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Books
Goldsmiths Library has a large collection of both print books and ebooks (accessible from home using your username and password).
You can search for print and ebooks on the Library Search.
Useful classmarks
Books are arranged on the shelves using the Dewey Decimal Classification system (000-999). Below is a list of the most relevant classmarks for Computing.
Remember to search the catalogue in addition to browsing, as books can be classified in different ways.
| 004 | Computer science and IT |
| 004.019 | Human-computer interaction |
| 004.6 | Computer communications and networks |
| 004.678 | The internet |
| 005.1 | Software engineering |
| 005.117 | Object oriented programming |
| 005.13 | Programming languages |
| 005.133 | Specific programming languages (e.g. JAVA, PASCAL, PROLOG) |
| 005.432 | Specific operating systems, e.g. UNIX |
| 005.74 | Databases |
| 005.8 | Data security |
| 006.3 | Artificial intelligence |
| 006.32 | Neural networks |
| 006.6 | Computer graphics |
| 006.68 | Computer graphics software, e.g. Photoshop |
| 006.69 | Presentation software, e.g. Powerpoint |
| 006.7 | Web design and digital multimedia |
| 303.483 | Information technology and social change |
| 306.46 | Technology and society |
| 510 | Mathematics |
| 658.403 | Management information systems |
| 709.0408 | Computing and art |
| 789.99 | Computing and music |
| 794.8 | Computer games |
| 794.81526 | Computer games programming |
