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This guide is your portal to Alkek Library resources to help you in your studies, research, and professional development in Computer Science. Enjoy!
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Background Research
Reference Material in the form of subject dictionaries, encyclopedias, and handbooks typically provide background essays, definitions, broad overviews of various topics, or other pertinent facts. The four bullets below list collections of searchable eReference titles:
Podcasts
Podcasts are an easy way to keep up with your profession and the technical language that comes with it. Podcasts can be by specialty or general, and come from professional organizations, companies, or experts in the field. Check with your faculty or find recommendations from people or universities you trust. Some recommendations from Oxford University:
- ACM’s Bytecast - https://learning.acm.org/bytecast
- Security Now - https://twit.tv/shows/security-now
- Software Engineering Radio - https://www.se-radio.net/
- Programming Throwdown - https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/
- The Changelog - https://changelog.com/podcast
General tech:
- Spark with Nora Young - https://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark
- This Week in Tech - https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
