Quick Reference Sources Handbook for Scientists and Technologists

ISBN-13: 9786139922925 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 56 str.

Raphael Kavi; Kwabena Bugyei

Opis

The handbook, acting as a guide, is intended at assisting library professionals and library and information science students to identify reference sources in Science and Technology. It also seeks to help scientists and technologists to gain access to scientific and technological information relevant to their work. It lists information sources pertinent to scientists and technologists, and these comprise bibliographies, biographical literature, conference proceedings, dictionaries, directories, electronic resources, encyclopedias, handbooks and tables, indexes, patents. periodicals, research reports, reviews, standards, thesaurus, theses and dissertations, translations and yearbooks. Each information source is described and its importance is discussed. Examples are also provided to support the sources cited. Since the handbook acts as a guide to the literature in Science and Technology; and as a quick reference material, intended to aid scientists and technologists to find various information sources readily available for them.

O autorze

Kavi, Raphael
Librarian and information professional, with vast experience in the information science. Participated in numerous conferences, seminars and workshops both at national and international levels in the library and information science, knowledge management, ICT4Dev. Information seeking behavior, information literacy and information marketing.