Description
Book SynopsisScience and Technology Research: Writings Strategies for Students was written to assist students in developing literature research and evaluation skills, without regard to format or source, and to help take the fear and mystery out of searching for information to make it a productive and rewarding process.
Trade ReviewAn excellent guide to literature research and evaluation skills…a great book to recommend to students about to confront a research library for the first time. * Journal Of Chemical Education *
The principles of research are concisely presented and the writing is very accessible. * E-Streams *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Entering the Library World Chapter 2 Getting Focused Chapter 3 The First Step: Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Other Ready-Reference Resources Chapter 4 Getting Down to Business Chapter 5 Composing Your Search Strategy Chapter 6 Advanced On-line Searching Chapter 7 Moving Along: Locating Books Chapter 8 Locating Information in Journals, Conference Proceedings, and Newspapers Chapter 9 Locating Quality Information on the World Wide Web Chapter 10 Government Resources Chapter 11 What Have I Found? Evaluating Information Chapter 12 Where Do I Go From Here? Chapter 13 Appendix 1: Ten Tips for Efficient Library Research Chapter 14 Appendix 2: Sample Research Strategy
