Library Guides: Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Guide: Books & More

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This is a selected list of major e-book collections and special e-book titles relevant to electrical engineering. For more e-books or print books, go to Library Search. You can also recommend a book for the library to purchase.

IEEE-Wiley E-books
The Library subscribes to hundreds of IEEE-Wiley e-books via IEEE Xplore. When you do a basic search in IEEE Xplore, you’ll see book chapters in the results alongside journal articles and conference proceedings.

ENGnetBASE: Engineering Collection
Full text of over 2300 handbooks in civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering, many of which contain substantial tables of data. Part of CRC Press's CRCnetBASE suite.
O'Reilly for Higher Education (OHE), replaces Safari Books Online
O’Reilly for Higher Education (OHE) is a collection of full-text books and other resources specializing in computer programming and information technology. The database includes more than 35,000 book titles, plus 30,000+ hours of video, learning paths, case studies, expert playlists, audio books, and more. Access with your Gold password after choosing University of California Santa Cruz from the list of institutions. Replaces our Safari subscription.

SPIE E-books
Online books from SPIE, including reference materials, in the areas of imaging, optics and electro-optics, micro- & nano-technologies, and communication and information technologies. Books are in downloadable pdf format.
Springer E-books
Online books in electronic and computer engineering published by Springer.
Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science
200+ titles in this library of short lecture-sized books (each one is around 50-100 pages long). Each book synthesizes an important research topic and is authored by an expert contributor in engineering, with more analysis and depth than the typical research article.

STATSnetBASE: Statistical Sciences Collection
Full text of reference books on statistics and probability. Organized into categories including biostatistics, statistics for psychology, social science and law, statistical theories and methods, and statistics for biological sciences. Part of CRC Press's CRCnetBASE suite.

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