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General Information	General Events Services Companies
Distributed Objects & Components	General COM/COM+ CORBA ... JavaBeans/EJB ... Business Objects Mobile Agents more ...
Internet & Intranets	General HTML XML... ASP JSP Servlets Servers
Architecture & Design	General Frameworks Patterns OOAD Methods UML OOAD Tools
Languages & Dev. Environments	General ABAP Objects Ada BETA C# .NET C++ ... CLOS COBOL Delphi Dylan Eiffel ... Fort� Java ... JavaScript ... Modula-3 Oberon-2 Objective-C Perl PHP Prolog Python REBOL REXX Ruby Sather Self Simula Smalltalk ... Tcl/Tk Visual Basic ... Visual Foxpro more ...
Databases & Repositories	General OO DBMS OR DBMS OR Mapping Repositories
Related Topics	Project Management Metrics Reuse Testing

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Tools

http://www.eng.auburn.edu/grasp/ - GRASP (Graphical Representations of Algorithms, Structures, and Processes) jGRASP is a lightweight development environment, created specifically to provide automatic generation of software visualizations to improve the comprehensibility of software. jGRASP is implemented in Java, and runs on all platforms with a Java Virtual Machine (Java version 1.3 or higher). jGRASP produces Control Structure Diagrams (CSDs) for Java, C, C++, Objective-C, Ada, and VHDL; CPG diagrams for Java and Ada; UML diagrams for Java; and has an integrated debugger and workbench for Java.

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Free Encyclopedia and Dictionary

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Science - one of the best sources on the internet

The Wikimedia Foundation Inc. is a non-profit organization with the goal of providing free knowledge to every person in the world. Meeting this goal through the maintenance, development and distribution of free content, Wikimedia relies on public donations to run its wiki-based projects.

Wikimedia provides computing and network resources to create and distribute many reference works including

Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org)
Wiktionary (http://en.wiktionary.org)
Wikiquote (http://en.wikiquote.org)
Wikibooks (http://en.wikibooks.org)
Wikinews (http://en.wikinews.org)
Wikisource (http://wikisource.org)
Wikimedia Commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org)

The content of these projects is provided to the public free of charge.

Whatis.com, the leading IT encyclopedia and learning center
http://whatis.techtarget.com/whome/0,289825,sid9,00.html
The American Heritage
Dictionary of the English Language Fourth Edition. 2000
http://www.bartleby.com/61/78/A0197800.html
Online Dictionary, Encyclopedia and much more
http://www.answers.com/

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Technical Reports and Papers

http://www.computerworld.com/topics
Computerworld is a vital and respected source of news, business and technology information for IT executives and professionals who are at the forefront of the move to e-business and adoption of new technologies.
http://www.idg.net/
International Data Group (IDG) the world's leading technology media, research and event company. IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers and offers online users the largest network of technology-specific sites around the world through IDG.net, which comprises more than 330 targeted Web sites in 80 countries.
http://www.ITpapers.com
ITPapers is the Web's largest library of technical IT white papers, webcasts, and case studies. Covering IT categories including Data Management, IT Management, Networking, Communications, Enterprise Applications, Storage, Security and much more, ITPapers.com is the best source for technical white papers and IT information.
http://www.infoworld.com/
InfoWorld provides in-depth technical analysis on key products, solutions, and technologies for sound buying decisions and business gain. InfoWorld.com is the place to turn for the latest breaking news and in-depth coverage of the issues, trends, and products that run your enterprise. InfoWorld.com also features interactive discussion forums, trusted industry columnists, and incisive product test results and reviews backed by the renowned InfoWorld Test Center.
http://www.techrepublic.com
This directory is the Web's largest library of technical white papers, Webcasts, and case studies. You'll stay on the cutting edge with our great software tips, top-notch career advice, and expert IT commentary. Now you can with TechRepublic's 200+ page, comprehensive, article-packed book and CD-ROM.
http://www.misq.org/
MISQ Central: the electronic production of MIS Quarterly

