Written from both the librarian's and scientist's point of view,
this book is a comprehensive guide to conducting searches of
scientific, agricultural, and technological literature. The
beginning user will find the work a valuable introduction to search
and retrieval techniques, while the experienced user will welcome
the volume's overview of the most recent methods and strategies.
Because the library is no longer the only place where a researcher
may conduct literature searches, this revised edition gives
extensive attention to electronic searches from remote sites, such
as computers at the home or office.
Searching for information is changing from the traditional
library setting to the remote environment. Written from both the
librarian's and scientist's perspectives, this comprehensive guide
overviews fundamental and advanced methods of conducting
scientific, technological, and agricultural literature searches
from libraries and remote sites, such as computers at the home or
office. Beginners will find this book a useful introduction to
search and retrieval techniques. At the same time, the
computerization of libraries has been so rapid that the experienced
researcher will also benefit from this work.
The first part of the book overviews and discusses available
information sources. The second and third parts examine ways of
finding these information sources in the library, and techniques of
searching and retrieving this information via computer from outside
the library. The volume explains the pathway of information in
literature, methods of identifying and citing literature, the
usefulness of the online catalog, the special features of abstracts
and indexes, the nature of online searching, and the significance
of the Internet to users in scientific and research environments.
The final chapter gives special attention to the electronic library
and the World Wide Web. A concise bibliography directs the reader
to some of the most important aids for literature searching.
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