Information and the Professional Scientist and Engineer

by Hallmark; Julie

• ISBN13: 9780789021632
• ISBN10: 0789021633
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2003-12-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Stay up-to-date with the latest developments in sci-tech librarianship! Information and the Professional Scientist and Engineer examines how electronic resources have affected the ways engineers and scientists seek, use, and communicate information vital to their research and development needs. Information specialists working in academic, corporate, government, and organization libraries discuss the changes in user behavior as academics in science and engineering fields rely more and more on the Internet and online journals. The book provides unique insight into the specific educational needs of college and university students as librarians and department faculty determine appropriate instruction for science and engineering classes. Information and the Professional Scientist and Engineer addresses the distinctions among various science and engineering fields, types of libraries, communities of users, and users within a field or discipline. Within these discussions, librarians also examine the differences between commercial and academic databases, and between personal or group subscriptions to database services, print, and online journals. The book also addresses Geographic Information Systems users through a study of the interconnection among disciplines associated with GIS. Information and the Professional Scientist and Engineer includes bibliographies that provide valuable information resources, reviews of pertinent web sites, tables, figures, and interviews while addressing: the information-seeking behavior of chemists, geologists, pharmacists, botanists, and zoologists the case for an engineering knowledge community online bibliographic sources in hydrology a practical guide to finding physical properties of chemicals new reference works in science and technology new age e-journals, indexes, and services Information and the Professional Scientist and Engineer is a unique resource for librarians and other information specialists, science and engineering faculty and students, and academic administrators.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(4)
Virginia Baldwin
Conversations with Chemists: Information-Seeking Behavior of Chemistry Faculty in the Electronic Age	5	(22)
David Flaxbart
Finding Physical Properties of Chemicals: A Practical Guide for Scientists, Engineers, and Librarians	27	(20)
A. Ben Wagner
Information-Seeking and Communication Behavior of Petroleum Geologists	47	(16)
Lura E. Joseph
Online Bibliographic Sources in Hydrology	63	(24)
Emily C. Wild
W. Michael Havener
The Latest and the Best: Information Needs of Pharmacists	87	(14)
Mignon Adams
The San Diego Zoo Library "Began with a Roar"	101	(20)
Linda L. Coates
Botanical Information: Resources and User Needs	121	(10)
Susan Fraser
Distinguishing Engineers from Scientists-The Case for an Engineering Knowledge Community	131	(34)
Thomas E. Pinelli
Current Awareness Reports at Albany International Research Co.	165	(10)
Alex Caracuzzo
Supporting the Information Needs of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Users in an Academic Library	175	(16)
Julie Sweetkind-Singer
Meredith Williams
Interdisciplinary Research: A Literature-Based Examination of Disciplinary Intersections Using a Common Tool, Geographic Information System (GIS)	191	(20)
Robert S. Allen
Index	211