Science and Technology Research Writing

Science 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.

List of Figures

v

Preface

vii

Acknowledgments

ix

Entering the Library World

1

(4)

Getting Focused

5

(12)

The First Step: Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Other Ready-Reference Resources

17

(10)

Getting Down to Business

27

(8)

Composing Your Search Strategy

35

(14)

Advanced On-line Searching

49

(8)

Moving Along: Locating Books

57

(20)

Locating Information in Journals, Conference Proceedings, and Newspapers

77

(22)

Locating Quality Information on the World Wide Web

99

(12)

Government Resources

111

(18)

What Have I Found? Evaluating Information

129

(18)

Where Do I Go from Here?

147

(8)

Appendix 1: Ten Tips for Efficient Library Research

155

(2)

Appendix 2: Sample Research Strategy

157

(22)

Glossary

179

(18)

Bibliography

197

(12)

Index

209

(6)

About the Authors

215

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Science and Technology Research Writing Strategies for Students

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