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COBOL Books

 

Here are a list of COBOL books, including books on structured COBOL programming, COBOL for the 21st Century, CICS, database management, java, COBOL .net, and other COBOL books and technology. You can learn COBOL and and other technolgy.
 
CICS Books
COBOL Books - General
COBOL Books - Object Oriented
COBOL Books - Vendor Specific
Database Books
Java Books
.Net Books
Other
 

CICS Books

 > CICS Command Level Programming (Wiley Professional Computing)
Alida M. Jatich, July 1991
 > CICS for the COBOL Programmer: An Introductory Course
Doug Lowe, July 1992
 > CICS for the COBOL Programmer, Part 2: An Advanced Course
Doug Lowe, October 1992
 > CICS: Mastering Command Level Coding Using COBOL Programming
Lois Boslund, January 1986
 > CICS/VS Command Level With ANS COBOL Examples
Pacifico A. Lim, March 1987
 > Designing and Programming CICS Applications
John Horswill; Sue Miller, July 2000
 > Murach's CICS Desk Reference
Raul Menendez; Doug Lowe, September 2002
 > Murach's CICS for the COBOL Programmer
Raul Menendez; Doug Lowe, January 15, 2001
 > On-Line Systems Design and Implementation (Using ANS COBOL and Command Level CICS)
Charles J. Kacmar, May 1984
 > The CICS Programmer's Desk Reference
Doug Lowe, December 1992

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COBOL Books - General

 > The POWER of COBOL for systems developers in the 21st century
Rui Bivar de Oliveira, October 12, 2006
 > Advanced Structured COBOL Prog Design
Gary B. Shelly, December 1998
 > Analyse Any Program Dump Easily
Bharat Kooverjee, 2005
 > Application Programming Using COBOL
Teglovic; Kenneth D. Douglas, November 1994
 > Business Programming Logic (4th Edition)
Jay Singelmann, April 6, 1990
 > COBOL
George Jackson, March 1982
 > COBOL by Command
Bernard Liengme, January 15, 1996
 > COBOL for Dummies
Arthur Griffith; Hodesm, October 30, 1997
 > COBOL for Dummies Quick Reference
John W. Fronckowiak, December 18, 1997
 > COBOL for Students
Andrew Parkin; Richard Yorke, December 1, 1995
 > COBOL for the 21st Century
Nancy Stern; Robert A. Stern; James P. Ley
 > COBOL for the 21st Century, 10th Edition
Nancy Stern; Robert A. Stern; James P. Ley
 > COBOL for the 21st Century, Microfocus Netexpress Version 4.0
Nancy Stern; Robert A. Stern; James P. Ley
 > COBOL for the 80's
J. Wayne Spence, January 1999
 > COBOL 85 for Programmers
Donald F. Nelson, December 1988
 > COBOL, from Micro to Mainframe
Robert T. Grauer; Carol Vasquez Villar; Arthur R. Buss, August 1999
 > COBOL Programming: A Structured Approach
Peter Abel, November 1988
 > COBOL Programming Problems and Solutions
M Roy, June 1987
 > COBOL: Structured Programming Techniques for Solving Problems
George C. Fowler, January 1996
 > COBOL Unleashed
Jon Wessler, September 1998
 > COBOL 85 standard
Jim Inglis, May 3, 2000
 > Comprehensive COBOL
Andrew S. Philippakis; Leonard J. Kazmier; Andreas S. Philippakis, January 1991
 > Contemporary COBOL
George W. Woolley, January 1971
 > Effective Use of ANS COBOL Computer Programming Language
Laurence S. Cohn, June 1975
 > Introduction to COBOL: A Guide to Modular Structured Programming
David M. Collopy, September 28, 1999
 > Introduction to Computer Programming: Structured COBOL (With Charts)
Gary B. Shelly, December 1998
 > Learning to Program in Structured COBOL/Parts 1 & 2
Edward Yourdon, June 1979
 > Learning to Program in Structured COBOL, Part 2
Timothy R. Lister; Edward Yourdon, June 1978
 > Mastering COBOL
Andrea Bonner; Rex Woollard, December 1997
 > Mastering COBOL
Carol Baroudi, February 2, 1999
 > Methodical Programming in COBOL
Ray Welland, January 1983
 > Moving from COBOL to C
Mo Budlong, June 1993
 > Murach's Structured COBOL
Mike Murach; Anne Prince; Raul Menendez, October 2000
 > OS Debugging for the COBOL Programmer
Wayne Clary, June 1981
 > Programmer en COBOL ANS 85
Nino Silverio, October 18, 2000
 > Revolutionary Guide to COBOL With Compiler
Yevesi Handel, October 1, 1993
 > Sams Teach Yourself COBOL in 21 Days (3rd Edition)
Mo Budlong, October 22, 1999
 > Sams Teach Yourself COBOL in 24 Hours
Thane Hubbell, November 28, 1998
 > Simplified COBOL
Willy Wilborn; Willie J. Wilborn, September 15, 2000
 > Structured COBOL
Tyler Welburn; Wilson Price, December 1, 1994
 > Structured COBOL
Gerard A. Paquette, June 1994
 > Structured COBOL : A Direct Approach
Rina Yarmish; Gerald Wohl, December 10, 1992
 > Structured COBOL for Technical Students
Dwight Watt, July 30, 1997
 > Structured COBOL Programming
Robert T. Grauer, March 8, 1985
 > Structured COBOL Programming: For the Year 2000 and Beyond, 9th Edition
Nancy B. Stern; Robert A. Stern, July 23, 1999
 > Structured COBOL Programming, Second Edition
Gary B. Shelly; Thomas J. Cashman; Roy O. Foreman, November 18, 1999
 > Teach Yourself COBOL in 21 Days
Mo Budlong, September 1997
 > The Structured Coboler's Guide
Thayne A. Shank, June 1984
 > Understanding COBOL
Richard Peddicord, June 1982
 > Understanding Structured COBOL
Mona Boillot; Michel Boillot, January 1999

