COMPUTER SYSTEMS RESEARCH
Background Literature Review for your project

Example computer science research areas:

Digital Library of ACM: www.acm.org, search the Digital Library for a paper of interest. I can download the pdf file and print a copy for you to read.
ScienceDirect and JSTOR from online databases, TJHSST Library (if you're using a school computer you have automatic access to these databases)
Scholar.google.com
University CS department examples

Locate a research paper(s), project(s), book(s) that are similar to your interest.
Title(s):
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Abstract(s) - describe in several sentences or detailed bullets the focus and goal(s).
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What is the analysis being done, how is the project analyzed, tested, evaluated?
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(If this fits) - What are the conclusions/results? Are there areas for continued research? (if this can be determined)
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Link to this project(s) and to the paper (if a link exists to the paper):
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(If this information is available)- What software (computer languages) was used.
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What software (computer language(s)) are you using?
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