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 ==== General Information ====
-  * [[http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/usered/grad/researchskills/flow_of_info.html|Scientific publication cycle]]
+  * [[http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/usered/grad/researchskills/flow_of_info.html|Scientific publication cycle]].
   * Kinds of documents:
-     * **patents**: government granted license to an invention
+     * **patents**: government granted license to an invention;
-     * **standards**: agreed upon methodology: e.g. 802.11
+     * **standards**: agreed upon methodology: e.g. 802.11;
-     * **journals**: research results presented in a periodical/magazine
+     * **journals**: research results presented in a periodical/magazine;
-     * **conference proceedings**: research results presented at a meeting (most conferences in CS are peer-reviewed)
+     * **conference proceedings**: research results presented at a meeting (most conferences in CS are peer-reviewed);
-     * **technical report**: description of a solution to a specific problem
+     * **technical report**: description of a solution to a specific problem;
      * **books**
-        * reference: encyclopedias, tables, data collections, properties
+        * reference: encyclopedias, tables, data collections, properties;
-        * manuals: lab methods, programming languages, operating systems
+        * manuals: lab methods, programming languages, operating systems;
-        * monographs: general topics
+        * monographs: general topics;
-     * **technical specifications**: how a device or component works, e.g. circuit diagrams
+     * **technical specifications**: how a device or component works, e.g. circuit diagrams;
-     * **code library**: database of source code listings or linkable subroutines
+     * **code library**: database of source code listings or linkable subroutines;
-  * Peer review: researchers validating each others work before publication
+  * Peer review: researchers validating each others work before publication;
-  * [[http://www.yorku.ca/tutorial/academic_integrity/?g11n.enc=UTF-8|Academic Integrity & Plagiarism]] web site
+  * York's [[http://www.yorku.ca/tutorial/academic_integrity/?g11n.enc=UTF-8|Academic Integrity Tutorial]] web site;
-  * //If you are not sure how to get started on your project, come to Steacie//
+  * //If you are not sure how to get started on your project, come to the Steacie library.//
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   * [[http://refworks.scholarsportal.info/Refworks/login.asp?WNCLang=false|RefWorks]] can help you manage your footnotes & bibliography on the web. Easy to use, interfaces directly with work to create footnotes & bibliographies. If logging in from home, you need to use RWYorku group code.
-  * Library [[http://www.library.yorku.ca/ccm/Home/ResearchAndInstruction/citationmgmt/index.en|Footnotes, Bibliographies, RefWorks]] page, [[http://citationmachine.net/|Landmark Citation Machine]].
+  * Library [[http://www.library.yorku.ca/ccm/Home/ResearchAndInstruction/citationmgmt/index.en|Footnotes, Bibliographies, RefWorks]] page, [[http://citationmachine.net/|Landmarks Citation Machine]].
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     * by keyword: concurrent and programming and java
-  * [[http://books.google.com|Google Books Search]] -- search inside the books
+  * [[http://books.google.com|Google Books Search]] -- search inside the books.
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 === Article Citation Databases ===
-  * [[http://www.library.yorku.ca/eresolver/?id=59857|INSPEC]] - best source for citations in all computing fields, best for comprehensive searches
+  * [[http://www.library.yorku.ca/eresolver/?id=59857|INSPEC]] - best source for citations in all computing fields, best for comprehensive searches.
-    * concurrent and aerospace and programming
+  * [[http://www.library.yorku.ca/eresolver/?id=437|Web of Science]] - very good coverage of all major computing journals, good for citation searches.
-    * concurrent and locking and java
+  * [[http://www.library.yorku.ca/eresolver/?id=1194128|Scopus]] - both references and citations.
-  * [[http://www.library.yorku.ca/eresolver/?id=437|Web of Science]] - very good coverage of all major computing journals, good for citation searches
+  * [[http://portal.acm.org/guide.cfm?coll=portal&amp;dl=GUIDE&amp;CFID=15590639&amp;CFTOKEN=82226420|ACM Guide to Computing Literature]] - another one focusing on computing.
