Information Literacy for Science and Engineering Students
Concepts and Skills
- 344 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Only available on web
About This Book
This engaging handbook gives students and working scientists and engineers the information literacy skills they need to find, evaluate, and use information. Beginning with a strong foundation in the utility, structure, and packaging of information, this useful handbook helps students and working professionals decode real-world information literacy problems. Mary DeJong provides a compelling context and rationale for the skills scientists and engineers need to succeed in challenging careers that rely on the successful discovering and sharing of complex information. Students will appreciate the in-depth information on sources, especially those needed for research assignments, and scientists and engineers who write for publication will benefit from chapters on searching databases and organizing and citing sources. Written with science and engineering students and professionals in mind, this book is thorough, well-paced, engaging, and even funny.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- CONTENTS
- Series Foreword
- PART I Overview
- PART II Sources: Their Functions, Distinctions, and Where to Find Them
- PART III Important Qualities of Sources
- PART IV Understanding the Sources You Need for Research Assignments
- PART V All About Databases
- PART VI Searching Databases for Sources
- PART VII Organizing Sources and Getting Full Text
- PART VIII Citing Your Sources
- Appendix A: Getting Help With Your Research
- Appendix B: Scholarly Metrics
- Appendix C: Open-Access Publishing and the Open-Science Movement
- Appendix D: Social Networking for Scientists and Engineers
- Copyright Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Index
- Imprint