Information Technology Resources

The UCSD Science & Engineering Library is a valuable resource for both the amateur and seasoned systems administrator. The following page highlights virtual reference tools from the S&E Library, including e-journals, article databases and dictionaries compiled from Sage, UCSD Libraries' collection of electronic resources, with a focus on resources relevant to information technology professionals. 

Many library resources are tagged [UCSD Only]. Remote use of UCSD-Only licensed databases and electronic journals is restricted to UCSD faculty, staff, and students. Learn more about using the resources off-campus.

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1. Tech Dictionaries
2. E-Books
3. IT Magazines
4. General IT
5. IT Management
6. Database Management
7. Networks
8. Security
9. Software Engineering

TECH DICTIONARIES

• Maran 3D Dictionary
• High Tech Dictionary
• FOLDOC
• Oxford Computing Dictionary

E-BOOKS

• O'Reilly Tech Books via Safari :Access to all O'Reilly IT/computing books, fully searchable.  [UCSD Only]
• netLibrary : Over 200 electronic books consisting mostly of practical, how-to computing manuals [UCSD Only] 
• ITKnowledgeBASE :Over 50 electronic books and over 1,500 IT-related articles [UCSD Only]
• InfoSECURITYnetBASE: Over 50 information security books from CRC Press [UCSD Only]
• IBM Redbooks: Special type of less formal IBM manuals.
• Knovel - collection of 950 science and engineering handbooks and databases [UCSD Only]
• SYNTHESIS Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science - 200+ titles in this library of short lecture-sized books, synthesizing an important research topic. [UCSD Only]

IT MAGAZINES

• Baseline (2001-current)
• Byte (1994-current)
• Certification magazine: for certified professionals of information technology (2003-current, selected articles)[UCSD Only]
• ComputerWorld (1996-current) older issues available [UCSD Only]
• Dr. Dobb's Journal (current issue online, hard-copy back issues available)
• eWeek (1993-current) [UCSD Only]
• Information Week (1998-current)
• InfoWorld (2005-current)
• IT Professional (1996-current) [UCSD Only]
• MSDN Magazine (1996-current)
• Network Computing (1995-current) [UCSD Only]
• Network World (1997-current) [UCSD Only]
• PC Magazine (1992-current) [UCSD Only]
• PC World (1986-current) [UCSD Only]

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GENERAL IT

• ACM Digital Library : Bibliographic information, abstracts, reviews, and full texts of works published by the Association for Computing Machinery and affiliated organizations.
• CNET : Source for information about computers, the Internet, and digital technologies.
• Computing Reviews: the leading online review service for computing literature.
• IEEE Explore: Article database of IEEE publications in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics. [UCSD Only]
• INSPEC: Indexes articles in computers, electronics, biomedical, control, electrical & ocean engineering, physics, geophysics, astronomy, acoustics. [UCSD Only] 
• Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology
• ITKnowledgeBASE : Over 50 electronic books and over 1,500 IT-related articles. [UCSD Only]
• Journal of Information Technology (JIT) (1986-current, selected articles) [UCSD Only]
• ZDNet: Ziff-Davis site for reviews, news, downloads, how-to's and help guides, jobs, salary guide, and ZD published computer magazines.
• Element K Online Courses: hundreds of free online IT courses available 24/7 for Macs and PCs. Login instructions for faculty and staff, and students. [UCSD Only].

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IT MANAGEMENT

• Certification magazine: for certified professionals of information technology (2003-current, selected articles)[UCSD Only]
• Ethics and Information Technology (1999-current) [UCSD Only]
• Information Technology and Management
• International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making (2002-current, selected articles) [UCSD Only]
• Journal of Global Information Technology Management (JGITM) (2001-current, selected articles) [UCSD Only]

DATABASE MANAGEMENT

• ACM Transactions on Database Systems (1976-current) [UCSD Only]
• Database and Network Journal (2000- current) [UCSD Only]

NETWORKS

• Computer Networks (1999-current, older issues available) [UCSD Only]
• Mobile Networks and Applications (1996-current) [UCSD Only]

SECURITY

• US Department of Engergy Computer Incident Advisory Capability : U.S. Department of Energy site to check for computer virus news and hoaxes, email chain letters, and other security issues and resources.
• Virus Information Library: The McAfee AVERT Labs Threat Library has detailed information on viruses, Trojans, hoaxes, vulnerabilities and Potentially Unwanted Programs.
• InfoSECURITYnetBASE : Over 50 information security books from CRC Press [UCSD Only] [UCSD Only]
• Computer Fraud and Security (1996-current, older issues available) [UCSD Only]
• IEEE: Preceedings: Information Security (2005-current) [UCSD Only]
• IEEE: Security and Privacy (2006-current) [UCSD Only]
• Information Security Technical Reports (1996-current) [UCSD Only]
• Information Systems Security (1995-current) [UCSD Only]
• Journal of Computer Security (1996-current) [UCSD Only]
• Network Security (1994-current) [UCSD Only]

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SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

• Software Engineering Instistute: Information on a variety of software topics, including management and technical practices, from Carnegie-Mellon.
• Information and Software Technology (1987-current, older issues available) [UCSD Only]
• Software Engineering Notes (ACM- SIGSOFT) (1976-current) [UCSD Only]
• International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (1999-current) [UCSD Only]
• IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (1988 - current) [UCSD Only]
• Automated Software Engineering (1994 - current) [UCSD Only]
• Journal of Software and Systems (1979 - current) [UCSD Only]
• Productivity Software (1999- current) [UCSD Only]
• Software and Systems Modeling (2002-current) [UCSD Only]
• International Journal on software tools for technology transfer (1997-current) [UCSD Only]
• Software Process: Improvement and Practice (1997-current) [UCSD Only]

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