Library: CS 306 Computers in Society: Course Resources

Course Resources

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Course Resources

The course is designed to help participants to:

Be aware of a variety of views of computing, including: historical; professional; social; political and cultural.
Identify areas of society where information technology has had a substantial impact and where its effects may be of concern.
Appreciate how different perspectives can contribute to making choices about the development and use of computing technology.
Appreciate the legal and social issues associated with the use of computers in organisations and computer crime.
Critically assess the concepts, theories and issues in recent public debates about technology and society.
Provide informed opinions in discussion and debate about topics relating to technology and its effect on society
Understand that technology has an impact on society but also that society has an impact on technology. The need for something may lead to a development or improvement of a technology.

Databases: Find journal articles

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
An EBSCO database, this resource provides abstracts and indexing of articles popular magazines, scholarly journals, and major newspapers in all fields of study, with several thousand titles available full text.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new window
Provides information from all sides of current event issues including statistics, links to Web sites, and full-text articles from more than 30 major magazines and newspapers, utilizing the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources.
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Investigates "hot" topics in the news and presents concise and well-balanced information from all sides of the issue. Each report is written by an experienced journalist and includes a "Pro/Con" segment, a chronology, and a bibliography. US focus with some coverage of international affairs.
ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Provides indexing, abstracts, and access to the full text of materials published by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), including journals, magazines, transactions, proceedings, newsletters, and publications of affiliated organizations.
Compendex This link opens in a new window
Compendex is the most comprehensive bibliographic database of scientific and technical engineering research available, covering all engineering disciplines.
IEEE Xplore This link opens in a new window
Provides access to peer-reviewed records of research in electrical engineering, electronics, computer science and a growing number of related disciplines, including theoretical and experimental papers and quality magazines focusing on practical applications in research, design and specification.

Selected Resources

To develop and refine your search, it often helps to consult a specialized dictionary, encyclopedia, handbook, textbook, guide, or bibliography. They offer topic or reseaarch problem overview written by an expert. They may provide an historical perspective, a chronology of events, definitions of terms or concepts, or bibliographic references leading to the literature in a particular field of study.

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
An electronic (e-reference) collection providing access to entries in over 500 encyclopedias and other reference works. Also provides access to art, science, and medical images, audio pronunciation files and atlas images of places and geographic features throughout the world.
Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
This online reference collection provides full-text access in PDF and html formats to more than 200 major reference works published since 2000, including encyclopedias, almanacs, directories, and handbooks by publishers such as Berkshire, Cambridge, Macmillan, Sage, Scribner, Sharpe, St. James, Thomson Gale, and Wiley.

Encyclopedia of Communication and Information by Jorge Reina Schement
ISBN: 0028658876
Publication Date: 2003-12-01
Designed for the non-specialist, this is a complete reference covering finance and banking, accounting, marketing, management and information systems. Drawing on practical expertise and current scholarship, the contributors include executives, scholrs and government administrators.
A Gift of Fire by Sara Baase; Timothy Henry
Call Number: QA76.9.C66 B3 2018
ISBN: 9780134615271
Publication Date: 2017-02-27
For courses in Computer Ethics and Computers and Society. An objective study of technology ethics that inspires critical thinking and debate In Gift of Fire, A: Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing Technology, Sara Baase presents a balanced exploration of the social, legal, philosophical, ethical, political, constitutional, and economic implications of computing and the controversies they raise. With an objective computer scientist's perspective, and with historical context for many issues, Baase covers the issues readers will face both as members of a technological society and as professionals in computer-related fields. A primary goal is to develop computer professionals who understand the implications of what they create and how it fits into society at large. This text encourages readers to think about the ethics and philosophical direction behind topics but doesn't them lead students to conclusions. The 5th Edition contains updated material on new topics and examples, outdated material has been removed, and several topics have been reorganized. New material appears throughout, including material on current trending topics such as drones and autonomous cars.

Computers and Society Newsletter
Accessible through ACM Digital Library. Search especially for 'The Case of the Killer Robot' (1994). A detailed scenario which combines elements of software engineering and computer ethics. Also Ethics in context: a scandal in academia(2014)