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eBooks and eReferences

http://reference.kluweronline.com/
These top quality reference works offer dramatically improved search capabilities, and unprecedented flexibility. SpringerLink Reference Works will be of benefit to the faculty, staff and students of universities, as well as researchers in learning institutions and corporations. With a collection of journals and book series that account for over 1 million documents in SpringerLink, the browse and explore functions help users to get quickly to the information and titles they need.
http://reference.kluweronline.com/
SpringerLink is pleased to introduce the online editions of milestone reference works in the areas of Computational and Mathematical Sciences, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Physical Sciences. These top quality reference works offer dramatically improved search capabilities, and unprecedented flexibility. SpringerLink Reference Works will be of benefit to the faculty, staff and students of universities, as well as researchers in learning institutions and corporations.
http://ebooks.kluweronline.com/
SpringerLink is the premier electronic data source from Springer for researchers in biomedicine, life science, clinical medicine, physics, engineering, mathematics, computer science, humanities, and economics. With a collection of journals and book series that account for over 1 million documents in SpringerLink, the browse and explore functions help users to get quickly to the information and titles they need.
http://www.openlibrary.org/ - view and red books online.
E-books All Topics - eBook Publishing Tools.
http://www.safarix.com/isnowcoursesmart - TBooks on line

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Projects and Tutorials

http://www.projectcool.com/developer/default.asp
Project Cool: Web Development Basics. With dozens of demos and hands-on tutorials, Project Cool is a great resource for Web developers and designers. Whether you're building your first Web page, researching a specific client-side technique, or making your first foray into CSS or XML, you'll find the information to get the job done here.
http://www.w3.org/
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential as a forum for information, commerce, communication, and collective understanding. On this page, you'll find W3C news as well as links to information about W3C technologies and getting involved in W3C. We encourage you to learn more about W3C.

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Research Laboratories

http://guir.berkeley.edu - User Interface Research and articles
http://guir.berkeley.edu/projects/damask/ - cross-mobile device UI design using patterns
http://www.merl.com/- technology areas and technical reports from Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, good resources
http://www.csl.sony.co.jp/ - Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc
http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/ - Bell Labs
http://www-eecs.mit.edu/labs.html - MIT Laboratories
http://www.csail.mit.edu/index.php - Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
http://hawaii.naist.jp/research_e.html - Theoretical Life-Science Laboratory
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Computer_Science/
Computational_Sciences/

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Conferences

Conference schedule at IEEE - upcoming technical events
http://www.isworld.org/forthcoming/conferencecfp.asp - calls for papers for conferences of interest to the global IS community
http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/
Computer_Science/Conferences/ - Computer Science Conferences
http://www.allconferences.com/Computers/ - all conferences in Computer Science
http://www.imcsit.org/ - The International Multiconference on Computer Science and Information Technology, Poland.
http://www.imcsit.org/?cont=36&type=page&page=29 - International Conference on Principles of Information Technology and Applications. Dr. Jozef Goetz serves on the Program Committee.
http://www.promoteresearch.org/ - The multi-conference in computer science, engineering, and information technology.
http://www.atiner.gr/docs/Computer.htm - The international conference on computer science and information systems, Greece.
http://www.aace.org/conf - E-learn- world conference on e-learning in corporate, government, healthcare, and higher education.
http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Computer_Science/Conferences/ - Computer Science Conferences.
http://www.iasted.org/ The International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED), is a non-profit organization founded in Zurich, Switzerland in 1977. The purpose of IASTED is to promote economic development through science and technology. This goal is achieved through the more than 400 conferences IASTED has organized in over 25 countries around the world.
http://www.aace.org/ - The Association (founded in 1981) is an international, educational and professional not-for profit organization dedicated to the advancement of the knowledge, theory, and quality of learning and teaching at all levels with information technology.

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Microsoft Resources and others

http://support.microsoft.com - Microsoft Knowledge Base
http://msdn.microsoft.com - MSDN Online
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio - Visual Studio Developer Center
http://www.microsoft.com/security - Microsoft Security
http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups - Microsoft Newsgroups
http://www.gotdotnet.com - GotDotNet
http://msdn.microsoft.com/community/
http://microsoft.com/usa/webcasts/ondemand/ - Previously Recorded Webcasts
http://microsoft.com/usa/socal/ - activities in the Southern Cal area
http://www.develop.com/ . - NET Resources

