Science and Technology Resources : A Guide for Information Professionals and Researchers

by Bobick, James E.

• ISBN13: 9781591588016
• ISBN10: 1591588014
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-04-12
• Publisher: Libraries Unltd Inc

Summary

Ironically, a large proportion of technical publications and scientific data is not found online: 70 percent of the information found in the patent literature section of a typical sci-tech library is unavailable elsewhere, and there are estimated to be 100,000 unique, Scientific journal titles. Science and technology library materials continue to be vital to the advancement of scientific knowledge.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction to the Literature of Science and Technology	p. 1
Scientific and Technical Communication	p. 5
Professional Associations and Societies	p. 5
Historical Review	p. 6
The Research Information Cycle	p. 8
Information-Seeking Behaviors of Engineers and Scientists	p. 10
Journals	p. 15
Types of Journals	p. 16
Reviews	p. 18
Journal Publishers	p. 19
Proliferation of the Journal	p. 20
Budgeting for Journals	p. 25
Pricing Factors	p. 25
Review Sources	p. 26
Journal Bundling, Also Known as Aggregator Database	p. 30
JSTOR: A Hybrid Example of Journal Service	p. 31
Electronic Access vs. Traditional Access	p. 31
The Open Access Movement	p. 32
Institutional Repositories (IR)	p. 34
Why an IR?	p. 34
Specialized Databases	p. 41
The Database Selection Process	p. 44
General Sci-Tech Databases	p. 49
Current Awareness and Web 2.0 Tools	p. 53
Web 2.0 Tools	p. 55
RSS Feeds	p. 56
Blogging	p. 57
Wikis and Google Docs	p. 58
Publishers' Gateways (Nature Publishing)	p. 59
Conferences and Society Meetings and Directories	p. 63
Conferences and Society Meetings	p. 63
Directories	p. 69
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias	p. 73
Dictionaries	p. 73
Encyclopedias	p. 81
Handbooks, Tables, and Manuals	p. 91
Handbooks	p. 91
Tables	p. 92
Manuals	p. 92
Intellectual Property: Patents, Trademarks, and Copyright	p. 97
Patents	p. 97
Why Search Patents?	p. 99
What Is a Patent?	p. 102
Types of Patents: Utility Patents, Design Patents, and Plant Patents	p. 103
Parts of a Patent	p. 106
The Seven Steps to Searching the Patent Literature	p. 107
Standards and Specifications	p. 125
More about Stakeholders	p. 129
Types of Standards and Their Elements	p. 129
Standards Collections	p. 132
Standards Education	p. 133
Grey Literature and Technical Reports	p. 137
Grey Literature	p. 137
Technical Reports	p. 139
Government-Sponsored Reports	p. 142
Privately Funded Reports	p. 142
Academia-Generated Research Reports	p. 143
Biographical Resources	p. 147
Biographies in Collected Works	p. 148
Biographical Information in Dictionaries	p. 154
Biographies in Encyclopedias	p. 154
Biographical Information in Festschriften	p. 154
Biographical Information in Journals and Newspapers	p. 154
Information in Membership Directories	p. 155
Individual and Collective Biographies of Scientists in Books	p. 155
Bibliographies of Biographical Information	p. 156
Appendix: Subject Bibliographies	p. 161
Anatomy and Physiology	p. 163
Astronomy	p. 166
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology	p. 170
Bioengineering	p. 173
Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering	p. 176
Botany	p. 179
Chemical Engineering	p. 182
Chemistry	p. 186
Civil Engineering	p. 192
Computer Science and Information Technology	p. 196
Electrical Engineering	p. 199
Environmental Engineering	p. 202
Environmental Science	p. 206
General Biology and Natural History	p. 211
General Engineering	p. 215
General Science	p. 219
Genetics, Developmental Biology, and Evolutionary Biology	p. 223
General Technology and Inventions	p. 227
Geology	p. 231
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology	p. 235
Industrial Engineering	p. 239
Mathematics	p. 242
Materials Science Engineering	p. 248
Mechanical Engineering	p. 252
Meteorology	p. 255
Microbiology	p. 258
Nutrition and Food Science	p. 261
Physics	p. 266
Zoology	p. 270
Index	p. 273
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