Most used items under SK (computing) in the University library, sorted by the number of uses per copy, August 2001-March 2002
| First Author | Title | Edition | Date | Current Use | No of Copies | Use per Copy |
Additional Copies Ordered |
Bib No |
| Siever, Ellen | Linux in a nutshell: a desktop quick reference | 3rd | 2000 | 59 | 5 | 13.5 | 3 | 572065 |
| Somerville, Ian | Software Engineering | 6th | 2000 | 128 | 10 | 12.8 | 2 | 571429 |
| Deitel, Harvey, M 1945- | JAVA: how to program | 3rd | 1999 | 64 | 5 | 12.8 | 3 | 589497 |
| Wilkinson, Barry | The essence of digital design | 1998 | 38 | 3 | 12.6 | 576875 | ||
| Preece, Jenny | Human-computer interaction | 1994 | 122 | 10 | 12.2 | 390860 | ||
| Larman, Craig | Applying UML & patterns: an introduction to object oriented analysis & design | 1998 | 83 | 7 | 11.8 | 2 | 545847 | |
| Monk, Andrew Francis | Improving your human-computer interface: a practical technique | 1993 | 35 | 3 | 11.6 | 368044 | ||
| Mano, Moshe Morris | Digital design | 2nd | 1991 | 46 | 4 | 11.5 | 352946 | |
| Cleland, David I | Systems analysis and project management | 3rd | 1983 | 34 | 3 | 11.3 | 177892 | |
| Rumbaugh, James | The unified modeling language reference manual | 1998 | 44 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 518788 | |
| Horstmann, Cay S | Core Java 2.0 | 4th | 1999 | 77 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 565537 |
| Kelley, Al | A book on C: programming in C; | 4th | 1998 | 55 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 544363 |
| Bishop, Judith Mary | Java gently | 3rd | 2001 | 44 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 586340 |
| Newman, William M | Interactive system design | 1995 | 65 | 6 | 10.8 | 2 | 397998 | |
| Stallings, William | Computer organization & architecture: designing for performance | 5th | 2000 | 63 | 6 | 10.5 | 2 | 568414 |
| Tyrrell, Andy M | The essence of C for electronic engineers | 1999 | 73 | 7 | 10.4 | 532150 | ||
| Coulouris, George F | Distributed systems: concepts & design | 3rd | 2000 | 103 | 10 | 10.3 | 2 | 580784 |
| Shneiderman, Ben | Designing the user interface: strategies for effective human-computer interaction | 3rd | 1997 | 123 | 12 | 10.25 | 2 | 496909 |
| Norusis, Marija J | SPSS 10.0 guide to data analysis | 2000 | 30 | 3 | 10 | 584995 | ||
| Dodge, Charles | Computer music: synthesis, composition and performance | 2nd | 1997 | 30 | 3 | 10 | 525708 | |
| Burns, Alan | Real-time systems and programming languages: Ada 95, Real-Time Java and Real-Time POSIX | 3rd | 2001 | 29 | 3 | 9.6 | 3 | 586393 |
| Chivers, Ian David | Essential Linux fast | 2001 | 29 | 3 | 9.6 | 3 | 590747 | |
| Koosis, Donald J | Java programming for dummies | 3rd | 1998 | 29 | 3 | 9.6 | 3 | 541825 |
| Silberschatz, Abraham | Operating system concepts | 6th | 2002 | 76 | 8 | 9.5 | 1 | 590550 |
| Charatan, Quentin | Java the first semester | 2001 | 38 | 4 | 9.5 | 2 | 592618 | |
| Flanagan, David | Javascript: the definitive guide | 3rd | 1998 | 47 | 5 | 9.4 | 2 | 536626 |
| Martin, John Calhoun | Introduction to languages and the theory of computation | 2nd | 1997 | 55 | 6 | 9.1 | 1 | 424469 |
| Morris, Peter W G | The management of projects | 1994 | 54 | 6 | 9 | 387351 | ||
| Wright, Richard S | OpenGL superbible | 2nd | 2000 | 36 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 587307 |
| Brookshear, J Glenn | Computer science: an overview | 6th | 1999 | 62 | 7 | 8.8 | 1 | 552188 |
| Huth, Michael | Logic in computer science: modeling and reasoning about systems | 1999 | 35 | 4 | 8.7 | 2 | 553300 | |
| Stallings, William | Computer organization and architecture: designing for performance | 4th | 1996 | 26 | 3 | 8.6 | 2 | 535077 |
