Literature

There are many bibliographic sources available on the WWW, but the following I find indispensable.  

• Computer Science Bibliographies - This is a collection of over 700,000 references to papers and technical reports in Computer Science, beneath a sophisticated search engine. While there is much duplication, this is my first stop whenever I need to look something up. The primary site is http://liinwww.ira.uka.de/bibliography/index.html, although several mirror sites are in operation around the world. All references are provided in bibtex format.
• Joel Seiferas' paper.lst - References to over 55,000 papers and technical reports (at last count), mostly on algorithms and related areas of theoretical computer science. Each paper is reduced to a one-line format, which I find easy to grep through. It is available by anonymous ftp from ftp.cs.rochester.edu in /pub/u/joel, and a copy is included on the enclosed CD-ROM. Strongly recommended.
• Geom.bib - The complete bibliography on anything related to computational geometry, it references over 8,000 books, papers, and reports and includes detailed abstracts for many of them. Grep-ing through geom.bib is an amazingly efficient way to find out about previous work without leaving your office. It is available via anonymous ftp from ftp.cs.usask.ca, in file pub/geometry/geombib.tar.Z, and a copy is included on the enclosed CD-ROM.  
• Usenet FAQ files - The straightest, most accurate dope about any topic is likely to be had in a USENET frequently asked questions (FAQ) file. Dedicated volunteers maintain FAQ files for many USENET newsgroups, many of which are quite detailed, and which always emphasize other on-line resources. Excellent FAQ files on algorithm-related topics such as cryptography, linear programming, and data compression are currently available. A collection of current FAQ files is maintained at ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers.