1. Quality Bibliographic Sources
1.1 Citation Indexes
- CiteSeer at ResearchIndex: the NEC scientific literature digital library
- PsycInfo (see also PsycArticles for full-text database)
1.2 Full-text Databases
- ACM Digital Library
- Science Direct CS collection (Elsevier publishing Co.)
- PsycArticles (see also PsycInfo for citation index)
- IEEE Electronic Library Online
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database (formerly Digital Dissertations)
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Many journals are available through the Dal Library's
remote access proxy and NovaNet
- (use the library website for access to NovaNet)
1.3 Topic Bibliographies
- HCI Bibliography project (at hcibib.org).
- HCISec Bibliography Versions
- definitive HCISec Bibliography (by Alma Whitten and Cynthia Kuo)
- derivative version of HCISec Bibliography (derived by Almut Herzog)
2. Basic (HCI & Stats) Resources
2.1 Basic HCI Resources
- HCI glossary at UsabilityFirst.com
- Usability Special Interest Group of STC
- EEVL: the Internet Guide to Engineering, Mathematics and Computing
- See also HCI Bibliography project in bibliographies (above).
2.2 Basic Stats Resources
- NIST/SEMATECH e-Handbook of Statistical Methods
- See also Stats Consulting Centre below in the on-Campus section
3. Some Other Collections
3.1 Miscellaneous
- Dal Library website
- NCSTRL (Networked Computer Science Technical Reference Library)
- Association for Information Systems
3.2 My Bibliographies
- all files in BiBTeX .bib format
- all references in PDF form
- Search (using Oyvind Breivik's bibfind program.)
- For more information about BiBTeX and LaTeX see my LaTeX Bookmarks.
4. Important Resources on Campus
4.1 Research Needs
- Office of Research Ethics Admin.
- HCI experiments and studies are under the jurisdiction of the social science & humanities Board
- Stats Consulting Centre
- Chase Bldg., Room 213; Tel.: 494-8850
- See also Basic Stats Resources above in the Basic Resources section
- Dal Library's CS Resource Webpage
4.2 Thesis Help
- Thesis Rules at Graduate Studies
- Computer Science Graduate Programme Regulations
- LaTeX & BiBTeX help
- Dr. Milio's LaTeX site
- Dr. Blustein's LaTeX site
- Books and binders are in the CS librarian's office
- Useful resources about graduate school at Dr. Milios's site
- General reference books that can help graduate students from my bibliography
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database link (above)
- Dead Thesis Society (a support group for graduate students who are having trouble writing and revising their theses)
4.3 Assistance with Writing
- Writing Centre (formerly Writing Workshop)
- in the Information Commons, in the Killam library
- Tel.: 494-1963
- English as a Second Language (ESL) Support
- See the Writing Centre, above for links
- Both the Computer Science Student Society and the university's International Student Office sometime co-ordinate informal programmes to help students with written and spoken English
- RefWorks
- a bibliography management tool
- Note: when citing an article online (in the ACM digital library or from Science Direct for example) you should always include the DOI but not the URL
- Oxford English Dictionary
4.4 If nothing else works…
- Dal homepage
- The indexes and search functions might help
- list of all the webpages for and about my graduate students
- Some of the project webpages include additional references too
- faculty reseach resources (password protected)
