resources

textbook

• The Algorithm Design Manual, 2nd Edition, by Steven Skiena
• the book's website
• videos and slides, also on youtube
• Skiena's site at Stonybrook
• his algorithms course

other books

• Problem Solving with Algorithms and Data Structures using Python (introductory level)
• Algorithms, by Jeff Erikson (online free book ; somewhat advanced)
• Building Blocks for Theoretical Computer Science (related math ; fairly intro level)
• Math for CS (MIT open course ; thorough)
• Open Data Structures (open content textbook ; intro level)
• Data Structures and Algorithms: Annotated Reference with Examples, by Granville Barnett and Luca Del Tongo (pdf textbook)

background

• learn enough command line to be dangerous
• learn enough text editor to be dangerous
• tools - editors, compilers, etc

misc

• Copyright and Plagiarism
• Marlboro academics | governance | knowledge base | directory
• wikipedia computer science - areas of study with descriptions
• These wiki pages allow math formulas like $\left( \sum\limits_{i=1}^\infty \frac{1}{i} \right)$ in LaTeX via MathJax.