Guide to Information Sources in the Physical Sciences
1st Edition
Published on 15. June 2000
227 pages
978-0-313-08019-7 (ISBN)
Description
This bibliographic guide offers users a basic overview of the current trends and the best, most important, and most up-to-date paper and electronic information resources in the field of physics. The author has selectively chosen and succinctly annotated a list of hundreds of major tools used by physical scientists and researchers, including bibliographic sources, abstracting and indexing databases, journals, books, online sources, and other subject-specific non-bibliographic tools. Stern also provides information on grants, personal bibliographic database tools, document delivery, copyright and reserves. In addition, he discusses future developments, directions, and trends in the field, and in the concluding chapter he outlines the history and developments of the physics. Designed to help students, new researchers in the field of physics, and working physicists in need of additional information resources outside their normal field of study, this is an invaluable reference, research, and collectio
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
ISBN-13
978-0-313-08019-7 (9780313080197)
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DAVID STERN is Director of Science Libraries and Information Services at Yale University. He has worked as a general librarian, medical librarian, science librarian, administrator, and consultant, and he is widely published in the area of science librarianship.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Bibliographic Sources
- Guides to the Literature
- Physics
- General Science
- Bibliographies and Catalogs
- History of Physics Resources
- Bibliometric Reference Tools
- Evaluation and Administration Data from the Library
- Scientist Behaviors and Trends
- Library Trends
- Selected Journal Articles
- About Publishing Trends
- Scientist Behavior Studies
- Chapter 2: Abstracting and Indexing Databases
- Introduction
- Journal A&I Tool Features
- Current Awareness Tools and Techniques
- Domains of Current Awareness Services
- The Peer Review Debate
- Multiple Hosts and Variant Database Segments
- Summary
- Physics A&I Databases
- Related Databases
- Aggregators Providing Full-Text Database Access
- Search Services: Hosts to Multiple Databases
- Personal Current Awareness Services
- Chapter 3: Journals
- History of Journal Publishing
- Journal Bibliographies
- Key Publishers
- Evaluation of Journals
- By Journal Title
- By Specific Article
- Local Evaluation Measures
- Journals in Physics
- Significant Core Physics Journal Collection
- Interdisciplinary Journals Covering Physics
- Selected Physics Journals by Subdiscipline
- E-Print Servers
- Some Statistics and Comments on E-Prints
- Endnotes
- Chapter 4: Books
- Key Publishers
- Types/Uses of Sources
- Ordering Books
- Online Bookstores
- Out-of-Print Dealers
- Library Approval Plans and Firm Orders
- Library Acquisition Lists
- Selected Bibliography
- Dictionaries/Encyclopedias
- Handbooks
- Data Tables/Books
- Directories
- Key Monographic Series
- Book Reviews
- Library Catalog Searching
- Book Indexing/Consortial Gateways
- Online Full-Text Books
- Career Information
- Key Textbooks
- Chapter 5: Online Sources
- Physics Gateways
- Internet Search Engines
- Single-Site Search Engines
- Multiple Simultaneous Site Searching
- Discussion Lists and Newsgroups
- Example Tools
- Teaching Tools
- Equipment and Supplies
- Photographs
- People and Organization Information
- Job Opportunities
- Other Example Resources
- Chapter 6: Other Non-Bibliographic Databases and Paper Resources
- Patents
- Full-Text Patents
- Patent Abstracts
- Patent Organizations
- Obtaining Patent Documents
- Commercial Document Delivery of Patents
- Translations
- Reviews of the Literature
- A-V Materials
- Dissertations
- Societies
- Abbreviations
- Current Journals
- Older Material
- Chapter 7: Grants
- Paper Tools
- Online Tools
- U.S. Government Agencies
- Browsing the Internet
- Listservs
- Fee-Based Databases
- Chapter 8: Bibliographic Management Tools
- Personal Bibliographic Database Software
- The Major Application Packages
- In Magic
- EndNote, Reference Manager, and ProCite
- Reviews of These Products
- Chapter 9: Document Delivery
- Traditional Interlibrary Loan
- Economic Aspects of Copyright
- Commercial Document Delivery Sources
- Chapter 10: Copyright and Reserves
- Answers to the Most Common Questions
- United States Copyright Law
- Chapter 11: Future Developments, Directions, and Trends
- Traditional Full-Text Data Files
- PDF Images and Limitations
- E-Prints
- Next-Generation Developments
- One-Stop Shopping
- Smart Agents
- Multidisciplinary Searching
- Discovery Technologies
- Visualizations
- Knowledge Databases
- Logistical Concerns
- Validators
- Distance Education
- Local Servers and Local Information
- Multiuser Requirements
- Facilities and Staffing Redesign in Relation to New Options
- Changing Library Staff Tasks
- Consolidate or Diversify Across Vendors
- Remote Hosts or Local Loading
- Invest Now or Wait for Standards
- Stay Neutral or Become Involved in the Information Process
- Explore and Develop Proactively
- Further Reading
- Chapter 12: Important Works in the Development of Physics, 1600-1900
- Selected Bibliography
- Author/Title/Editor/Electronic Resource Index
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