Literature Searching in Science, Technology, and Agriculture, 2nd Edition

Inbunden, Engelska, 1996

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Beskrivning

Written from both the librarian's and scientist's point of view, this book is a comprehensive guide to conducting searches of scientific, agricultural, and technological literature. The beginning user will find the work a valuable introduction to search and retrieval techniques, while the experienced user will welcome the volume's overview of the most recent methods and strategies. Because the library is no longer the only place where a researcher may conduct literature searches, this revised edition gives extensive attention to electronic searches from remote sites, such as computers at the home or office.Searching for information is changing from the traditional library setting to the remote environment. Written from both the librarian's and scientist's perspectives, this comprehensive guide overviews fundamental and advanced methods of conducting scientific, technological, and agricultural literature searches from libraries and remote sites, such as computers at the home or office. Beginners will find this book a useful introduction to search and retrieval techniques. At the same time, the computerization of libraries has been so rapid that the experienced researcher will also benefit from this work.The first part of the book overviews and discusses available information sources. The second and third parts examine ways of finding these information sources in the library, and techniques of searching and retrieving this information via computer from outside the library. The volume explains the pathway of information in literature, methods of identifying and citing literature, the usefulness of the online catalog, the special features of abstracts and indexes, the nature of online searching, and the significance of the Internet to users in scientific and research environments. The final chapter gives special attention to the electronic library and the World Wide Web. A concise bibliography directs the reader to some of the most important aids for literature searching.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1996-03-20
Mått:161 x 240 x 16 mm
Vikt:493 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:216
Upplaga:2
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780313262128

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Eileen Pritchard majored in the biological sciences from her undergraduate education through her PhD. She received her MLS from Emporia State University and has worked as a Science Librarian at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo.Paula R. Scott was a Slavic cataloger at the Hoover Institute, Stanford University. She previously worked as a reference librarian at California Polytechnic State University.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface Acknowledgments Publications, Topics and, Citing the Sources Libraries and Types of Publications in Science, Technology, and Agriculture Selecting Topics and Effective Search Strategies How Literature Originates, Is Published, and Is Cited Using the Print Sources to Find Articles Locating Books and Other Sources in Libraries Locating Information Through Abstracts and Indexes for the General and Life Sciences Locating Information Through Abstracts and Indexes for the Physical Sciences Locating Current and Non-Journal Information Through Abstracts and Indexes Locating Government and Government-Sponsored Information Through Abstracts and Indexes Using Computers and Accessing the Internet Locating Information Through Remote Computers Locating Information Through CD-ROMS at Local Sites The Internet and Electronic Access Electronic Libraries Appendix 1: Controlled Vocabulary Appendix 2: A Brief List of Sources for Searching Online Index

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