-    * concurrent and locking and java
-  * [[http://www.library.yorku.ca/eresolver/?id=1194128|Scopus]] - both references and citations
-  * [[http://portal.acm.org/guide.cfm?coll=portal&amp;dl=GUIDE&amp;CFID=15590639&amp;CFTOKEN=82226420|ACM Guide to Computing Literature]] - another one focusing on computing
   * **Very important:** look in full text article databases for conference proceedings:
-    * IEEE, ACM or Lecture Notes in Computer Science: look in DBs below
+    * IEEE, ACM or Lecture Notes in Computer Science: look in DBs below.
-    * SPIE: keyword search in catalogue: SPIE and proceeding #
+    * SPIE: keyword search in catalogue: SPIE and proceeding number.
-    * Other: keyword search with part of title
+    * Other: keyword search with part of title.
-    * Last resort: 50-75% of conference papers usually on author's home pages
+    * Last resort: 50-75% of conference papers usually on author's home pages  (note, however, that this may not be the final version of the paper).
 === Full Text Article Databases ===
-  * [[http://www.library.yorku.ca/eresolver/?id=19|ACM Digital Library]] - best resource: all ACM journals & proceedings
+  * [[http://www.library.yorku.ca/eresolver/?id=19|ACM Digital Library]] - best resource: all ACM journals & proceedings..
-  * [[http://www.library.yorku.ca/eresolver/?id=435|IEEE Xplore]] - all IEEE journals & proceedings, more engineering than CS
+  * [[http://www.library.yorku.ca/eresolver/?id=435|IEEE Xplore]] - all IEEE journals & proceedings, more engineering than CS.
-  * [[http://www.library.yorku.ca/eresolver/?id=51140|Lecture Notes in Computer Science]] - source of articles from various conference proceedings, find citations from Web of Science
+  * [[http://www.library.yorku.ca/eresolver/?id=51140|Lecture Notes in Computer Science]] - source of articles from various conference proceedings, find citations from Web of Science.
 === Online Computer Books ===
-  * [[http://www.library.yorku.ca/eresolver/?id=59380|Safari]] - over 200 online computer/technical books on a wide range of subjects
+  * [[http://www.library.yorku.ca/eresolver/?id=59380|Safari]] - over 200 online computer/technical books on a wide range of subjects.
-  * [[http://www.library.yorku.ca/eresolver/?id=1172517|Books24x7]] - 1000s of searchable full text books in computing and engineering
+  * [[http://www.library.yorku.ca/eresolver/?id=1172517|Books24x7]] - 1000s of searchable full text books in computing and engineering.
-  * [[http://www.library.yorku.ca/eresolver/?id=983537|Synthesis]] - amazing collection of CS & Engineering ebooks, more advanced topics
+  * [[http://www.library.yorku.ca/eresolver/?id=983537|Synthesis]] - amazing collection of CS & Engineering ebooks, more advanced topics.
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     * strategy: find good portal sites
     * strategy: make sure you know exactly who produced the content
-  * [[http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/|DBLP]] - good CS index of free web & many conferences & journals
+  * [[http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/|DBLP]] - good CS index of free web & many conferences & journals.
-  * [[http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu|Citeseer]] - indexes the free web but a bit out of date
+  * [[http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu|Citeseer]] - indexes the free web but a bit out of date.
-  * [[http://arxiv.org/corr/home|Computing Research Repository]] (CoRR) - eprints and other online papers
+  * [[http://arxiv.org/corr/home|Computing Research Repository]] (CoRR) - eprints and other online papers.
   * [[http://liinwww.ira.uka.de/bibliography/index.html|Collection of Computer Science bibliographies]]
-  * [[http://scholar.google.com|Google Scholar]] -- good tool, but a bit unreliable while in Beta release. Generally quite good for CS, especially to find conference papers not in any of the databases we subscribe to.
+  * [[http://scholar.google.com|Google Scholar]] -- good tool, but a bit unreliable while in Beta release. Generally quite good for CS, especially to find conference papers not in any of the databases to which we subscribe.
-  * and others
 [[http://www.yorku.ca/yul/cse/?p=32|Blog post]] version of this page.
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   * Office: Steacie 102H
   * Email: [[mailto:jdupuis@yorku.ca|jdupuis@yorku.ca]]
-  * MSN IM: john_dupuis@hotmail.com
+  * MSN IM: [[mailto:john_dupuis@hotmail.com|john_dupuis@hotmail.com]]
+  * [[http://www.facebook.com/john.dupuis|FaceBook]]