Ritz Library: Computer Science & Information Systems: Websites

Websites

AlanTuring.net
Largest web collection of digital facsimiles of original documents by Turing and other pioneers of computing. Plus articles about Turing and his work, including Artificial Intelligence.
Charles Babbage Institute
CBI: Center for the history of information technology is an archives and research center at the University of Minnesota dedicated to preserving the history of information technology and promoting and conducting research in the field.
Computing Research Repository
CoRR (through Cornell University) is sponsored by ACM, the arXiv.org e-Print archive, NCSTRL (Networked Computer Science Technical Reference Library), and AAAI. CoRR allows researchers to search, browse and download papers through its online repository. CoRR is available to all members of of the community at no charge.
Free Tech Books
Free Tech Books is a privately run database of free online computer science and programming books, textbooks, and lecture notes.
MIT OpenCourseWare
“The idea is simple: to publish all of our course materials online and make them widely available to everyone.”
Dick K.P. Yue, Professor, MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) School of Engineering
Programmer's Heaven
Resources for developers in C, C++, C#, .Net, Visual Basic, Java, Ruby, PHP, Perl, Python and more. Featuring forums, tens of thousands of resources for programmers and much more! (Privately run.)
State University of New York/University at Albany - Computer Science
University site covering all aspects of computer science.
Visualising Data Blog
This award-winning site, managed and edited by internationally reknowned data-visualization expert Andy Kirk, is a collection of resources providing both theoretical discourse and practical tools.
Stanford Education Everywhere
View complete lecture videos via streaming or downloaded media—anytime, anywhere—on your PC, Mac or mobile device. Access full course materials including syllabi, handouts, homework, and exams.
W3Schools
Learn to code with the world's largest web developer site.

Organizations

Professional societies and organizations often provide valuable information on their websites: publications, news, workshops, and competition announcements.

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
ACM brings together computing educators, researchers, and professionals to inspire dialogue, share resources, and address the field's challenges.
Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
Founded in 1979, the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) (formerly the American Association for Artificial Intelligence) is a nonprofit scientific society devoted to advancing the scientific understanding of the mechanisms underlying thought and intelligent behavior and their embodiment in machines.
Association for Women in Computing (ACW)
The Association for Women in Computing (AWC) was founded in Washington, D.C. in 1978 and is one of the first professional organizations for women in computing. AWC is dedicated to promoting the advancement of women in the computing professions.
CompTIA (formerly AITP)
CompTIA seeks to advance the IT Profession through professional development, support of IT education, and national policies on IT that improve society as a whole.
IEEE Computer Society
Computer branch of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
International Telecommunications Union
ITU is the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies – ICTs.

Evaluating Information on the Open Internet

THINK before you use a website for your project!

If you are only using Google and Wikipedia, you may not be finding the best information available on your topic.
If you are being asked to use scholarly resources, Search RitzDiscovery or visit Getting Started with Research.
If you are unsure whether or not you can use a particular website, review this guide from Johns Hopkins U on Evaluating Information.
The website links included on this page have been reviewed and selected by a librarian.
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