Information And The Professional Scientist And Engineer

ISBN-13: 9780789021632 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 240 str.

Virginia Baldwin

Opis

Examines how electronic resources have affected the ways engineers and scientists seek, use and communicate information vital to their research and development needs.

Spis treści

• Introduction
• Conversations with Chemists: Information-Seeking Behavior of Chemistry in the Electronic Age
• Finding Physical Properties of Chemicals: A Practical Guide for Scientists, Engineers, and Librarians
• Information-Seeking and Communication Behavior of Petroleum Geologists
• Online Bibliographic Sources in Hydrology
• The Latest and the Best: Information Needs of Pharmacists
• The San Diego Zoo Library “Began with a Roar”
• Botanical Information: Resources and User Needs
• Distinguishing Engineers from Scientists—The Case for an Engineering Knowledge Community
• Current Awareness Reports at Albany International Research Co.
• Supporting the Information Needs of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Users in an Academic Library
• Interdisciplinary Research: A Literature-Based Examination of Disciplinary Intersections Using a Common Tool, Geographic Information System (GIS)
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

O autorze

Hallmark, Julie; Baldwin, Virginia Ann