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Welcome to the Computing & Engineering subject guide

Hopefully you will find this guide useful for finding information for your studies. You can book an appointment with me or email, using the details across the page.

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Mobile apps

As a student at the university you are entitled to download the LinkedIn Learning and O'Reilly Learning mobile apps as well as accessing the web versions. The mobile apps will help you access these key sources, to download content, and access content off-line. Many key texts are available via O'Reilly Learning.

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DOWNLOAD THE LINKEDIN LEARNING APP : GOOGLE PLAY | APP STORE

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Key sources

O'Reilly Learning
The new home for Safari books and videos!
Over 35K book titles plus 30K+ hours of video, proven learning paths, case studies, interactive tutorials, audio books, and videos from O’Reilly’s global conferences. The new intuitive and responsive interface works on any screen size so you can access information on the mobile app - anywhere, anytime - online or offline.
LinkedIn Learning
A huge range of video tutorials supporting learning in software, technology, creative and business skills – all free to University of Westminster staff and currently enrolled students.

On LinkedIn Learning you will find video courses on topics such as: Cloud Computing, Game Design, Network and System Administration, Web Development, Security, IT security careers, Software Development, Programming Foundations, Programming Languages, Mobile Development, Business Intelligence, Data Science, Database Management.

IEEE Xplore
Over 3 million documents from IEEE/IET Electronic Library, including transactions, journals, conference proceedings , standards; IBM Journal of Research and Development and VDE VERLAG Conference Proceedings, plus over 1,500 E-books from IEEE-Wiley, MIT Press and Morgan& Claypool (C6). Covers topics in electrical and electronics engineering, computer science, biomedical engineering, medical imaging and other technology-related fields.
ACM Digital Library
Over 100 e-journals and conference proceedings about computing, published by the Association for Computing Machinery.

More sources

LinkedIn Mobile app login

The LinkedIn Learning app is available for free from the App Store or Google Play. As well as providing you with an interface optimised for mobile devices, the app allows you to download courses to watch offline.

To use the app, follow these steps:

Go to the App Store (Apple) or Google Play and download the LinkedIn Learning app. Note that this is separate from the LinkedIn app
Open the app to see the sign-in options
Select "Sign in with your organization portal"
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Select "Sign in with your organization portal" again
Tap continue
You should get the University of Westminster sign in screen. Now enter your university ID (e.g. w1234567) and password and select "sign in"

O'Reilly Learning Mobile app login

The O’Reilly app is available for iOS, Android, and Amazon Fire devices. Download on the Apple App Store, Google Play, or Amazon. When it comes to signing in use your university email address and click sign in. This will then take you to the University of Westminster sign-in screen where you can enter your university username and password.