Science and Technology Resources

James E. Bobick is the 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 a 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.

• ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1— INTRODUCTION TO THE LITERATURE OF SCIENCEAND TECHNOLOGY2— SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONProfessional Associations and SocietiesHistorical ReviewThe Research Information CycleInformation-Seeking Behaviors of Engineers and Scientists3— JOURNALSTypes of JournalsReviewsJournal PublishersProliferation of the JournalBudgeting for JournalsPricing FactorsReview SourcesJournal Bundling, Also Known as Aggregator DatabaseJSTOR: A Hybrid Example of Journal ServiceElectronic Access vs. Traditional AccessThe Open Access MovementInstitutional Repositories (IR)Why an IR?4— SPECIALIZED DATABASESThe Database Selection ProcessGeneral Sci-Tech Databases5— CURRENT AWARENESS AND WEB 2.0 TOOLSWeb 2.0 ToolsRSS FeedsBloggingWikis and Google DocsPublishers' Gateways (Nature Publishing)6— CONFERENCES AND SOCIETY MEETINGS AND DIRECTORIESConferences and Society MeetingsDirectories7— DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIASDictionariesEncyclopedias8— HANDBOOKS, TABLES, AND MANUALSHandbooksTablesManuals9— INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTPatentsWhy Search Patents?What Is a Patent?Types of Patents: Utility Patents, Design Patents, and Plant PatentsParts of a PatentThe Seven Steps to Searching the Patent Literature10— STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONSMore about StakeholdersTypes of Standards and Their ElementsStandards CollectionsStandards Education11— GREY LITERATURE AND TECHNICAL REPORTSGrey LiteratureTechnical ReportsGovernment-Sponsored ReportsPrivately Funded ReportsAcademia-Generated Research Reports12— BIOGRAPHICAL RESOURCESBiographies in Collected WorksBiographical Information in DictionariesBiographies in EncyclopediasBiographical Information in FestschriftenBiographical Information in Journals and NewspapersInformation in Membership DirectoriesIndividual and Collective Biographies of Scientists in BooksBibliographies of Biographical InformationAPPENDIX: SUBJECT BIBLIOGRAPHIESAnatomy and PhysiologyAstronomyBiochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell BiologyBioengineeringBiotechnology and Genetic EngineeringBotanyChemical EngineeringChemistryCivil EngineeringComputer Science and Information TechnologyElectrical EngineeringEnvironmental EngineeringEnvironmental ScienceGeneral Biology and Natural HistoryGeneral EngineeringGeneral ScienceGenetics, Developmental Biology, and Evolutionary BiologyGeneral Technology and InventionsGeologyHistory and Philosophy of Science and TechnologyIndustrial EngineeringMathematicsMaterials Science EngineeringMechanical EngineeringMeteorologyMicrobiologyNutrition and Food SciencePhysicsZoologyIndex

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.