Cyber & Digital Security

Starting your Research

Starting your Research

Encyclopedias, handbooks and subject specific dictionaries will help provide useful background information, as well as terms to use when searching the databases. For example:

Khosrow-Pour, M. (2007). Dictionary of information science and technology. Hershey, Pa.: Idea Group Reference.	Ashbaugh, D. A. (2009). Security software development: assessing and managing security risks. Boca Raton, Fla: CRC Press.
McClure, S., Scambray, J. & Kurtz, G. (2009). Hacking exposed 6: Network security secrets & solutions. New York: McGraw-Hill.	Jacobson, D. (2009). Introduction to network security. Boca Raton, Fla: Chapman & Hall/CRC.

E-books on this topic can be accessed from ITPro.
A GOOGLE search can also help find background information and suggestions for more keywords.

Keywords & OPAC

Keywords & OPAC

Use OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) to find books, journal titles and audio-visual materials in the Library. When searching for information, you need to use keywords. See below for some suggestions.

Computer crimes	Computer networks — Security measures	Computer security
Data encryption (Computer science)	Firewalls (computer security)	Internet fraud
Internet – Security measures	Information technology – Singapore	Network security

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Finding Articles Online

Finding Articles Online

The articles inside magazines, journals & periodicals are very useful sources of information. Articles are different from books because:

• they are much more up-to-date
• they are shorter (less to read!)
• they concentrate on topics or specific aspects of topics
• there are many articles being published all the time so you have more choice.

The library catalogue, OPAC, does NOT tell you what articles the Library has, only which journals or periodicals, so the easiest way to find articles is to use the online databases.

• Academic Search Premier

• Computer Source

• ProQuest Science Journals

Newspaper Articles

Newspaper articles are also very useful sources of information, and can be found in the LexisNexis Academic and the Factiva databases.

• Factiva (Dow Jones)

• LexisNexis Academic

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Click here for a list of all the databases subscribed to by TP Library.

Recommended Websites

Recommended Websites

Broadband Reports - billed as "the largest online community based on interest in consumer broadband (and related) information, news and tools".

Security4Web - provides information on all kinds of online security-related information from credit card fraud and identity theft to spam prevention.

Stay Safe Online - provides non-technical information on cyber security and safety for the public as well as for educators.

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