer history - Ref QA 76.15 .E53 2001
  • International biographical dictionary of computer pioneers - Ref QA 76.2 .A2 L44 1995b

Databases/Journal Articles

Computer Database (InfoTrac)
Use this database to find computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology.

Journal of Technology Education
Full text of the journal from its inception in 1989 to the present.

ProQuest General Reference
Provides full text access to over 800 titles. Search for basic coverage of a broad range of subject areas including: arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests.

Internet Resources

ACM - Association for Computing Machinery
"ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, is an international scientific and educational organization dedicated to advancing the arts, sciences, and applications of information technology. With a world-wide membership of 80,000, ACM functions as a locus for computing professionals and students working in the various fields of Information Technology."

Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies
Covers most aspects of computer science, from the 1950s to the present. Searchable.

HCI Bibliography: Human-Computer Interaction Resources
Electronic searchable bibliography of HCI resources.

IEEE - The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
"The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is the world's largest technical professional society. Founded in 1884 by a handful of practitioners of the new electrical engineering discipline, today's Institute is comprised of more than 320,000 members who conduct and participate in its activities in approximately 150 countries."

TechEncyclopedia
A searchable database of IT terms.

 

The Alma College Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team has won 11 consecutive regional championships. The competition awards the SIFE teams that are most effective in teaching the principles of market economics through outreach projects in their communities. Last year’s team presented 12 projects, including teaching ethics and entrepreneurship skills to students at a juvenile detention center and launching an entrepreneurship competition for students with business ideas.

 

Faculty Profile

Dr. Carol Bender

Dr. Carol Bender
Departments: English

Dr. Carol Bender, professor of English, has had a special interest in African-American literature since her guest professorship at Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where the faculty she worked with had tremendous expertise in the subject. Much of her professional writing and scholarship focuses on black women writers such as Gwendolyn Brooks and Gloria Naylor.

Her other interest, women’s literature, stems from her curiosity in women’s studies, a program she and a colleague started at Alma in 1992.