Foreign science and technology information and literature retrieval

Author: Chen Bai-nuan
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: This book is divided into three parts and eleven chapters, primarily introducing the basic knowledge and fundamental retrieval techniques of scientific and technical information and literature. Based on domestic conditions, it selects and introduces some major and commonly used foreign retrieval tools, such as the U.S. Engineering Index, Chemical Abstracts, Metal Abstracts (U.S. & British), Science Abstracts (British), Japan Chemical Abstracts (), and World Patent (British Derwent), covering their structural arrangements and usage methods. To meet the needs of scientific and technological development, the book also provides detailed introductions to corresponding practical online retrieval, CD-ROM retrieval, and network retrieval techniques, enabling readers to master the methods of retrieving various types of scientific and technical literature, including foreign journal articles, conference papers, technical reports, and patent documents, to obtain the latest global scientific and technological information. The book emphasizes practicality and does not delve into theoretical aspects of retrieval principles or retrieval languages. When introducing each retrieval tool, it highlights the latest changes in content, classification, and citation formats in recent years. It presents the retrieval paths and steps provided by various tools and includes detailed research and engineering-related examples to illustrate them. The book has a broad scope of application and can serve as a required or elective textbook for undergraduate and graduate students in science and engineering disciplines. It can also be used as a reference book for students, teachers, researchers, engineering technicians, and library and information personnel in higher vocational colleges, enterprises, and institutions. Additionally, it serves as learning material for postgraduate continuing engineering education for scientific and technological and engineering professionals.