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COBOL Books - Object Oriented

 > An Introduction to Object COBOL
E. Reed Doke; Bill C. Hardgrave, October 10, 1997
 > Advanced COBOL for Structured and Object-Oriented Programming, 3rd Edition
Gary DeWard Brown, November 23, 1998
 > From COBOL to OOP
Markus Knasmller, September 2003
 > IBM Visualage for COBOL for OS/2 Object: Oriented Programming
IBM Redbooks, January 1996
 > Object Orientation: An Introduction for COBOL Programmers
Raymond Obin, May 1995
 > Object-Oriented COBOL
Edmund C. Arranga, May 17, 1996
 > Standard Object-Oriented COBOL
Ned Chapin, November 1996

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COBOL Books - Vendor Specific

 > Advanced ANSI COBOL With Structured Programming: For VS COBOL II and Microsoft Micro Focus COBOL
Gary Deward Brown, January 1992
 > Client/Server Implementation Using Txseries, UDB, and Visualage COBOL on Windows NT
IBM Redbooks, June 1999
 > COBOL: From Micro to Mainframe: Fujitsu Version (3rd Edition)
Robert T. Grauer, December 22, 1999
 > COBOL II: Programming Techniques, Efficiency Considerations, Debugging Techniques (IBM McGraw-Hill Series)
Harvey Bookman, 1990
 > COBOL 9e Update W/Getting Started Manual for Fujitsu Complier Fujitsu Compiler Set
Stern, August 3, 2001
 > COBOL 9e Update with Getting Started Manual & MF Windows Compiler Set
Stern, August 3, 2001
 > Getting Started With Fujitsu 4.0 Manual
Nancy Stern; Robert A. Stern; James P. Ley, February 2004
 > Getting Started With Micro Focus
E. Reed Doke, January 2000
 > Getting Started With Micro Focus Personal COBOL 2.0
John B. Crawford, February 15, 1994
 > Getting Started With Micro Focus Personal COBOL for Windows
E. Reed Doke, May 27, 1997
 > Getting Started with RM/COBOL Second Edition
Nancy Stern; Robert A. Stern, February 15, 1994
 > Gs W/Fujitsu COBOL 3.0 Win Compiler Set
Stern, October 19, 1999
 > Host/Workstation Client/Server Implementation Using Visualage COBOL on OS/2, AIX, and MVS
IBM Redbooks, December 1996
 > IBM COBOL & Language Environment for VSE/ESA: How to Upgrade Now
IBM Redbooks, July 1997
 > IBM Visualage COBOL Remote Edit/Compile/Debug: Taking Cobol to the Next Level
Paperback, August 2002
 > IBM Visualage for COBOL for OS/2 Primer
IBM Redbooks, January 1996
 > MVS COBOL Application Developer's Toolbox (J. Ranade IBM Series)
Alex Varsegi, August 1993
 > Programming In COBOL/400
James Cooper; Nancy Stern; Robert A. Stern, November 1, 2001
 > Programming Subfiles in COBOL/400
Jerry Goldson, April 1998
 > Simplified Structured COBOL with Microsoft Micro Focus COBOL
Daniel D. McCracken; Donald G. Golden, January 8, 1990
 > Structured COBOL Programming, Getting Started with Fujitsu COBOL
Nancy Stern; Robert A. Stern, March 31, 2000
 > Visualage 2000 - Remote Edit, Compile, and Debug Using Visualage COBOL 2.0 on OS/2
IBM Redbooks, September 1997
 > Visualage 2000 - Remote Edit, Compile, and Debug Using Visualage for COBOL 2.0 on Windows NT
IBM Redbooks, September 1997
 > VS COBOL II A Guide for Programmers and Managers, Second Edition
Anne Prince, 1990
 > VS COBOL II for COBOL Programmers (J. Ranade IBM Series)
Paul Kavanagh, October 1989
 > VS COBOL II: Highlights and Techniques
James G. Janossy; James C. Janossy, April 8, 1992
 > VSE COBOL II Power Programmer's Desk Reference
David Shelby Kirk, September 1991

