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Library Catalog

Find Print Books & DVDs in the NCWU Library Catalog

Selected Print Books

Introduction to Computation and Programming Using Python by John V. Guttag
Call Number: 005.13 G985i 2021
Publication Date: 2021
JavaScript: Absolute Beginner's Guide by Kirupa Chinnathambi
Call Number: 005.2 C539j 2020
Publication Date: 2020
Linux Bible by Christopher Negus
Call Number: 005.4 N394L 2020
Publication Date: 2020
Murach's MySQL by Joel Murach
Call Number: 005.758 M972m 2019
Publication Date: 2019

Freely Available eBooks

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eBook Resources

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CREDO Reference This link opens in a new window
Online reference library with 750+ reference eBooks
Home Grown eBooks Collection This link opens in a new window
An eBook collection of more than 1,200 fiction and nonfiction titles from eight North Carolina publishers.
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Straightforward and authoritative eBooks on consumer health topics.

Selected eBooks

Conquering the Electron by Derek T. Cheung; Eric Brach
Publication Date: 2020
Data Structures and Program Design Using C++ by D. Malhotra; N. Malhotra
Publication Date: 2019
Python Machine Learning by Wei-Meng Lee
Publication Date: 2019

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