What Every Engineer Should Know About Engineering Information Resources

Title: What Every Engineer Should Know About Engineering Information Resources
Author: James K. Webster, Margaret T. Schenk
ISBN: 082477244X / 9780824772444
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 222
Publisher: Marcel Dekker
Year: 1984
Availability: In Stock

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This practical, easy-to-use work brings all widely used sources-from periodicals and technical papers to the newest information formats available-to your fingertips, providing quick, efficient, and economical access to the information you need.
The only up-to-date resource designed specifically for engineers, this convenient guide includes the lates information technology, such as electronic databases, software, and audio-visual materials....provides coverage of major engineering libraries, as well as 33 information analysis centers that offer a variety of specialized services....and supplies current information on printed and computer searchable indexes, including ways to obtain complete copies of documents.

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Preface

Chapter 1 : Periodicals
Chapter 2 : Abstracts and Indexes(Printed and Computerized)
Chapter 3 : Non-Bibliographic Databases
Chapter 4 : Book and Publisher Information
Chapter 5 : Technical Reports
Chapter 6 : Handbooks and Manuals
Chapter 7 : Tables
Chapter 8 : Encyclopedias
Chapter 9 : Dictionaries
Chapter 10 : Directories
Chapter 11 : Standards and Specifications
Chapter 12 : Patents
Chapter 13 : Reviews and Yearbooks
Chapter 14 : Dissertations and Theses
Chapter 15 : Trade Literature
Chapter 16 : Translations
Chapter 17 : Conferences
Chapter 18 : Professional Societies
Chapter 19 : Maps and Atlases
Chapter 20 : Statistical Information Sources
Chapter 21 : Audio-Visual Materials
Chapter 22 : Engineering Software
Chapter 23 : License Review
Chapter 24 : Preparation of Technical Reports
Chapter 25 : Libraries, Information Centers, and Information Brokers
Appendix
Bibliography

Index