Network and Communications Management
Listed below are the broad categories of sources available for telecommunications research.  All are available in the library; many are available from any computer with World Wide Web access.

Definitions and Background
Current Information/Periodicals
Books
Business/Industry/Organizations
Specialized Telecommunications Reference Sites
Internet

• Telecommunications Dictionaries

The library has many telecommunications dictionaries. These are used to define terms.  Most are located in our Reference Section and will be found between the call numbers TK 5101 and TK 6720.  Some examples are:
• The Data & Telecommunications Dictionary    Ref TK 5102 .P48 1999
• The Telecommunications Glossary of Telecommunication Terms  Ref TK 5102 .T45 1997

 
• Telecommunications Encyclopedias

The library also has several telecommunications encyclopedias.  These may be used to find more comprehensive or more detailed information on a topic.  Generally, these books will be found in the reference section between the call numbers TK 5101 and TK 6720.  Some examples are:
• The Desktop Encyclopedia of Telecommunications   Ref TK 5102 .M85 1998
• The Desktop Encyclopedia of Voice and Data Networking  Ref TK 5102 .M853 2000

 
• Telecommunications Handbooks

The library has many Telecommunications Handbooks on its reference shelves.  These may be found between the call numbers TK 5101 and TK 6720.  Handbooks usually have information relevant both to the novice and the expert.  Some examples are:
• The Telecommunications Transmission Handbook   Ref TK 5101 .F66 1998
• The Handbook of Fiber Optic Data Communication   Ref TK 5103.59 .H3515 1998
• The Communications Systems Management Handbook   Ref TK 5102.5 .C6323 2000
• Signal Processing for Mobile Communications Handbook  Ref TK 5102.9 .S5427 2005

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ProQuest Databases  
The DeVry Kansas City library subscribes to the following databases from this vendor: (These links are designed to work only from an on-campus computer.  Please access remotely through the link on your student e-mail account.)

          Computing Index
          Top computing journals in full-text for research on subjects such as database
          design, software development, web commerce, LANs, WANs, Intranets,
          the Internet.

          Telecommunications
          Full-text for top telecommunications industry publications. Includes
          magazines, journals and newsletters for the latest in this fast changing industry.

Print Journals
Most of the journals in the ProQuest database are available in full text on the screen and can be printed or emailed.  If the journal article you want is NOT available in full text, check the periodicals list to see if the library subscribes to the journal you need in print form.

Online Periodicals (Zines)
See if our web page covers online periodicals in your field.

Books
Sometimes the information required can only be found in a book.  Books can be found by browsing and/or by using our WebVoyage Catalog.

• The James E. Lovan Library uses the Library of Congress Classification System to arrange our holdings.  This system brings books together according to their subject matter. Below are some areas of interest in Telecommunications.  Feel free to browse our shelves in the following areas.

• HE 7601- HE 8700.9  Telecommunications Industry.
• HE 8701- HE 9680.7  Telephone Industry
• HE 9713- HE 9715   Wireless Telephone Industry
• HE 9719- HE 9721  Artificial Satellite Communications
• TK 5101 to TK 6720  Telecommunications (technical information)
• TK 5105.875 I.57  Internet
• Z 699  Information Storage and Retrieval

 
• If you have a particular subject in mind, see if the DeVry Kansas City library has books on this topic by using the WebVoyage catalog.  Before searching for a subject, be sure to limit the search to Kansas City.  See the local instructions on how to best use WebVoyage.

 
• If you can not find the item you need, try netLibrary,  the DeVry Institute's online library. This is a collection of over 3000 ebooks covering a wide area of topics.  This resource may be used anywhere after an account is created using an on-campus computer.

• If the Kansas City DeVry Library does not have the book, search the online catalogs of libraries in the immediate area.

• As a last resort, use the WebVoyage catalog to see if another DeVry campus has the book.  It can take several weeks to obtain a book from another campus, so only use this option if plenty of time is available. 

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Business/Industry/Organizations/Product Research
Often times information on a telecommunications topic can be located through business, industry, or organizational web sites.

• There is useful business and professional society information available through business information databases like Hoover's Online. To obtain all information available to subscription members, it must be searched  from campus computers.   A limited amount of information is available at this site for free from non-campus computers. TIP:  Make sure you search the following fields  All Directories; Site Search; News.

 
• Hoover's Telecommunications Sector Overview will allow you to find major telecommunication companies yb industry groups, provide an overview of the area, and recent news.

• Office of Telecommunications in the U.S. Department of Commerce  This site has many links to telecommunications associations, events, and publications.

 
• TradePort Telecommunications Industry Library  This site offers links to telecommunications associations.  For national telecommunications reports, search their Country Library.

 
• Faulkner's FACCTS database contains more than a dozen report types and original publications.  They are organized, prepared, and written by IT and communications professionals.  The data is most commonly used for tracking technology advancements, strategic planning, competitive analysis, market awareness, product implementation support, and product and vendor evaluation and training.  

No password is needed from on-campus computers.  To use the service from off-campus, you will need a User ID and Password.  Pick up a Passwords Handout in the library, or from an on-campus computer see the Intranet.

• Telecommunications Resources on the Internet  is a topical directory of web sites related to all facets of telecommunications.  This source indexes pre-selected, high quality web sites in the field. Caution, the top of the page promotes the print version; lower the page to discover the links.
   

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• For those of you who want to go the extra mile and do a general search of the Internet, we recommend the Dogpile search engine.  This engine searches many search engines and puts the "hits" into folders by subject.  That way, even if you get thousands of hits, you can easily pull out the most relevant.  

• As you browse internet sites, be careful to evaluate the authoritativeness and credibility of each site rather than assuming that if it is published on the web, it must be accurate.  See the guide to Evaluation of Web Resources to find checklists and tutorials on how to evaluate a site for research purposes.