A Pollak Library Research Guide

Books

Books are a primary means of communicating research and studies.  To find books on your topic, you may use online catalogs such as the CSUF OPAC, LINK+, Melvyl, and WorldCat.  These catalogs have the capability for you to download and email records.  However, the texts of books are not available online.  You will need to go to the book shelves in the Pollak Library or request books the Pollak Library does not own directly online from LINK+ libraries and WorldCat.  

CSUF Catalog (OPAC)
Provides bibliographic descriptions of books, journals, government documents, web sites, and other materials owned by CSUF.   It also gives the necessary information you will need to find the material on the shelves, including location, call number, and status.    

Materials in this library are classified and shelved by the Library of Congress classification system. most call numbers for Computer Science start with  QA76.  However, you will find items related to computer science all over the library.  it is therefore necessary to search the OPAC by subjects and keywords to make sure you get all of the material you need for your research. Some useful subjects to search for items in the library on computer science are:

Computer Science
Computers
Electronic Data Processing
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Software
Computer Input-Output Equipment

Safari Tech Books Online
An online collection of over 350 manuals, guides, and other reference works on computer programming, IT, and other computer science related topics.

WorldCat
Provides bibliographic descriptions of books, journals, government documents, and other materials owned by libraries worldwide that contribute their records to OCLC, the largest bibliographic utility in the world.  You may request books you find here through Illiad, our interlibrary loan system.    

Melvyl
Is the union catalog for the libraries of the nine University of California campuses. It consists of two databases. Melvyl Catalog is for locating books in the UC libraries.  Periodicals Titles is a database for locating periodical titles in libraries in the state of California, including the UC libraries, California State Library, California State University libraries, Stanford University libraries, and others.  You may request books you find here through Illiad, our interlibrary loan system.

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