Guide to Information Sources in Engineering (Reference Sources in Science and Technology) - Hardcover

Lord, Charles

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1563086999 ISBN 13: 9781563086991

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited, 2000

Synopsis

The only source that focuses exclusively on engineering and technology, this important guide maps the dynamic and changing field of information sources published for engineers in recent years. Lord highlights basic perspectives, access tools, and English-language resources―directories, encyclopedias, yearbooks, dictionaries, databases, indexes, libraries, buyer's guides, Internet resources, and more. Substantial emphasis is placed on digital resources. The author also discusses how engineers and scientists use information, the culture and generation of scientific information, different types of engineering information, and the tools and resources you need to locate and access that material. Other sections describe regulations, standards and specifications, government resources, professional and trade associations, and education and career resources. Engineers, scientists, librarians, and other information professionals working with engineering and technology information will welcome this research

About this title

About the Author

CHARLES R. LORD is Campus Librarian, University of Washington, Tacoma. He was named the Ei/SLA Engineering Librarian of the Year, 1997.

Reviews

In the foreword to Lord's book, Barry Hyman, professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Washington, says, "If I were to recommend to engineering students to keep one book on their desktop when they go out into the professional design community, this would be it." This title, part of Libraries Unlimited's Reference Sources in Science and Technology Series, covers American and Canadian engineering information sources. It is well laid out, up to date, and includes a significant number of digital materials.The book is organized into chapters by type of resource. The first chapter discusses how engineers use information, illuminating the special challenges bibliographic management of engineering information poses. The remaining chapters cover general reference sources; tools, such as current-awareness services, databases, and indexes; scholarly and trade journals and newsletters; "grey literature" (conference literature, research, and technical reports); handbooks, manuals, and tables; buyers guides, databooks, and catalogs; Internet resources; regulations, standards, and specifications; government publications; associations, organizations, and societies; and education and career resources.Most chapters are broken down into specific engineering disciplines, such as aerospace engineering, architectural engineering, computer science engineering, and environmental engineering. There are more than 1,600 annotated entries. Typically the annotations are one or two sentences. The index indicates whether items are digital resources, databases, print publications, or publications that are available in print and in electronic formats. There is an appendix of Web addresses for publishers mentioned in the text.This source is more specialized and less dated than Ching-chin Chen's Scientific and Technical Information Sources (1987) or H. Robert Malinowsky's Reference Sources in Science, Engineering, Medicine, and Agriculture (1994). It is similar to C. D. Hurt's Information Sources in Science and Technology (3d ed., 1998), also from Libraries Unlimited, but it has a more specific focus on engineering. Recommended for the engineering reference collection of libraries of all sizes. As Libraries Unlimited titles are available in netLibrary (see p.1066), electronic access to this resource can be expected soon. RBB
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Edition details

• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1563086999
• ISBN 13: 9781563086991
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 345