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Google

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Search and personalize your computer
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Browse the web by topic
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Explore the world from your computer
Finance
Business info, news, and interactive charts
iGoogle
Add news, games and more to the Google homepage
Images
Search for images on the web
Maps
View maps and get directions
News - now with archive search ^New!
Search thousands of news stories
Notebook ^New!
Clip and collect information as you surf the web
Patent Search ^New!
Search the full text of US Patents
Product Search
Search for stuff to buy
Scholar
Search scholarly papers
Specialized Searches
Search within specific topics
Toolbar
Add a search box to your browser
Video
Search for videos on Google Video and YouTube
Web Search
Search over billions of web pages
Web Search Features
Find movies, music, stocks, books, and more

Explore and innovate

Code
Download APIs and open source code
Co-op - now with Custom Search Engine ^New!
Contribute your expertise and customize the web search experience
Labs
Explore Google's technology playground
Communicate, show & share
Blogger
Share your life online with a blog -- it's fast, easy, and free
Calendar
Organize your schedule and share events with friends
Docs & Spreadsheets
Create and share your projects online and access them from anywhere
Gmail
Fast, searchable email with less spam
Groups
Create mailing lists and discussion groups
Orkut
Meet new people and stay in touch with friends
Picasa
Find, edit and share your photos
SketchUp
Build 3D models quickly and easily
Talk
IM and call your friends through your computer
Translate
View web pages in other languages
YouTube ^New!
Watch, upload and share videos

Go mobile

Maps for mobile
View maps and get directions on your phone
Mobile
Use Google on your mobile phone
SMS
Use text messaging for quick info
Make your computer work better
Pack
A free collection of essential software
Web Accelerator
Speed up the web

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Open Source Software

Open source software (from Wikipedia) is computer software whose source code is available under a license (or arrangement such as the public domain) that permits users to use, change, and improve the software, and to redistribute it in modified or unmodified form. It is often developed in a public, collaborative manner.

http://www.zytrax.com/links/open_source.htm - the open source link page
http://www.planetfriendly.net/opensource.html - the open source movement
http://www.opensource.org/links - useful, either for informing ourselves or for helping others begin their education about open source
http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/opensource.html - open Source and Schools

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Bioinformatics

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California Users Groups (and SIGs)