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Database Books

 > DB2 for the COBOL Programmer, Part 1, 2nd Ed.
Curtis Garvin; Steve Eckols, January 1999
 > DB2 for the COBOL Programmer, Part 2, 2nd Ed.
Curtis Garvin; Ann Prince; Steve Eckols, October 1999
 > DB2 for the COBOL Programmer. Part 1: An Introductory Course (Professional Computer Books)
Steve Eckols, February 1992
 > DB2 for the COBOL Programmer: Part 2: An Advanced Course
Steve Eckols, June 1992
 > Embedded SQL for DB2
Paperback, January 1990
 > IMS for the COBOL Programmer: Part 1: Data Base Processing With IMS/VS and DL/I DOS/VS
Steve Eckols, January 1986
 > IMS for the COBOL Programmer: Part 2: Data Communications and Message Format Service
Steve Eckols, June 1987
 > IMS/VS DL/I Programming With COBOL Examples
David Lee; S. David Lee, November 1986

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Java Books

 > COBOL Programmers Swing with Java
E. Reed Doke; Bill C. Hardgrave; Richard A. Johnson, November 30, 2004
 > Learn Java by Association with C COBOL Fortran Pascal Visual Basic
Dedhia Dilip, Dilip Dedhia, April 15, 2000
 > Java for COBOL Programmers (2nd Edition)
John C. Byrne; Jim Cross, June 2002
 > Java for the COBOL Programmer
E. Reed Doke; Bill C. Hardgrave, August 13, 1999
 > Java for RPG and COBOL Programmers on iSeries Student WorkBook
Phil Coulthard; George Far, March 2004
 > Java(tm) for S/390 and AS/400 COBOL Programmers
Phil Coulthard; George Farr, June 6, 2000
 > Murach's Beginning Java 2
Andrea Steelman, July 2003

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.net Books

 > COBOL and .NET
Wilson Price and Wayne Rippin
 > COBOL and Visual Basic on .NET: A Guide for the Reformed Mainframe Programmer
Chris L. Richardson, April 10, 2003
 > COBOL Programming Using the .NET Framework
Ronald D. Reeves, March 11, 2002
 > Microsoft .NET for COBOL Programmers
Howard E. Hinman, October 30, 2002
 > Microsoft .NET for COBOL Programmers, Second Edition
Howard E. Hinman, March 2004
 > Simply Visual Basic .NET 2003
H. M. Deitel, August 2003

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Other Books

 > Application Debugging: An MVS Abend Handbook for COBOL, Assembly, PL/I, and Fortran Programmers
Robert Binder, February 1985
 > Assembler for COBOL Programmers MVS, VM (The J. Ranade IBM Series)
Hank Murphy, January 1991
 > C for COBOL Programmers : A Business Approach
Jim Gearing, January 2, 1996
 > DOS Job Control for COBOL Programmers
Gary B. Shelly, December 1998
 > DOS/VSE ICCF
Steve Eckols, September 1986
 > DOS/VSE JCL
Steve Eckols; Michele Milnes, July 2003
 > File Processing With COBOL
Paperback, June 1981
 > Legacy Systems: Transformation Strategies
William M. Ulrich, June 15, 2002
 > MVS Assembler Language
Kevin McQuillen; Anne Prince, July 1987
 > MVS TSO, Part 1: Concepts and ISPF
Doug Lowe, April 1991
 > MVS TSO, Part 2: Commands and Procedures
Doug Lowe, June 1991
 > Structured COBOL Report Writer: A Programmer's Productivity Tool
David Schechter, July 1981
 > UNIX System Programming (2nd Edition)
Keith Haviland; Marcus Gray; Ben Salama, December 9, 1998
 > Visual Basic for COBOL Programmers/Book and Disk
Greg M. Perry, April 1995
 > VM/CMS: XEDIT Commands and Features
Steve Eckols, September 1988
 > VSAM: Access Method Services and Application Programming
Doug Lowe, June 1986
 > VSAM for the COBOL Programmer: Concepts, COBOL, JCL, IDCAMS
Doug Lowe, July 1989
 
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