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Computer Science Guide

Books

Title Author Call# Book Cover
Logic and Computer Design Fundamentals Martin, Tom TK 7888.4 .M36 2008 Logic and Computer Design Fundamentals
HTML & CSS: Design and Build Websites Duckett, Jon QA 76.76.H94 .D838 2011 HTML & CSS: Design and Build Websites
Java Foundations: Introduction to Program Design & Data Structures Lewis, John QA 76.73 .J38.L49 20117 Java Foundations: Introduction to Program Design & Data Structures
Java Software Solutions: Foundations of Program Design Lewis, John QA 76.73 .J38L49 2009 Java Software Solutions: Foundations of Program Design
Learning Web App Development Purewal, Semmy QA 76.76 .A65P87 2014 Learning Web App Development
Programming in Python 3: A Complete Introduction to the Python Language Summerfield, Mark QA 76.73 .P98S86 2010 Programming in Python 3: A Complete Introduction to the Python Language
Python 3 for Absolute Beginners Hall, Tim QA 76.73 .P98H35 2009 Python 3 for Absolute Beginners
Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science Zelle, John M. QA 76.73 .P98.Z45 2010 Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science
Starting Out with Python Gaddis, Tony QA 76.73 .P98G34 2018 Starting Out with Python
Computer Science Illuminated Dale, Nell QA 76 .D285 2019 Computer Science Illuminated
Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware – Software Interface Patterson, David A. QA 76.9 .C643P37 2018 Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware – Software Interface
Computer Systems Design and Architecture Heuring, Vincent P. QA 76.9 .S88H48 2008 Computer Systems Design and Architecture
Computer Systems: A Programmer’s Perspective, 3rd Edition Bryant, Randel E. QA 76.5 .B795 2016 Computer Systems: A Programmer’s Perspective, 3rd Edition

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E-Books

These e-Books are available in the online library collection. Click the title to access the resource.

Handbooks

Webopedia Study Guides

Webopedia study guides are designed to help high school, IB (International Baccalaureate) and entry-level university or college students prepare for computer science tests, quizzes and exams. Each computing topic is broken down into easy-to-understand explanations, and links are provided to related definitions and similar topics covered on Webopedia to help you better understand the subject.

Keywords

When looking for resources related to ANTH, try some of these keywords in your searching:

Sample search: html AND websites

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Articles & Databases

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Other Resources

Textbooks

Open access resources are resources that are available to everyone for free online. Links here will lead to sites where you can download textbooks or access journals related to computer science.

Free Programming Books on GitHub – a massive collection of free, open access textbooks in every computer language. Many are available for online viewing or for download, with few exceptions.

Open Access Journals

Array – an international open access multidisciplinary journal encompassing a broad spectrum of topics in computer science.

An Integrated Development Environment is a software application that allows programmers to combine different aspects of writing a computer program; IDE’s often combine code editing, building, and debugging in a single application.

Eclipse is a Java

IDE, but additional languages can combined with its default package.

IDLE for Python

IDLE is Python’s integrated development and learning environment.

Repl.it

Repl.it provides a free online IDE that students can use anywhere. A free account option is available and allows for users to team up with another individual for collaborative coding and chatting.

CodePen

CodePen is a free and online development environment to build and deploy a website or test and share snippets of code.

Computer Science at Khan Academy

Khan Academy provides tutorials on the basics of computer science and is a great resource for beginners of programming.

CodeAcademy

Learn to code, for free! This resource helps you discover where your interest lies and provides tutorials and instant feedback with practice module.

W3 Schools Online Web Tutorials

One of the web’s largest collection of web technology tutorials, all for free! W3 Schools also provides references for many programming languages and is an invaluable resource for students studying computer science.

Stack Overflow

Experienced and novice developers alike come to this community to share their knowledge and find help for programming problems. It is a great resource for troubleshooting your code.

Code Project

A community for programmers with articles on different topics and programming languages such as web development, C++, Java and other topics.

Stack Overflow

Experienced and novice developers alike come to this community to share their knowledge and find help for programming problems. It is a great resource for troubleshooting your code.

Interactive Tutorials

Interactive tutorials is a collection of free tutorials that covers multiple languages. Among them are:

  • Python
  • Java
  • Javascript
  • C++
  • HTML
  • SQL
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