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The library collects books to support your studies. More recently we are purchasing mainly eBooks. This page presents three main categories of books: New Books, Reference Books and Textbooks.
You can find books in the library by using uKwazi. The video below will guide you on how to search for books and articles on uKwazi.
Online books can be accessed by clicking on the relevant link on uKwazi. Computer Science books are shelved according to the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) System and Computer Science books are mainly located on Level 14 on the following subjects and DDC numbers:
| Computer Science | 000 |
| Knowledge | 001 |
| The book | 002 |
| Systems | 003 |
| Data processing and computer science | 004 |
| Computer programming, programs and data | 005 |
| Special computer methods | 006 |
Springer eBook content includes an array of subjects such as architecture and design, biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, Environmental Sciences, life sciences, mathematics, physics, public health and more.
Offering comprehensive coverage of the full range of scientific disciplines, monograph and series books are now fully integrated with journals, book series, handbooks and reference works on SciVerse ScienceDirect.
Bookboon.com contains free eBooks and textbooks that can be downloaded as a pdf, no registration needed.
InTech publishes more than 2,300 open textbooks a variety of subjects that fall under the heading of science.
Textbooks in the Open Textbook Library are considered open because they are free to use and distribute, and are licensed to be freely adapted or changed with proper attribution.
OER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources. Explore, create, and collaborate with educators around the world to improve curriculum.
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