Welcome to your Subject Guide where you'll find tailored guidance and advice on key library resources for Computer Science programmes.
Essential Resources
Library subscriptions: free with your Roehampton login.
Academic Texts: Search these databases to find journal articles, book chapters and other research papers in your subject. Most provide the full PDF text, but sometimes there may be just brief details (citation and abstract) of the articles. Click on Search for FullText@Roehampton to see if you can access the full text via our subscriptions; if not, you can usually order it free via Interlibrary Loan.
ACM Digital Library, IEEE and O'Reilly are the specialist databases for computer science.
- ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new window
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A comprehensive collection of full-text articles and bibliographic records covering the fields of computing and information technology. The full-text database includes the complete collection of ACM's publications, including journals, conference proceedings, magazines, newsletters and multimedia titles.
- IEEE Electronic Library (IEL) This link opens in a new window
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The IEEE Electronic Library contains millions of journal articles and conference papers in electrical engineering, communications, and computer science, dating from 1936 to the present, as well as thousands of IEEE standards in key technology fields.
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) This link opens in a new window
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This distinguished conference proceedings series publishes the latest research developments in all areas of computer science. Published from 1973 it includes over 12,000 volumes.
- O'Reilly This link opens in a new window
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Thousands of e-books and videos in computer science, digital photography, technology, and business, accessible online and via the O'Reilly app. Also includes curated playlists, learning paths and case studies. Spotlight on O'Reilly blog post.
- ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
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Contains over 2500 scientific, technical and medical peer-reviewed journals from the publisher Elsevier.
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Access to Science Magazine, Science Classic (1800-1996), Science Express and the News and Collections sections. Please note: Full text is not available off campus.
Current Newspapers and Magazines
PressReader is great for computing magazines and daily newspapers.
You can also access the past archives of several titles - find them via our A-Z Database list.
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Access thousands of current, international newspapers and magazines. You can also download the PressReader App. Note: To log in, click sign in at the top of the screen, select Library or Group, then find University of Roehampton and Sign In via Open Athens. Spotlight on PressReader blog post.
Open Access resources
Open Access materials are free to anyone, but checked for academic integrity, so you can trust the content. See Freely Available resources on our A-Z Database Guide.
Referencing and RefWorks
It is vital to acknowledge all the sources used in your assignments and cite them correctly, to avoid the risk of plagiarism. Computer Science programmes at Roehampton use the IEEE referencing style. You can use Cite them Right to check how to reference each item, and use RefWorks to store and manage your references. Full guidance can be found via the links below.
- Cite Them RightCite them right is a comprehensive guide to referencing almost anything you will come across in the course of your studies or research.
- Referencing Guides Links to all the referencing guides used in the University
- IEEE Referencing GuideComputer Science students use the IEEE referencing style.
- RefWorks GuideRefWorks is an online tool for storing and managing your references, provided by UR Library.
Writing Reports
See this guide on the Learning Skills Hub on Moodle for how to write computer science reports (you will need your Roehampton login to access).
For further advice and guidance for your assignments, visit the Library's Online Study Toolkit.
Research methods
- Sage Research Methods Online This link opens in a new window
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Provides help, guidance and tools for designing, writing and reporting research projects.
Free to all on the web, but checked for academic integrity, so you can trust the content.
- MDN Web DocsA fantastic learning area created by MDN (the Mozilla Developer Network). Simple explanations of web standards (HTML for structuring websites, CSS for styling them) and tips on web accessibility. Good resources to start with are the introduction modules to HTML and CSS.
- National Cyber Security CentreUK Government institution.
- Processing FoundationFree, open source processing software.
- W3SchoolsThe chief resource for learning HTML and CSS
Resources for Gaming
- Eludamos: Journal of Computer Game CultureOpen Access journal
- Game DeveloperA useful mine of blogs about game design, from a designer's perspective.
- Game StudiesOpen access, international journal of
computer game research. - Games StorytellingA snapshot of artistic and cultural game making across the UK, from the British Council.
- Journal of Games CriticismA non-profit, peer-reviewed, open-access journal.
- Loading: The Journal of the Canadian Game Studies AssociationOriginal, interdisciplinary academic research on video games.