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STRUCTURED COBOL PROGRAMMING: For the Year 2000 and Beyond, 9th Ed.
by Nancy B. Stern, Robert A. M. Stern . . . current CIS133C class text
Exploring IBM S/390 Computers
by Jim Hoskins, George Coleman, Jim Fletcher . . . this may prove helpful
COBOL for OS/390 Power Programming with Complete Year 2000 Section
by David S. Kirk . . . I like this book, it has many examples with explanations
COBOL for Dummies (For Dummies) by Arthur Griffith . . .
there have been students who thought this a worthwhile book
Structured COBOL : First Course by M. B. Khan . . . old class textbook
Teach Yourself COBOL in 21 Days by Mo Budlong . . .
I don't know anything about this book but it looks interesting however don't use it for my class
Structured Ans COBOL, Part 1 : A Course for Novices Using a Subset of 1974 and 1985 Ans Cobol
by Mike Murach . . . recommended by J. Scott Elmendorf
Structured Ans COBOL, Part 2 : An advanced course using 1974 or 1985 ANS COBOL
by Mike Murach . . . recommended by J. Scott Elmendorf
VS COBOL II: A guide for programmers & managers
by Anne Prince . . . recommended by J. Scott Elmendorf
DB2 for the COBOL programmer - Part 1: An Introductory Course by Steve Eckols . . . (JSE)
DB2 for the COBOL programmer - Part 2: An Advance Course by Steve Eckols . . . (JSE)
VSAM for the COBOL Programmer 2nd Ed. by Doug Lowe . . . (JSE)
CICS for the COBOL programmer - Part 1: An Introductory Course 2nd Ed. by Doug Lowe . . . (JSE)
CICS for the COBOL programmer - Part 2: An Advance Course 2nd Ed. by Doug Lowe . . . (JSE)
Structured Cobol Fundamentals and Style Fourth edition by Welburn Price . . . another old text
MASTERING THE AS/400: A Practical, Hands-On Guide
by Jerry Fottral . . . helpful for the computer at PCC
Vm/Cms : Xedit Commands and Features by Steve Eckols . . . (JSE)
CICS/VS Command Level with ANS COBOL Examples by A. Lim . . . (JSE)
MVS Assembler Language by Kevin McQuillen Anne Prince . . . (JSE)
MVS JCL 2nd Ed. by Doug Lowe . . . (JSE)
MVS TSO - Part 1: Concepts and ISPF 2nd Ed. by Doug Lowe . . . (JSE)
MVS TSO - Part 2: Commands and Procedures (CLIST and REXX)2nd Ed. by Doug Lowe . . . (JSE)
Understanding the New SQL: A Complete Guide
by Jim Melton and Alan R. Simon . . . contains much information about DB2 and SQL
Joe Celko's Sql for Smarties : Advanced Sql Programming (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)
by Joe Celko . . . this book gets good reviews and is for advanced SQL programmers
Joe Celko's Sql Puzzles & Answers
by Joe Celko . . . looks like interesting stuff for those of us who don't have a life
VSAM; Access Method Services and application programming
by Doug Lowe . . . (JSE)
TCP/IP Tutorial and technical Overview 6th edition by Murhammer Atakan Bretz
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