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Information sources in science and technology a practical guide to traditional and online use /
Information Sources in Science and Technology: A Practical Guide to Traditional and Online Use presents a selection of traditional and online methods of using information sources in science and technology, including people, organizations, literature, hosts, and databases. This text serves as a refer...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Boston :
Butterworths,
1986.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Information Sources in Science and Technology: A Practical Guide to Traditional and Online Use; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; How to use this book; A routine for finding and using information; Defining the problem; Chapter 1. Choosing sources of information and their guides; Types of source; Access to sources; Guides to sources; Chart 1. Information sources and guides versus coverage; Chart 2. Routes from guides to sources of information; Chart 3. Information required versus sources and guides; Chapter 2. People; Guides to people; Chapter 3. Organizations.
- Chapter 8. Organizing and presenting informationObjectives; Gathering and recording information; Evaluating references; Storing references; Evaluating documents; Storing documents; Communicating information; Chapter 9. Current awareness; Scanning current literature; Invisible colleges; Conferences (symposia, seminars, meetings), exhibitions etc.; Services; Appendix: Helping the library user; Personal assistance; Library signposting; Library guides; Point-of-use guidance; Library talks and tours; Library courses and exercises; Audiovisual aids; Computer-assisted instruction; Further reading.
- Commercial organizationsEducational organizations; Official organizations; Professional and research organizations; Chapter 4. The literature; Guides to the literature; Abstracting and indexing journals; Bibliographies; Books; Conference proceedings; Government publications; Journal articles; Newspapers and newspaper articles; Patents, trade marks, trade names and industrial designs; Periodicals; Reference material; Reports; Reviews and review serials; Standards; Theses and dissertations; Trade literature; Chapter 5. Information services; Computerized information services.
- Online information servicesDatabases, databanks, files and their producers; Hosts, service suppliers, vendors and spinners; Setting up an online information service; The future; Information bureaux, brokers and other services; Guides to information services and suppliers; Chapter 6. Searching: the literature and computer databases; Literature searching; Computer database searching; Interpretation of references; Chapter 7. Obtaining literature in a usable form; Library systems and services; Principal libraries in the UK; Guides to libraries; Guides to the book trade.