Showing posts with label reference works. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reference works. Show all posts

Monday, 24 January 2011

Jonathan Ross embarrassed by poor research

We all use Wikipedia for research, but as this video clip illustrates, you should always verify the information with more authoritative sources.




Further reading

'Evaluating information' in the information skills section of the Library webpages.

Wednesday, 21 July 2010

New ebooks for digital imaging

The following ebooks have recently been added to the collection:

Davies, A. (2005). The Focal digital imaging A-Z, 2nd ed. Focal Press.

Easton, R. L. Jr. (2010). Fourier methods in imaging. John Wiley & Sons.

Galer, M. and Horvat, L. (2005). Digital imaging, 3rd ed. Focal Press.

Jacobson, R. E. et al (2000). The manual of photography: photographic and digital imaging, 9th ed. Focal Press.

Russ, J. C. (2008). The image processing handbook, 5th ed. CRC Press.


Other ebooks in the collection that are relevant to digital imaging include the following:

Bovik, A., ed. (2009). The essential guide to image processing, 2nd ed. Academic Press.

Keelan, B. W. (2002). Handbook of image quality: characterization and prediction. Marcel Dekker.

Rees, M. R., ed. (2007). Focal encyclopedia of photography: digital imaging, theory and applications, history, and science, 4th ed. Focal Press.

Nixon, M. S. and Aguado, A. S. (2008). Feature extraction and image processing, 2nd ed. Academic Press.