SDCC Library: Cybersecurity Defense & Analysis (CYDA): Books/E-books

Books @ SDCC Library

Use OneSearch or SDCCD Books+ to look for books in these collections:

Electronic Books:

San Diego City College Library has over 140,000 electronic books available to read online. A detailed list of e-collections is available in the guide Using e-Books.

Print Books:

San Diego City College Library has over 4500 print (hardcopy) books in its Reference Collection on the second floor and 60,000 print books in its Circulating Collection, located on the third floor.

See below for featured titles!

Electronic Book Collections

O'Reilly Online Learning
(ProQuest) Collection of over 50,000 e-books, 30,000 hours of video, plus audiobooks and case studies. Provides “on-demand access to a vast collection of titles (including O’Reilly books in early release), courses, videos, case studies, expert playlists, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 other publishers.” Covers business, career development, data, security, software development, web development and more! Full text. See Using E-Books: O'Reilly.

O'Reilly Apps
Get the O'Reilly app(s) for your mobile device(s) so you can view on the go!
Cybersecurity Canon Selected Titles
This curated collection of 30+ titles from Ohio State University's Cybersecurity Canon is a selection of "must-read books for all cybersecurity practitioners" that you can access through SDCC Library. (You can see reviews of each title for the entire collection here: OSU Cybersecurity Canon book reviews)

Search the SDCCD Books+ catalog for e-books on various cybersecurity topics, such as:

Calculating machines (LC classification QA75 to QA76.95)
Computer security
Computer software (LC classification QA76.75 to QA76.765)
Crimes and offenses (LC classification HV6251 to HV6773.55)
Cybersecurity
Digital forensics
Electronic computers. Computer science (LC classification QA75.5 to QA76.95)
Information technology --security measures
Malware
Network security
Penetration testing
Telecommunication, including telegraphy, telephone, radio, radar, television (LC classification TK5101 to TK6720)

Print Books

Reference Shelf: Internet Law by HW Wilson
Call Number: Circulating Collection KF390.5.C6 I58 2020
This issue of Reference Shelf explores evolving cyberlaw pertaining to such issues as data privacy, freedom of expression, intellectual property, e-commerce, and contract law. --publisher description
Cyberhate by James Bacigalupo (Editor)
Call Number: Circulating Collection KZ7177.H38 C93 2022
Cyberhate: The Far Right in the Digital Age explores how right-wing extremists operate in cyberspace by examining their propaganda, funding, subcultures, movements, offline violence, and the ideologies that drive it. --publisher description
You'll See This Message When It Is Too Late by Josephine Wolff
Call Number: Circulating Collection HV6773 .W655 2018
What we can learn from the aftermath of cybersecurity breaches and how we can do a better job protecting online data. Wolff describes a series of significant cybersecurity incidents between 2005 and 2015, mapping the entire life cycle of each breach in order to identify opportunities for defensive intervention.--publisher description

Just Browsing?

Try these call numbers and headings if you'd like to browse what's on our physical shelves. Or use the online catalog (see information box to the right).

Books you can borrow (take home), known as the Circulating Collection, are located on the third floor.

QA75.5-76.95
Electronic computers. Computer science

QA76.75-76.765
Computer software

TK5101-6720
Telecommunication.

How to Locate a Book

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