Abstracts and Indexes in Science and Technology
Abstracts and Indexes in Science and Technology

Author: Dolores B. Owen

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 9780810817128

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"Owen has pulled together into one source the major indexing and abstracting sources in science and technology." --MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BULLETIN

FSTA Thesaurus
FSTA Thesaurus

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Publisher: IFIS Publishing

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 454

ISBN-13: 0860141713

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The FSTA Thesaurus is an invaluable search aid for users of the FSTA database, and an excellent reference tool for food and nutrition libraries. This eighth edition contains 10,246 carefully chosen keywords that relate to the fields of food science, food technology and food-related human nutrition, and includes the Latin names of many microbial, plant and animal species. For more information on the products and services from IFIS Publishing visit our website, www.foodsciencecentral.com.

Introduction to Indexing and Abstracting
Introduction to Indexing and Abstracting

Author: Donald B. Cleveland

Publisher: Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13:

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Based on new research and years of practical experience, this guide presents the basic knowledge necessary to become a professional indexer. Synthesizing the thinking and experience of indexers and abstractors over the years, the book introduces readers to such fundamentals as the nature of information, the organization of information, vocabulary control, types of indexes and abstracts, evaluation of indexing, and the use of computers. A new chapter on indexing and the Internet has been added, as has a chapter that lists Web resources for indexers and abstractors. The work concludes with a discussion of the education, training, and job opportunities of the profession, as well as a look to the future. With its simple but thorough approach, this book provides readers with a broad overview of the professions, processes, and art of indexing and abstracting.

Book Review Digest
Book Review Digest

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Publisher:

Published: 1927

Total Pages: 1098

ISBN-13:

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Excerpts from and citations to reviews of more than 8,000 books each year, drawn from coverage of 109 publications. Book Review Digest provides citations to and excerpts of reviews of current juvenile and adult fiction and nonfiction in the English language. Reviews of the following types of books are excluded: government publications, textbooks, and technical books in the sciences and law. Reviews of books on science for the general reader, however, are included. The reviews originate in a group of selected periodicals in the humanities, social sciences, and general science published in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. - Publisher.