| Pooley, Rob | Using UML: software engineering with objects and components | 1999 | 43 | 5 | 8.6 | 2 | 531942 | |
| Hahn, Harley | Harley Hahn's student guide to Unix | 2nd | 1996 | 42 | 5 | 8.4 | 2 | 544366 |
| Barnes, John Gilbert Presslie | Programming in Ada 95 | 2nd | 1997 | 92 | 11 | 8.36 | 1 | 568415 |
| Nise, Norman S | Control systems engineering | 3rd | 2000 | 25 | 3 | 8.3 | 560644 | |
| Kopka, Helmut | A guide to LATEX: document preparation for beginners & advanced users | 3rd | 1999 | 75 | 9 | 8.3 | 1 | 544362 |
| Pesaran, M Hashem | Working with Microfit 4.0: interactive econometric analysis | 1997 | 50 | 6 | 8.3 | 575380 | ||
| Bell, Douglas | Java for students | 2nd | 1999 | 50 | 6 | 8.3 | 1 | 532752 |
| Russell, Stuart J | Artificial intelligence: a modern approach | 1995 | 57 | 7 | 8.1 | 1 | 398553 | |
| Tanebaum, Andrew S | Computer networks | 3rd | 1996 | 81 | 10 | 8.1 | 1 | 424317 |
| Schildt, Herbert | C++: the complete reference | 2nd | 1995 | 49 | 6 | 8.1 | 1 | 401911 |
| Kofler, Michael | Maple: an introduction and reference | 1997 | 39 | 5 | 7.8 | 2 | 548569 | |
| Pressman, Roger S | Software Engineering: a practitioner's approach | 5th | 2000 | 38 | 5 | 7.6 | 2 | 568420 |
| Tanebaum, Andrew S | Structured computer organization | 4th | 1999 | 45 | 6 | 7.5 | 1 | 544251 |
| Englander, Irv | The architecture of computer hardware & systems software, an information technology approach | 1996 | 45 | 6 | 7.5 | 1 | 503296 | |
| Bailey, Duane A | Java elements: principles of programming in Java | 2000 | 30 | 4 | 7.5 | 2 | 595363 | |
| Weiss, Mark Allen | Data structures & algorithm analysis in ADA | 1993 | 75 | 10 | 7.5 | 368045 | ||
| Thewlis, P J | From logic to computers | 1983 | 30 | 4 | 7.5 | 172295 | ||
| Dean, Neville | The essence of discrete mathematics | 1997 | 45 | 6 | 7.5 | 1 | 575022 | |
| Flynn, Ida M | Understanding operating systems | 3rd | 2001 | 45 | 6 | 7.5 | 1 | 589580 |
| Skansholm, Jan | Ada 95 from the beginning | 3rd | 1997 | 52 | 7 | 7.4 | 1 | 498866 |
| Kotonya, Gerald | Requirements engineering: processes and techniques | 1998 | 44 | 6 | 7.3 | 1 | 526011 | |
| McLaughlin, Brett | Java and XML | 2000 | 29 | 4 | 7.25 | 2 | 580646 | |
| Flanagan, David | JAVA in a nutshell: a desktop quick reference | 2nd | 1997 | 36 | 5 | 7.2 | 1 | 526309 |
| Fowler, Martin | UML distilled: a brief guide to the standard object modeling language | 2nd | 2000 | 50 | 7 | 7.1 | 1 | 589578 |
| Goossens, Michel | The LATEX companion | 1994 | 50 | 7 | 7.1 | 1 | 385084 | |
| Hofmeister, Christine | Applied software architecture | 2000 | 35 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 557297 | |
| Wall, Larry | Programming Perl | 3rd | 2000 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 567475 |
| Dix, Alan John | Human-computer interaction | 2nd | 1998 | 70 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 516617 |
| Smith, Michael | Java: an object-oriented language | 1999 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 545625 | |
| McKenna, Eugene F | Business psychology and organizational behavior: a student's handbook | 3rd | 2000 | 27 | 4 | 6.7 | 563651 | |
| Bryman, Alan | Quantitative data analysis with SPSS release 10 for Windows: a guide for social scientists | Comp updated | 2001 | 27 | 4 | 6.7 | 594141 | |
| Cowell, John | Essential Java 2 fast: how to develop application and applets with Java 2 | 1999 | 26 | 4 | 6.5 | 1 | 545726 | |
| Bishop, Christopher M | Neural networks for pattern recognition | 1995 | 52 | 8 | 6.5 | 412499 | ||
| Schwartz, Randal L | Learning Perl | 2nd | 1997 | 32 | 5 | 6.4 | 1 | 546068 |
| Jackson, Jerry R | Java 1.2 by example | 3rd | 1999 | 32 | 5 | 6.4 | 1 | 533969 |
| Kinnear, Paul R | SPSS for Windows made simple: release 10 | 2000 | 31 | 5 | 6.2 | 574971 | ||
