Guide to Information Sources in Engineering (Hardcover)

Charles Lord

ISBN 10: 1563086999 / ISBN 13: 9781563086991

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Englewood, 2000

About this Item

Hardcover. 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 resourcesdirectories, 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 Librarian Lord (U. of Washington-Tacoma) cites and describes over 1, 600 sources of information on engineering and technology. After a chapter on how engineers use information, he presents sections on general references; information access tools; scholarly journals, trade journals, and newsletters; g Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Guide to Information Sources in Engineering (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Englewood
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1563086999
• ISBN 13: 9781563086991
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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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 the Author

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