ELECTRONIC RESOURCE CENTER & LIBRARY ACCESS

As part of its effort to provide instruction using the latest internet technologies, the university has established a web-based Electronic Resource Center, a digital research facility, to provide students with the opportunity to make maximum use of the virtually limitless resources available on the internet. The university has an onsite library with collection including but not limited to Business, Computer Science and Engineering, General Education, etc. Students also have access to major professional journals and mass media publications such as ProQuest, IEEE, and ACM. The University library serves its faculty and students at no cost. Students are expected to follow the library policy to check out books or use university's resources. Our library has a few thousand books. Students and faculty can log into our network at no cost.
Library Hours:
Monday through Friday: 11:00 am to 7:00 pm.
Saturday: 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.
The Librarian is available from 2:00 pm-7:00 pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. On other days, the librarian assistant is available for general questions and assistance. If further assistance is needed, the librarian is available by phone and e-mail when he is not on campus.
Reference Desk Hours:
Monday through Friday: 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm.

Laboratory Facilities & Access
The university's class room and research facilities are equipped the state-of-the-art computer systems, computer network infrastructure and high speed internet access. The campus deploys LAN access in each computer lab and classroom. The campus is also equipped with a wireless LAN. The campus data center is equipped with high-capacity ORACLE Real Application Clusters Database servers, Cadence Electronic Design tool servers, a DHCP server, a DNS server, mail and web servers. Silicon Valley University also join Apple iTunes U program to be able to offer online class material for allowing students to download streaming video and documents to its PCs, Laptop or mobile device/equipment. Silicon Valley University subscribe Microsoft MSDN Academic Alliance membership to make the latest Microsoft software available in labs, classroom. Microsoft MSDNAA program offers Microsoft developer tools for science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Departments, including the up-to-date 2 Visual Studio, Windows Operating Systems, Windows Server, .NET Framework, Compute cluster server, SQL server, Mobile SDK and more then 300 tools. In addition to Microsoft Windows system, Linux/Unix systems are also provided to students in each lab.
Computer Aided Electronic Design Lab Resources
Silicon Valley University provides Cadence computeraided electronic design tools to students and faculty. Cadence tools offer proven solutions for every aspect of electronic design. Leading semiconductor, computer systems, communications equipment, and consumer electronics companies around the world rely on Cadence tools to design their products. Cadence design package includes System-level design bundle, Design and verification bundle, Custom integrated circuits bundle, Deep submicron bundle, PCB systems bundle, which is sufficient for chip-level and boardlevel design.
Data Communication/ Telecommunication Lab Resources
Silicon Valley University offers a state-of-the-art lab equipped with Cisco routers, Cisco 3560 switches, Linksys wireless routers, Apple Computer wireless routers, VPN remote access servers, Oracle RAC Database servers. Students can access these resources from home or any onsite networked workstation to configure or control this equipment. Students can access these resources from any onsite networked workstation to learn how to use these latest tools for course work.