| Liberty, Jesse | Sams teach yourself C++ for Linux in twenty one days | 2000 | 31 | 5 | 6.2 | 1 | 590081 | |
| Haykin, Simon Saher | Neural networks: a comprehensive foundation | 2nd | 1999 | 37 | 6 | 6.1 | 597296 | |
| Peterson, Larry L | Computer networks: a systems approach | 1996 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 486122 | |
| Schneier, Bruce | Applied cryptography: protocols, algorithms and source code in C | 2nd | 1996 | 29 | 5 | 5.8 | 409006 | |
| Date, Christophre J | An introduction to database systems | 7th | 2000 | 29 | 5 | 5.8 | 554000 | |
| Thompson, Simon | Haskell: the craft of functional programming | 2nd | 1999 | 35 | 6 | 5.8 | 544250 | |
| Mitchell, Tom Michael | Machine learning | 1997 | 40 | 7 | 5.7 | 509018 | ||
| Burrough, Peter A | Principles of geographical information systems | 2nd | 1998 | 57 | 10 | 5.7 | 526193 | |
| Roth, Charles H | Digital systems design using VHDL | 1998 | 28 | 5 | 5.6 | 516607 | ||
| Gonzalez, Rafael C | Digital image processing | 3rd | 1992 | 28 | 5 | 5.6 | 392447 | |
| Sommerville, Ian | Requirements engineering: a good practice guide | 1997 | 28 | 5 | 5.6 | 478929 | ||
| Tanebaum, Andrew S | Modern operating systems | 2nd | 2001 | 28 | 5 | 5.6 | 587552 | |
| Gazdar, Gerald | Natural language processing in Prolog: an introduction to computational linguistics | 1989 | 33 | 6 | 5.5 | 308616 | ||
| Schildt, Herbert | C++ from the ground up | 1994 | 44 | 8 | 5.5 | 401916 | ||
| Hahn, Harley | A student's guide to Unix | 1993 | 32 | 6 | 5.3 | 367454 | ||
| Carter, John | Database design and programming with access, SQL and visual basic | 2000 | 32 | 6 | 5.3 | 590527 | ||
| Sterling, Leon | The art of Prolog: advanced programming techniques | 2nd | 1994 | 26 | 5 | 5.2 | 388214 | |
| Kernighan, Brian W | The C programming language | 2nd | 1988 | 37 | 7 | 5.2 | 300100 | |
| Linz, Peter | An introduction to formal languages & automata | 3rd | 2001 | 26 | 5 | 5.2 | 590559 | |
| Davies, Paul J | The indispensable guide to C with engineering applications | 1995 | 31 | 6 | 5.1 | 488394 | ||
| Stevens, W Richard | TCP/IP illustrated | c1994-c1996 | 36 | 7 | 5.1 | 599448 | ||
| *** | The student edition of MATLAB: version 4: user's guide | 1995 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 483357 | ||
| Hertz, John | Introduction to the theory of neural computation | 1991 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 347923 | ||
| Gaonkar, Ramesh S | The Z80 microprocessor: architecture, interfacing, programming and design | 3rd | 2001 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 598478 | |
| Pfleeger, Charles P | Security in computing | 2nd | 1997 | 29 | 6 | 4.8 | 487739 | |
| Naughton, Patrick | The Java handbook | 1996 | 34 | 7 | 4.8 | 415766 | ||
| Elmasri, Ramez A | Fundamentals of database systems | 3rd | 1999 | 28 | 6 | 4.6 | 544367 | |
| Doornik, Jurgen A | PcGive 10 | 3rd | 2001 | 28 | 6 | 4.6 | 592098 | |
| Bishop, Judith Mary | Java gently | 2nd | 1998 | 36 | 8 | 4.5 | 526030 | |
| Burns, Alan | Real-time systems and programming languages | 2nd | 1997 | 26 | 6 | 4.3 | 449019 | |
| Gajski, Daniel D | Principles of digital design | 1997 | 46 | 11 | 4.1 | 488392 | ||
| Nise, Norman S | Control systems engineering | 2nd | 1995 | 35 | 9 | 3.8 | 412902 | |
| Kelley, Al | A book on C: programming in C; | 3rd | 1995 | 25 | 7 | 3.5 | 404923 | |
| Rumbaugh, James | Object-oriented modeling and design | 1991 | 27 | 8 | 3.3 | 357256 | ||
| Bruce, Nicola | SPSS for psychologists: a guide to data analysis using SPSS for windows (versions 8, 9 and 10) | 2000 | 27 | 8 | 3.3 | 536561 | ||
| Sommerville, Ian | Software engineering | 5th | 1995 | 32 | 12 | 2.6 | 496886 |