Reference sources in science and technology series
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: How Engineers Use Information; Chapter 2: General Reference Sources; Chapter 3: Information Access Tools; Chapter 4: Scholarly Journals, Trade Journals, and Newsletters; Chapter 5: Grey Literature: Conference Literature, Research and Technical Reports; Chapter 6: Handbooks, Manuals, and Tables; Chapter 7: Buyer's Guides, Databooks, and Catalogs; Chapter 8: Internet Resources; Chapter 9: Regulations, Standards, and Specifications; Chapter 10: Government Resources.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The only source that focuses exclusively on engineering and technology, this important guide maps the dynamic and changing field of information sources published for engineers in recent years. Lord highlights basic perspectives, access tools, and English-language resources--directories, encyclopedias, yearbooks, dictionaries, databases, indexes, libraries, buyer's guides, Internet resources, and more. Substantial emphasis is placed on digital resources. The author also discusses how engineers and scientists use information, the culture and generation of scientific information, different types o.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS NOTE (ELECTRONIC RESOURCES)
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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Title
Guide to information sources in engineering.
International Standard Book Number
1563086999
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Engineering, Bibliography.
Technical literature.
Technology-- Information services.
Documentation technique.
Ingénierie-- Bibliographie.
Technologie-- Documentation, Services de.
Engineering.
Informatiebronnen.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Library & Information Science-- General.