Scientific and Technical Information Resources by Krishna Subramanyam instant download

Scientific and Technical Information Resources by Krishna Subramanyam instant download

The diversity and growing volume of science and technology reference works and other publications has made it increasingly difficult for professionals in these fields to become familiar with individual sources of information. Scientific and Technical Information Resources presents a useful approach to understanding the entire process of scientific and technical communication and establishes the relationship between the information needs of scientists and engineers and the information sources. The emphasis throughout the book is on current practices in scientific and technical communication and the bibliographic control of various forms of scientific and technical literature. Over 1,500 individual sources are listed under broad subject categories. These include primary sources, such as journals and translated journals; secondary sources which include bibliographies, catalogs, abstracting and indexing services, databases, and reference works of various types; and tertiary sources, such as guides to literature and bibliographies of bibliographies. Recent developments in the computerized bibliographic control and dissemination of scientific and technical information are discussed, as well as the products and services of professional societies and national and international information agencies upon which engineers and technologists are dependent. Scientific and Technical Information Resources provides a fundamental service to information specialists and technical librarians, to students and faculty in information and library science programs, and to research scientists, engineers and technologists by compiling in one volume both the sources upon which these individuals must rely and the structures and characteristics of technical information. This book should be used as the primary text in all library science courses on resources in science and technology.