Note:

Please also have a look at the guidelines for seminars and student theses in the Software Engineering Group.

Literature search

• ACM Digital Library and Guide to Computing Literature (Fulltext, BiBTeX)
  
  

• DBLP Computer Science Bibliography (BiBTeX)
  
  

• Citeseer (BiBTeX (must be used with great care), Fulltext, Citation)
  
  

• Google Scholar (Fulltext)
  
  

• Microsoft Academic Search (Fulltext)
  
  

• Collection of computer science bibliographies (CCSB) (BiBTeX)
  
  

• DOI lookup
  
  

• Web of Science (Citation) (only from licensed IP addresses)
  
  

• Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek

Some advice to pursue a PhD project

• Advice for Finishing that Damn Ph.D. (PDF) by Daniel M. Berry
  
  

• Advice on Research and Writing 
  
  

• Advice Collection by Tao Xie and Yuan Xie, North Carolina State University

Publication venuesty

• List of Software Engineering Conferences (includes acceptance rates)

LaTeX and BiBTeX information

• LaTeX help web pages, University of Florida (LaTeX and BiBTeX, HTML)
  
  

• The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX2e (LaTeX, PDF)
  
  

• How to cite URLs in BiBTeX
  
  

• Typesetting Hints for LaTeX (in German)

Some hints for (scientific) writing

• Writing Technical Articles by Henning Schulzrinne, University of Columbia
  
  

• James G. Paradis, Vanessa Zimmerman: “The MIT Guide to Science and Engineering Communication” – 2. edition. – Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2002. ISBN 0-262-66127-6. BIS nat 397 CO 3896,2. (in particular chapters 1, 3-6, 8-9, presentations: particularly ch. 15)
  
  

• Fred D. White: “Communicating Technology: Dynamic Processes and Models for Writers” – Pearson Higher Education, 1996. ISBN 0-06-500508-2. (particularly chapters 6-7, focus on English language: chapters 8-9)

Specific English language information

•  Michael Swan: “Practical English usage”. – 2. edition. – Oxford [u.a.] : Univ. Press, 1995. ISBN 0-19-431198-8 (hb) 0-19-431197-X (pb). BIS: S ang 201 LR 4083,2,1995,2 and N ang 201 BL 4116,2,1995,2 (hints on English language use, especially for non-native speakers)
  
  

•  English proofreading services: Proof-Reading-Services.org, OnLine English, English Editing Enago, ProofreadingServices.com (30% off with HASSELBRING30)
  
  
  

Giving a talk/presentation

•     Giving a Talk by Willem Mallon
  
  

•     How to give a good research talk by Simon L. Peyton, Jones John Hughes, and John Launchbury

Reviewing a manuscript

•     Reviewing a Manuscript for Publication by Allen S. Lee
  
  

•     Alan Jay Smith, “The task of the referee,” IEEE Computer, April 1990, pp. 65-71, DOI 10.1109/2.55470 (PDF)