Orange County C# Developers Group
San Diego .NET User Group
SoCal .Net Architecture
IASA - - International Association Software Architecture
http://www.iasahome.org/
Cal .NET Events
Southern California's web site supporting local developers and businesses with the latest information and education on .NET technologies.
http://www.socalnetevents.org
Los Angeles .NET Developers Group
The Los Angeles .NET Developers Group is The Premier Forum for Los Angeles Area .NET Developers. The purpose of the organization is to support local developers and businesses with the latest information and education on Microsoft .NET technologies.
http://www.ladotnet.org
Orange County Visual Basic Users Group
The purpose of the organization is to support local developers and businesses with the latest information and education on Microsoft VB.NET technologies.
http://www.OCVBUG.org
Southern California .NET Developers Group
Situated in beautiful Long Beach California, SoCal .NET's mission is to bring insightfull and inovative speakers to the development community of Southern California. In this way we can continue to grow as a developer community.
http://www.SoCalDotNet.org
San Diego .NET User Group
The San Diego .NET User Group is the premiere .NET resource in the San Diego area. Our mission is to facilitate education and knowledge exchange among developers, architects and managers with an interest in Microsoft's .NET technologies. With our SIG and Main meetings, we will host an estimated 60 events (!) in 2005, plus a couple of all-day conferences. We are a world-class user group, featuring world-class events and speakers..
http://www.sandiegodotnet.com
San Gabriel Valley .NET Developers Group
User groups are a great way to learn more about .NET as well as a fabulous opportunity to network with your local peers and even the broader community of developers afar. Now it's time for San Gabriel Valley to join in the action along with all the other active .NET user groups in Southern California.
http://www.sgvdotnet.org
SoCal .NET Architecture Users Group
SoCal .NET Architecture users group is a not for profit social group whose purpose is to provide a forum for software architectects and developers to expand their knowledge of software architecture and Microsoft .NET technologies.
http://www.socaldotnetarchitecture.org
San Diego .NET User Group
The San Diego .NET User Group is the premiere .NET resource in the San Diego area. Our mission is to facilitate education and knowledge exchange among developers, architects and managers with an interest in Microsoft's .NET technologies. With our SIG and Main meetings, we will host an estimated 60 events (!) in 2005, plus a couple of all-day conferences. We are a world-class user group, featuring world-class events and speakers..
http://www.sddotnetdg.org/
Los Angeles C# Developers Group
Our mission is to enhance the value of software solutions to the general Los Angeles business community and world wide by increasing member proficiency, credibility, and visibility in C#, .NET, and related technologies.
http://www.LACSharp.org
Orange County C# Users Group
Orange County C# Developers Group is a not for profit social group whose purpose is to provide a forum for developers to expand their knowledge of C# and Microsoft .NET technologies
http://www.occsharp.org
Inland Empire .NET Users Group
The Inland Empire .NET User�s Group promotes the learning of all the .NET Framework has to offer, as well as, exploring development methodologies, databases, and desktop and web applications. Regardless of experience, the IEDOTNETUG is open to all who have a passion for software development and a desire to participate.
http://www.iedotnetug.org
SoCAL DotNetNuke Users Group
The SoCAL DotNetNuke Users Group is dedicated to providing a forum and venue for DotNetNuke� enthusiasts to meet, learn, share and network with other Southern California users of this popular open source and ASP.NET-based web application and portal technology framework.
http://www.socaldug.org
Orange County .NET Server Users Group
We expanded our scope to cover all of the .NET Servers products. Our focus will be on the technologies and use of the .NET Server products and application development with those products.
http://www.ocnsug.org
Orange County InterNet Users Group
The purpose of this group is to educate the local developer community on the web and windows development and specifically Microsoft's Internet products
http://www.ociug.org
The Santa Barbara .NET Developer Group
The Santa Barbara .NET Developer Group (SBDOTNETUG), SB .NET Developers Group was founded in 2005 to provide practical educational opportunities to anyone interested in .NET. Our focus is to promote open discussion about architecture, tools and their use to build applications on .NET technologies and SQL Server data systems. We meet in Santa Barbara and welcome members from Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo counties.
http://www.sbdotnetug.org
Orange County, So. California .NET Special Interest Group
The Orange County, So. California .NET Special Interest Group purpose is to bring together enthusiastic and experienced ASP, VB, and C++ developers together during monthly meetings to learn .NET through lectures and hands-on experience. This includes ASP.NET, C#, and VB.NET.
http://www.ocnetsig.com
Orange County Window Mobile User Group
The Orange County Window Mobile User Group has monthly meetings to learn how Windows Mobile powered devices can help your company improve workforce productivity by offering line of business applications, easy access to e-mail, and enhanced security features. Check your Outlook e-mail, edit attachments, schedule meetings, browse the Internet, and listen to music.
http://www.ocwmug.com
Hawaii DotNet User Group
The Hawaii DotNet User Group has monthly meetings to learn .NET. This includes ASP.NET, C#, and VB.NET.
http://www.hawaiidotnet.org
SoCal IT Professional Association
Orange County's Premier User's Group specializing in windows operating systems, security, network administration and hardware solutions. Meetings are held the second Thursday of each month, and features guest speakers, pizza and great door-prizes.
http://www.socalitpro.org

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Societies and Associations

http://www.isworld.org/ - Association for Information Systems.
http://www.sigmis.org/ - ACM Special Interest Group on Management Information Systems
The Institute of Electrical Engineers IEEE The IEEE ("eye-triple-E") helps advance global prosperity by promoting the engineering process of creating, developing, integrating, sharing, and applying knowledge about electrical and information technologies and sciences for the benefit of humanity and the profession. The IEEE has more than 365,000 individual members in 150 countries. Through its technical publishing, conferences and consensus-based standards activities, the IEEE produces 30 percent of the world's published literature in electrical engineering, computers and control technology, holds annually more than 300 major conferences and has nearly 900 active standards with 700 under development.
http://www.computer.org/ - The IEEE Computer Society is the world's oldest and largest professional association of people in computing. With nearly 100,000 members, the IEEE Computer Society is the world's leading organization of computer professionals. Founded in 1946, it is the largest of the 39 societies of the IEEE. The IEEE Computer Society's vision is to be the leading provider of technical information, community services, and personalized services to the world's computing professionals.
The Distance Learning Campus offers valuable learning opportunities exclusively to members of the IEEE Computer Society. http://www.computer.org/distancelearning/catalog.htm - course catalog
Association for Computing Machinery Founded in 1947, ACM is the world's first educational and scientific computing society. Today, our members - over 80,000 computing professionals and students world-wide - and the public turn to ACM for authoritative publications, pioneering conferences, and visionary leadership for the new millennium.
http://www.ieee-occs.org/main.html - Welcome to the IEEE Orange County Chapter of The Computer Society
http://www.ieee-occs.org/home/RcntPre.html - Selected Presentation Materials of IEEE Orange County Chapter
National Science Foundation Initiates and supports, through grants and contracts, scientific and engineering research and programs to strengthen scientific and engineering research potential, and education programs at all levels, and appraise the impact of research upon industrial development and the general welfare.
http://www.bicsi.org/ BICSI, a not-for-profit telecommunications association, is a world-wide resource for technical publications, training, conferences, and registration programs for low-voltage cabling distribution design and installation.

