Subject Guides to Health and Science Resources (Internet Compendium: Guide to Resources by Subject) [Paperback]

Martha Vander Kolk (Author), Louis B. Rosenfeld (Editor), Joseph Janes (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Internet Compendium: Guide to Resources by Subject | Publication Date: June 1995

The thousands of annotated health and science-related Internet resources in this volume will help beginning users and Net veterans stay informed about the very latest developments in the sciences and exchange ideas. From alternative medicine to virtual reality technology and applications, a huge range of science areas and numerous related topics of interest are covered.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Edited by a team from the University of Michigan Internet Clearinghouse, these two volumes in The Internet Compendium series (a third title is Subject Guides to Social Sciences, Business & Law Resources) provide much-needed print directories to Internet resources in health and science and the humanities. Far from comprehensive, both titles represent a selection of the Clearinghouse's 200 online guides available by gophering to gopher.lib.umich.edu under "What's New," then "Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet Guides." The nine subject guides in Subject Guides to Health and Science Resources cover topics such as aerospace, biology, chemistry, earth science, environmental science, health science, and neuroscience. Subject Guides to the Humanities features 16 subject guides including architecture, book discussions and reviews, Buddhism, Christianity, film and video, library employment, philosophy, and music and theater. Many humanities topics are not presented, but the book's instructions make it possible to obtain more online. In both volumes, the subject guides, each written by a different "power user" or subject specialist, many of whom are librarians or professors, list dozens or even hundreds of listservs, usenet newsgroups, electronic journals, text archives, freenets, chatlines, and Web addresses; the series as a whole provides access to roughly 10,000 Internet addresses. Each listing gives clear, concise instructions and descriptions of content, URLs, voice, and modem phone numbers, and prices (when applicable). Several well-written chapters (repeated in each volume) introduce readers to such Internet basics as telnet, ftp (file-transfer protocol), WAIS (Wide Area Information Server), ARCHIE, and VERONICA. While indexing the ever-changing environment of the Internet may seem an impossible job, this series makes an excellent start and will be valuable on the reference shelf for both librarians and patrons.?Laura Lipton, Miller Horticulture Lib., Seattle
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Scientific American

...covering nearly all branches of scientific study, this resource provides current information about a wide array of resources on the net.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 472 pages
• Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers (June 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555702198
• ISBN-13: 978-1555702199
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,571,255 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Louis Rosenfeld is an information architecture consultant and founder of Rosenfeld Media (http://rosenfeldmedia.com), a user experience publishing house. Recognized as one of the founding fathers of information architecture, he has helped such organizations as Paypal, Accenture, AT&T, Caterpillar, Ford, and the Centers for Disease Control make their information easier to find.

Lou is co-author of Information Architecture for the World Wide Web (O'Reilly, 2006) regarded as the bible of information architecture, and Search Analytics for Your Site (Rosenfeld Media, 2011). He has been a regular contributor to Web Review, Internet World, and CIO magazines. Lou is co-founder of the Information Architecture Institute (http://iainstitute.org). Lou blogs regularly at www.louisrosenfeld.com and tweets @louisrosenfeld.