Research Guides: Electrical and Computer Engineering: Background & Reference

General Reference Databases with Computer Science Coverage

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Of all the online general-purpose academic reference tools, Credo Reference is the most robust when it comes to IT and Computer Science.
AccessEngineering This link opens in a new window
This database maintained by McGraw-Hill proivdes full-text access to the publisher's numerous reference e-volumes in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Synthesis Digital Library This link opens in a new window
The Synthesis Digital Library consists of highly modular and navigable “lectures” - book-length electronic texts - on particular topics within Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Electrical & Electronic Engineering. Each of these is authored by a recognized expert and provides ample context and background for the topic addressed.

bookboon.com
Bookboon offers free downloading of a number of introductory textbooks in Electrical and Electronic Engineering that can serve as good background sources.

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Credo Reference Concept Map

Credo Reference has a feature called the "Concept Map", which generates an interactive visual web of terms and proper names representing the hyperlinks between entries in the electronic reference tools Credo indexes. This is often a very useful device for getting a bird's eye view of a field of interest or configurations of concepts and entities and their interrelationships.

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