Book Description

New Edition An easy-to-use tool that leads students and specialists to the periodicals, online databases, organizations and other information sources that can answer technical questions, the Encyclopedia of Physical Sciences and Engineering Information Sources is the first stop for any research project involving the physical sciences or engineering. Completely updated, this second edition features comprehensive coverage of over 600 topics -- 75 new to this edition -- and is further supplemented by numerous cross-references. All major subjects such as chemistry, geology, physics and civil engineering are covered, as well as many new areas of scientific inquiry and applied research like CD-ROM, cybernetics, hazardous material, skylab and more. For each subject, a bibliography of live, print, and electronic sources of information is provided. Other features include an extensive outline of contents that quickly leads users to the desired subject heading or term and a detailed bibliography that provides citations for a wide variety of sources, both print and nonprint, on particular topics. Also new to this edition is a "Sources Cited" section that arranges all the main body entries alphabetically by title and by organization name.