Science and Technology Resources: A Guide for Information Professionals and Researchers (Library and Information Science Text Series) - Hardcover

James E. Bobick; G. Lynn Berard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 159158793X ISBN 13: 9781591587934

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited, 2011

Synopsis

An indispensable resource for anyone wanting to create, maintain, improve, understand, or use the diverse information resources within a sci-tech library. * Over 80 screenshots of electronic information resource tools designed for the engineer and scientist; page reproductions from print sources and illustrations from scholarly journal articles and monographs are also included * Each chapter concludes with a comprehensive list of additional resources for further research * Approximately 30 discipline-specific subject bibliographies in the appendix section act as indispensable guides for developing library collections, as well as for compiling introductory textbooks appropriate for library science students * Included pathfinders provide expert guides for targeted online research * Corresponding instructor exercises are available at the publisher's website

About this title

Review:

"Two experienced librarians and authors have written a guide to the literature of science and technology. . . . A timely resource to add to reference collections and to the library science curriculum." - Booklist Online

About the Author:

James E. Bobick is former head of the Science and Technology department at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, and a past visiting lecturer in the School of Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh. G. Lynn Berard is principal librarian in the science libraries at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, and an adjunct faculty member for the Department of Library Science at Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Clarion, PA.

About this edition

• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 159158793X
• ISBN 13: 9781591587934
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 300