Pathfinder for Computers

Wikipedia Entries: Computer

Some Print Resources at the WCC Library

• Computer concepts by June Jamrich Parsons (QA76.5.P3 C6 1998)
• Peter Norton’s computing fundamentals by Peter Norton (QA76.5.N6818 P3 2003)
• Computer : a history of the information machine by Martin Campbell-Kelly (QA76.17 .C36 1996)
• Blog! : how the newest media revolution is changing politics, business, and culture by David Kline (TK5105.8884 .K55 2005)
• How computers work by Ron White (QA76.5 .W488 2006)

Computer books are scattered around the library, although many of them are in the QA76 area. Try doing a keyword search for the specific topic or software that you want more information on.

Search for more books in the library using Voyager

Digital Books (via eBrary and NetLibrary)

• Growing up digital : the rise of the net generation by Don Tapscott
• Critical cyberculture studies edited by David Silver

Web Sites

• Computer Guides for WCC users
• PCATT Faculty Training (courses around the state)
• Pacific New Media (Outreach classes from UH Manoa)
• Rapid E-Learning - Blog with helpful tips

Videos

(search for more books in the library using Voyager)

Acronyms and Definitions

• The Cyberspace Lexicon : an illustrated dictionary of terms from multimedia to virtual reality by Bob Cotton (Reference Collection, Library Use Only, QA76.76.I59 C668 1994)
• TUCAA - The Ultimate Computer Acronym Archive
• PC Hell - computer acronyms
• Acronym Finder - searchable, contains much more than computer terms
• BABEL - A Glossary of Computer Related Abbreviations and Acronyms
• Whatis.com - Hyper-linked definitions of thousands of Internet and computer related terms.

See Also

For more resources, including online journal articles, check out the WCC Library main page.
Pathfinder prepared by Brian Richardson and is copyrighted under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License