ELEC 470/670:
Communication and Information Systems

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The following is a list of books on communication systems and theory that will be placed on reserve in the library. These books are good sources of practice problems and alternative explanations of concepts. Reserve books may be checked out for up to three hours and may not be kept overnight.

To check out a reserve book, go to the circulation desk in the library, and tell the attendant that you would like to check out reserve material for ELEC 470. You will need to provide the author's name or the title of the book you want. You may check out one book at a time.

Note: The reserve request for the following books was submitted on Sept. 29.

• S. S. Haykin, Communication Systems, 2nd ed., New York: Wiley, 1983.
  Call number: TK5101.H37 1983
• M. S. Roden, Analog and Digital Communication Systems, 4th ed., Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, 1996.
  Call number: TK5105.R64 1996
• F. G. Stremler, Introduction to Communication Systems, 3rd ed., Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 1990.
  Call number: TK5103.S74 1990

Supplemental Textbook

The following textbook is recommended as a resource for practice problems and as a concise reference for most of the topics covered in ELEC 470. It is not available on reserve in the library, but it is not very expensive:

Hwei P. Hsu, Schaum's Outlines: Analog and Digital Communications, 2nd ed., McGraw-Hill, 2002. ISBN 9780071402286.