Finding Information in Science, Technology and Medicine (Aslib Know How Guide) - Softcover

Lambert, Jill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0851424627 ISBN 13: 9780851424620

Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

A practical guide to the basic structure of STM information, describing in simple terms, with examples, how to locate what you need. Coverage includes:
* How information is communicated
* Beginning a search
* Using bibliographic databases
* Using the web for information
* Obtaining and organising information
* Keeping up to date
* Future developments in scientific, technological and medical information
Each chapter ends with a summary of the key points.

About this title

Product Description:

Finding Information in Science, Technology and Medicine A practical guide to the basic structure of STM information, describing in simple terms, with examples, how to locate what you need.

About the Author:

Astrid Ulloa is an Associate Professor of Geography at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. She has carried out extensive fieldwork in Colombia, mainly in Choco and in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Her research focuses on indigenous peoples' movements, ethnicity, and the anthropology of the environment and climate change. She is the author of various books about community-based management of fauna and the cultural and environmental politics of indigenous peoples in Latin America and Colombia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0851424627
• ISBN 13: 9780851424620
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 142