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Larason, Katherine
Navajo Community College
Tsaile, Arizona
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Pascal
Meyers R., Prentice-Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1992. Type: Book (9780137256235)
Following the trend of the past few years, Meyers covers the distance from “What is a computer?” to binary trees, and intends that the book be used as a text for CS1 and CS2 or as a Pascal reference. It is well suit...
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Oct 1 1992 |
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The systems librarian guide to computers
Schuyler M. (ed), Swanson E., Meckler Corporation, Westport, CT, 1991. Type: Book (9780887365805)
Research libraries, especially the larger ones, place standing orders for books published in series, so I suppose this volume is destined to be added, without further review, to many collections. Based on the other series titles listed...
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Sep 1 1991 |
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Database applications using Prolog
Lucas R., Halsted Press, New York, NY, 1988. Type: Book (9789780470211663)
Many practical problems do not have algorithmic solutions. Many practical problems require sifting among large numbers of facts to arrive at solutions. Computer programs that solve problems in the intersection of these two sets must em...
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Aug 1 1990 |
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The Facts on File dictionary of artificial intelligence
Smith R., Facts on File, Inc., New York, NY, 1989. Type: Book (9789780816015955)
Over 2,000 terms used in the many subareas of artificial intelligence (AI) are contained in this dictionary. As with any book of this sort, one wonders why certain items were either included or excluded; for instance, why define &#...
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Nov 1 1989 |
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Computer assisted language learning: program structure and principles
Cameron K. (ed), Ablex Publishing Corp., Norwood, NJ, 1989. Type: Book (9780893915605)
This brief collection of essays discusses some practical and theoretical aspects of developing and using software as an aid to learning a foreign language. Not surprisingly, most of the work on this subject is being done in Europe; for...
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Sep 1 1989 |
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Memoir of the life and labours of the late Charles Babbage Esq. F.R.S
Buxton H., MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1988. Type: Book (9789780262022699)
Charles Babbage’s contributions to computing technology are presented in almost every introductory text on the subject, and the computing machines he designed are described as precursors to the modern computer. This book prov...
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Mar 1 1989 |
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The educational software PC compatibility guide
Neumann S., PC Compatibility Guide, Tacoma, WA, 1987. Type: Book (08922527)
This educational software guide is adequately organized and reasonably comprehensive for IBM PC-compatible machines. The book contains an alphabetical listing of software publishers and an alphabetical listing of software products, con...
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Nov 1 1988 |
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Educating for a computer age
Hills P., Croom Helm, Ltd., London, UK, 1987. Type: Book (9789780709947059)
From this small, expensive book we learn that society is changing and that one of the chief agents of that change is the computer. We are further informed that teaching is no longer what it once was, and that teachers must lead the lar...
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Feb 1 1988 |
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Problems teaching database design with information complexity to information systems undergraduates
Wilson J. ACM SIGCSE Bulletin 18(1): 2-7, 1986. Type: Article
Wilson describes the difficulties students experience with a database modeling project, and argues that dealing with open-ended problems helps to prepare business-oriented undergraduates for the kinds of activities they will encounter ...
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Oct 1 1986 |
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