Library: Computer Science: Learning at Bath

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Library Lists
Library Lists helps you to find your recommended reading for each unit. It gives you easy access to e-books and links to the catalogue for print books. You can search by unit code or title. For example enter 'CM1' to find all year 1 units.
Managing Exam Stress Library List
Our Managing Exam Stress collection provides materials to help manage stress and anxiety as well as study skills tips to help you achieve success with your exams.

Box of Broadcasts National (BoB)
Record and access broadcasts from more than 75 TV and radio channels. Includes an option to create clips. Users can embed content in presentations and Moodle (using BoB links/codes). Note that BOB only permits access from within the UK.
Broadcasts, videos, images and sound recordings
A cross-subject list of image, film and media resources

Kanopy
Search, browse and stream 24,000+ films, documentaries, tv series and instructional videos from over 700 international suppliers, covering over 100 academic subject areas.
Nexis
Covers international news including business, company and industry news. It gives full-text access to the international press, including major world newspapers and the trade/advertising press. IMPORTANT: Please note that business and news databases are licenced for education and research purposes only and cannot be used for University business.

News coverage includes the Financial Times from 1982 with a 30 day embargo. Note that the FT is not in the UK newspapers group search (filter) in the Power Search.
PressReader
PressReader provides unlimited access to 7,000 digital newspapers and magazines from 120 countries in 60 languages.

Using other libraries - SCONUL Access
SCONUL Access allows University of Bath students and academic staff to visit over 170 higher education libraries in the UK and Republic of Ireland, either for reference purposes, or to borrow books.
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Access does not include IT facilities or online resources.

LinkedIn Learning
An online skills platform offering an extensive library of over 21,000 high-quality video courses in business, technical, creative and personal development skills. Our guide gives detailed guidance on using the platform with suggested video courses for staff and students e.g. study skills, career development, employability, wellbeing, GenAI and many more.

O'Reilly Learning
In addition to books, O'Reilly includes a large range of online training courses, on-demand learning materials and video resources, mostly focussing on tech and business topics.

Guide to using O'Reilly
Training guide from ProQuest. Contains webinar recordings and short videos on using the O'Reilly platform.

O'Reilly Learning
In addition to books, O'Reilly includes a large range of online training courses, on-demand learning materials and video resources. Topics include cloud computing, software architecture, infrastructure and operations, programming languages, AI and machine learning, security, team management, critical thinking, and more.

Mathematics Resources Centre (MASH)
MASH helps all students at the University with mathematics and statistics problems.
Research Software Learning Online
A guide to research software online courses from O'Reilly Learning. Courses cover Excel, Git and GitHub, LaTEX, MATLAB, Python, R and RS Studio, SAS, SPSS, Stata and SQL.

How to evaluate journal articles and websites
Advice on evaluating information that you find in journal articles and websites.
Information Literacy course (LinkedIn Learning)
Information literacy is the ability to discover and use various types of information. It's an essential skill for navigating the information age. Watch this course to learn about strategies for finding information—from a library, archive, database, or the Internet—and the ethics of using it.
Information skills tutorial
How to find information from books and journals to use in your coursework (Moodle resource).
Web search guide
A guide to using GenAI, internet search engines, Google databases and alternative tools.

Academic skills
Courses and one-to-one sessions for all students are provided by the Skills Centre.

Skills for Study
Interactive tutorials with activities and tests covering: academic study skills, reading and note-making, critical thinking skills and referencing and understanding plagiarism.

Writing for Scientists
Library list of e-books with information on how to write in various science subjects, including journal articles and lab reports.

Bath Computer Science Technical Reports series
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
A book series published by Springer since 1973, covering all areas of computer science

McGraw Hill AccessEngineering
Database providing a wealth of McGraw Hill’s premium textbooks, reference works, videos and data visualisation tools for engineering, sciences and business skills. Includes tools for real-world problem solving, case studies, industry codes and standards, plus course outlines for curriculum planning.

National Academies Press
The NAP publishes more than 200 books a year on a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and medicine. A free registration is required to download the books in PDF format.
O'Reilly Learning
A collection of technical books from a number of publishers including Pearson and O'Reilly Media. The titles include many computing topics, programming and software guides and a range of business and management titles.
Oxford Reference Online
Collection of reference works published by Oxford University Press covering the Arts, English Language Reference, Modern Languages, Politics and Social Sciences, and Science.
SpringerLink (Computer Science)
Computer Science e-book collection from Springer