Watson Library: Data Science: Home

Resources at Watson Library

Watson Library has a variety of books and eBooks on Data Science and related topics. The books listed below are a sampling of what we have available in the library - to find more, check our library catalog, or contact us for help!

Advances in data science and analytics : concepts and paradigms. Edited by M. Niranjanamurthy, Hemant Kumar Gianey and Amir H. Gandomi -- Available through the library catalog as an eBook.
The essentials of data science : knowledge discovery using R. By Graham J. Williams -- Available through the library catalog as an eBook.
The data detective : ten easy rules to make sense of statistics. By Tim Harford -- Available through the library catalog as a Book.

Data Science Databases

Computers & Applied Sciences Complete This link opens in a new window
Computers & Applied Sciences Complete covers the spectrum of the applied sciences, representing knowledge on traditional engineering challenges and providing material for research concerning the business and social implications of new technology. CASC provides indexing and abstracting for academic journals, professional publications, and other reference sources. Full Text is available for more than 500 periodicals. Subject areas include the many engineering disciplines, computer theory, and new technologies.
EBSCO also offers their own mobile app experience, click here to learn more.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Web of Science is a collection of databases that index the world’s leading scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities, as published in journals, conference proceedings, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions across the globe.
ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new window
The ACM Digital Library is a research, discovery and networking platform containing:
- The Full-Text Collection of all ACM publications, including journals, conference proceedings, technical magazines, newsletters and books.
- A collection of curated and hosted full-text publications from select publishers.
- The ACM Guide to Computing Literature, a comprehensive bibliographic database focused exclusively on the field of computing.
- A richly interlinked set of connections among authors, works, institutions, and specialized communities.

Resources On The Web

Kaggle
The world’s largest data science community with powerful tools and resources to help you achieve your data science goals. Kaggle allows users to find and publish datasets, explore and build models in a web-based data science environment, work with other data scientists and machine learning engineers, and enter competitions to solve data science challenges. On this platform, you can have access to datasets, courses, notebooks, and competitions.
KDNuggets
A leading site on AI, Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining, Data Science, and Machine Learning. On this website, you can find important educational tools and resources in data science as well as tools for professional development.
IBM Data Science Community
Community discussions on the IBM Data Science and read about a myriad of topics related to Data Science, AI, Machine Learning, and more.

Credo Reference

Credo Reference is our scholarly alternative to Wikipedia. It allows you to search hundreds of reference books on a wide variety of subjects. Use this search box to browse Data Science related topics from titles including:

Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology
This eBook provides an extensive summary of how technology has developed over decades, the future of computer programs and applications, and the significance of computer components.
Facts On File 2021

BCS Glossary of Computing and ICT
The BCS Glossary is the most authoritative and comprehensive work of its kind on the market today. This unrivalled study aid and reference tool has newly updated entries and is divided into themed sections…
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT 2016

OECD Science, Technology and Innovation Outlook 2018
The OECD Science, Technology and Innovation Outlook 2018 is the twelfth edition in a series that biennially reviews key trends in science, technology and innovation (STI) policy in OECD countries and…
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development 2018