Subject Books for UGC NET Computer Science

Friends,

I found a comprehensive list of suggested books for preparing different subjects under computer Science. You may check it and even suggest me if you came across better books than I have mentioned here.

S.No.	Book Title	Author
1.	Matrices	AR Vasista
2.	Higher Engineering Maths	BS Grewal
3.	Probability and Statistics	Miller and Freund
4.	Discrete Mathematical Structures	JP Trembly and Manohar
5.	Discrete Maths	Schaum’s Series
6.	Discrete Mathematical Structures	Kolman, Busby and Ross
7.	Graph Theory	Narsingh Deo
8.	Numerical Methods	Golden Series
9.	Numerical Methods	BS Grewal
10.	Numerical Methods	SS Sastry
11.	Numerical Methods	Jain and Iyengar
12.	Discrete Mathematics	Mott, Kandel and Baker
13.	Automata	Ullman and Hopcroft
14.	Introduction to Computer Theory	Daniel Cohen 2nd Edition
15.	Theory of ComputerScience 2nd Edition	Chandrasekaran & Mishra
16.	Design Analysis of Comp. Algorithms	Aho, Hopcroft and Ullman
17.	Computer Algorithms	Horowitz and Sahni
18.	Introduction to Algorithms	Thomas Cormon, Charles Ronald
19.	Switching and Finite Automata Theory	Kohavi
20.	Digital Logic and Computer Design	Morris Mano
21.	Digital Principles and Applications	Leach and Malvino
22.	Computer System Architecture	Mano
23.	Computer Org. and Architecture	William Stallings
24.	Computer Organization	Hamacher, Vranesic &Zaky
25.	Computer Architecture and Organization	Hayes
26.	Programming Languages	Pratt and Zelkewitz
27.	Compilers	Aho, Ullman and Sethi
28.	Principles of Compiler Design	Aho and Ullman
29.	Fundamentals of Data Structures	Horowitz. Sahni
30.	Introduction to DS with Applications	Trembly and Sorenson
31.	Data Structures	Schaum Series
32.	DS and Programming in C	Kruse, Tondo and Leung
33.	C Programming	Venugopal
34.	C Programming Language	Kernighan and Ritchie
35.	System Programming	Donovan
36.	System Programming and OS	Dhamdhere
37.	Operating Systems	Dietel
38.	Operating Systems	William Stallings
39.	Operating Systems	Milan Milenkovic
40.	OS Concepts	Galvin and Silberschatz
41.	Computer Networks	Andrew Tanenbaum
42.	Data Communications	William Stallings
43.	Engg. Approach to Comp. Networks	S Keshav
44.	Introduction to Switching Theory & Logic Design	FJ Hill and Peterson
45.	Database Systems	Korth and Sudhershan
46.	Fundamentals of DBMS	Elmasri, Navathe
47.	An Introduction to DBMS	CJ Date
48.	DBMS 3rd Edition	Ramakrishnan, Gehrke
49.	An Introduction to DBMS	Bipin C Desai
50.	Multiple Choice Questions in Computer Science	Timothy J Williams

Prepare but don't stress!!

Hello All,

This post is for NET aspirants who are appearing in exam on July 10, 2016. Here I am giving some tips to those candidates who are running against time to prepare their best for this Sunday exam.

Tip #1.
Now you have less than 2 days to prepare, focus on only revision of already prepared topics. For this, solve only MCQs from various resources. Don't start reading any new topic. It is better to revise to the heart the concepts you can understand and can devote some more minutes to feel confident. Staring anything new will not help and on the contrary, will make you nervous if you find the topic difficult to understand. What will be the result? You will feel less confident. Staying confident plays a vital role in your final day performance. If you are confident you may even make a good guess for a question you didn't understand well. However, if you are nervous, you are bound to make silly mistakes like shading the wrong oval of the question you knew the answer (this is my personal experience :-)) or thinking too hard on a simple question.

Tip #2.
If you feel you are not well prepared, don't get any stress. Just do as told in first tip, revise only. Getting stress never helps. It drains your energy and affects your concentration levels. Stay relaxed. If you are lucky, you may get most of the questions from your prepared topics. If not, then give yourself 6 more months to prepare and prepare better. There is no limit on no. of attempts.

Tip #3.
Don't lose your sleep because you could not study well in last few days or weeks due to some personal or family problems (or due to any other reason). If you think you can cover up for the lost time by sleeping less or by studying more than your body allows you then sorry. Studying more than you can will actually exhaust you. NET preparation is not a one-day wonder. It takes planning and patience (I have talked a lot about it my previous posts). Give yourself another shot (Come next exam!)

In this post, I do not mean to underestimate the value of hard work and never want you to postpone your success. I simply want to stress on the fact that getting stressed will not help. It is human tendency to go slow in the beginning and going haste in the last hours. Get out of this habit and make a schedule and plan for clearing the NET exam and devote good time daily for 5-6 months to study.
Daily watering of plants in moderate amount is better than throwing bucketful water once a week. Similarly, relaxed daily study is better than overly stretched study for a few days only.

Best of luck!!