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Publisher Information

Publisher	Website	Phone	Discipline

Addison Wesley	www.awl.com	800-282-0693	math,sci,busi,csci
Allyn & Bacon / Longman	www.ablongman.com	800-666-9433	huma,soci sci,engl
Anderson Publishing	www.andersonpublishing.com	800-582-7295	cjus
Auto Desk Press	www.autodeskpress.com	800-477-3692	autocad
Bedford, Freem, Worth	www.sasmp.com	800-446-8923	soci sci,math,sci,csci
Benjamin Cummings	www.aw.com/bc	800-282-0693	science
Brooks / Cole	www.brookscole.com	800 354-9706	sci, math, stat,csci,engi,
Course Technology	www.course.com	800.648.7450	itech,netwk,multimed,data proc
Dame	www.swcollege.com/dame/dame.html	800-423-0563	business
Delmar	www.delmarlearning.com	800-477-3692	career educ, trades, health ed
Dryden Press	www.course.com/infosys/index.html	800-423-0563	Computer Technologies
Duxbury	www.duxbury.com	800-423-0563	statistics
Franklin, Beedle	www.fbeedle.com	800-322-2665	csci, itec
Glencoe McGraw Hill	www.glencoe.com	800-334-7344	busi, comp educ,
Goodheart Wilcox	www.goodheartwillcox.com	800-323-0440	industrial, tech, consumer sci
Harcourt	www.thomsonlearning.com	800-354-9706	all
Harper Collins	www.harpercollins.com/hc/home.asp	800-822-4090 fax	classics, general trade, engl
Heinle & Heinle	www.heinle.com	800-423-0563	esl, elt. Lang, engl
Houghton Mifflin	www.hmco.com	800-733-1717	soci sci,huma,busi,chem,math,engl
Irwin McGraw Hill	www.mhhe.com/catalogs/irwin	800-338-3987	business,mktg,mgmt,fina
John Wiley	www.wiley.com	800-225-5945	all
Jones and Bartlett	www.jbpub.com	800-832-0034	sci, math, csci, hlth
Kendall Hunt	www.kendallhunt.com/	800-228-0810	all, custom pub
Little Brown & Co	www.twbookmark.com	800-759-0190	trade
McGraw Hill	www.mhhe.com/catalogs	800-338-3987	all
Oxford University Press	http://www.oup-usa.org/college/	800-280-0280	all,general trade
Pearson Education	www.pearsoned.com	800-526-0485	all
Prentice Hall	vig.prenhall.com	800-526-0485	all
Roxbury Publishing	www.roxbury.net	310-473-3312	cjus, soci, comm, busi
Saunders / Mosby	www.us.elsevierhealth.com	800-222-9570	Medical/ hlth prof, nursing
South-Western	www.swcollege.com/front.html	800-423-0563	acct,busi,mktg,econ,mgmt,real
W. H. Freeman	www.whfreeman.com	800-446-8923	math and science
W.W. Norton	www.wwnorton.com	800-233-4830	Soci Sci, Eng, math, sci
Wadsworth	www.wadsworth.com	800-423-0563	soci sci, engl, huma
West	www.swep.com	800-354-9706	busi,off adm, comm, tech
West Legal Studies	www.westlegalstudies.com/	800-477-3692	busi law, legal studies, law
Worth Publishers	www.worthpublishers.com	800-446-8923	psyc,econ,soci,hist biochem

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Others

http://www.economy.com/home/about/about.asp. Economy.com, Inc. is a leading independent provider of economic, financial, country, and industry research designed to meet the diverse planning and information needs of businesses, governments, and professional investors worldwide.

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