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9. Access textbook Kuhn, Darl. 2013., Pro Oracle Database 12c Administration. Apress. James Hardiman Library

10. Access journal article LANGER, S. 2012. A Flexible Database Architecture for Mining DICOM Objects: the DICOM Data Warehouse. Journal of Digital Imaging, 25, 206-212. James Hardiman Library

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13. Databases IEEE Xplore Full-text database of technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics SCOPUS Multidisciplinary Index of scholarly and technical literature mainly in Science, Technology and Medicine Lecture Notes in Computer Science Database of lectures by experts in Computer Science Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science Database of Engineering and Computer Science e books James Hardiman Library

14. Databases Information Technology (Henry Stewart Talks) Audio slideshows on IT topics Academic Search Complete Full-text Multidisciplinary Database Business Source Complete Business related database NEXIS Database of local, national and international newspaper articles Association of Computer Machinery Journal articles published by ACM James Hardiman Library

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21. Support from the Library Email library queries to: library@nuigalway.ielibrary@nuigalway.ie Phone 091-493399 Live Chat on the library website: www.library.nuigalway.iewww.library.nuigalway.ie Contact Engineering & Informatics Subject Support team: Fiona Quinlan fiona.quinlan@nuigalway.ie 091 493945fiona.quinlan@nuigalway.ie Moya Byrne moya.byrne@nuigalway.ie 091 495917moya.byrne@nuigalway.ie Maud Conry maureen.conry@nuigalway.ie 091495917maureen.conry@nuigalway.ie Academic Writing Centre http://www.library.nuigalway.ie/awc/ James Hardiman Library