Welcome
Welcome to the library research guide for Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University. Scroll down to the Reference Materials section to find Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Handbooks. For other types of resources, please use the tabs at the top of this page.
Reference Materials:
Get background information from handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries.
Handbooks
Online
- Simulation modeling handbook : a practical approach / Christopher A. Chung.
- Handbook of scheduling : algorithms, models, and performance analysis / edited by Jospeh Y-T. Leung.
- Handbook on modelling for discrete optimization / edited by Gautam Appa, Leonidas Pitsoulis, H. Paul Williams.
- Location-based services handbook : applications, technologies, and security / editors, Syed A. Ahson, Mohammad Ilyas.
- Mission-critical and safety-critical systems handbook : design and development for embedded applications / edited by Kim Fowler ; technical consultant, Sharfus Draid, Inc.
- Software engineering handbook / Jessica Keyes.
- Handbook of multimedia for digital entertainment and arts / Borko Furht, editor.
- Biomedical engineering and design handbook / Myer Kutz, editor.
- Design engineering : a manual for enhanced creativity / W. Ernst Eder, Stanislav Hosnedl.
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Online
- Encyclopedia of software engineering
- Encyclopedia of optimization / C.A. Floudas and P.M. Pardalos (eds.)
- Wiley encyclopedia of biomedical engineering / Wiley Interscience.
- A dictionary of biomedicine / John Lackie.
- Embedded systems dictionary / Jack Ganssle, Michael Barr.
- Encyclopedia of Multimedia / edited by Borko Furht.
- Encyclopedia of software engineering .
- BABEL: A Glossary of Computer Related Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures
- Directory of Telecommunications Dictionaries, Glossaries...
- PC Webopaedia Get definitions of terms and then link to related pages.
- Scholarpedia
- TechEncyclopedia
- Telecommunications Dictionary
- Encyclopedia of mobile computing and commerce / David Taniar [editor].
Other Reference
Online
- The Constants and Equations Page
- Engineering Software Center Clearinghouse for software for engineering applications; with informal reviews.
Patents
- Canadian Patents Database Canadian Intellectual Patent Office (CIPO) contains all Canadian patents and images from 1933 to the present.
- Google Patents Fastest place to go for all U.S. patents and some U.S. patent applications. Contains descriptions and images in PDF and HTML
- MicroPatent Access to all U.S. patents, U.S. patent applications, World patents, European patents, Japanese abstracts, and more. Ability to search full text, download and export citations.
- WikiPatents Database of patents open for public comment, PDF downloading of patents, and free patent translation into multiple languages.
Standards
Search Tips
- Begin by defining exactly what you are searching for.
- Select the keywords/synonyms in your topic.
- Be specific when determining keywords/synonyms and terms to search.
- Use the advanced interface of electronic databases and Internet search engines to help narrow your search
- Limit results in electronic databases to full-text or peer reviewed journals only
- Use Boolean Operators to connect search terms (Click for a brief explanation of Boolean Operators)
- Take notes during your research to keep track of where you have been, keywords searched, what worked and what didn't, etc.
- Googlepedia: the ultimate Google resource / Michael Miller
Library Guide:
Books
Recommended Books:
Find books on your topic to gain greater depth and understanding.
Books and Serials on Systems and Computer Engineering are shelved at these locations in the Library of Congress system: TA168 and TK7885-7895. New titles in our catalouge.
We welcome your suggestions for books or other library materials you need for your study or research at Carleton.
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Journal Articles
Key Databases for Journal Articles:
Databases
Key Databases:
Additional Databases:
Once your topic is narrowly defined, select databases to find specific articles that have been published in journals
Journals
Select Journals:
- Loading...A Journal of the Canadian Game Studies Association
- ACM computing surveys
- Human-computer interaction [electronic resource].
- Computational intelligence.
- IEEE signal processing magazine.
- Proceedings of the IEEE.
- IEEE transactions on industrial electronics.
- IEEE transactions on evolutionary computation.
- VLDB journal: Very large data bases.
- MIS quarterly.
- IEEE transactions on pattern analysis and machine intelligence
Media
Videos:
- Khan Academy: Watch. Practice. Learn almost anything for free.
- Films On Demand is a web-based digital video delivery platform which provides access to streaming videos from Films Media Group.
- JoVE: Journal of Visualized Experiments
- Computer Systems Engineering videos
Websites
General Gateways
- BUBL Link: Communications Engineering
- CompInfo "one-stop reference resource for corporate IT, computer software, computers and communications"
- EEVL Edinburgh Engineering Library
- INFOMINE: from the University of California Riverside
- Scholarly Societies Project: Electrical & Computer Engineering
- WWW Virtual Library:
Associations/Organizations
- The British Computer Society
- Canadian Council of Professional Engineers
- Communications and Information Technology Ontario (CITO)
- Computing Research Association
- Association For Computing Machinery (ACM)
- American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
- IEEE Computer Society
- Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
- USENIX Association
- IEEE Canada
- Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE)
- Institution of Incorporated Engineers "the UK's largest and most lively multidisciplinary engineering institution"
- International Engineering Consortium
- The National Research Council of Canada
- OCRI (Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation)
- Professional Engineers Ontario
Writing & Citing
Write down or store all the references you have consulted to include them in your bibliography of your research paper (e.g., Refworks)
Writing Help
- Advice on Research and Writing
- IEEE Citation Style Guide
- Citing Electronic Resources
- Technical Report Writing (from NASA)
- Academic Writing Centre and the Writing Tutorial Service Get one-on-one help with the entire writing process.
- Science and technology research : writing strategies for students / Tina M. Neville, Deborah B. Henry, Bruce D. Neville.
Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students - The craft of editing : a guide for managers, scientists, and engineers / Michael Alley.
Literature Reviews
Internet resource:
Print books:
- Conducting research literature reviews : from the Internet to paper / Arlene Fink.
- The literature review : a step-by-step guide for students / Diana Ridley.
- Scientific writing and communication : papers, proposals, and presentations / Angelika H. Hofmann.
Online book:
- The Oxford guide to library research [electronic resource] / Thomas Mann.
Database:
- Annual Reviews Online / Authoritative, analytic reviews in 34 focused disciplines within the Biomedical, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences. They synthesize the vast amount of primary research literature and identify the principal contributions in each field.
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