Science and technology research
Subtitle: writing strategies for students
By: Tina M. Neville, Deborah B. Henry, Bruce D. Neville.
Contributors: Henry, Deborah B., 1951-; Neville, Bruce.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
Subjects: Library research; Research -- Methodology; Electronic information resource searching; Information resources -- Evaluation; Report writing; Science -- Information resources; Technology -- Information resources; Engineering -- Information resources
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-207) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 Entering the Library World 1 2 Getting Focused 5 3 The First Step: Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and 17 Other Ready-Reference Resources 4 Getting Down to Business 27 5 Composing Your Search Strategy 35 6 Advanced On-line Searching 49 7 Moving Along: Locating Books 57 8 Locating Information in Journals, Conference 77 Proceedings, and Newspapers 9 Locating Quality Information on the World Wide Web 99 10 Government Resources 111 11 What Have I Found? Evaluating Information 129 12 Where Do I Go from Here? 147 Appendix 1: Ten Tips for Efficient Library Research 155 Appendix 2: Sample Research Strategy 157.