Selected Resources for: Communication, Scientific and Technical
| Subject Librarian: Kate Peterson E-Mail: katep@umn.edu Subject Description:This subject covers: processes of gathering, analyzing, and distributing scientific and technical information efficiently and accurately for specific audiences. Related topics are: Rhetoric and Communication, Speech. |
Abstracts and Indexes
Academic or Scholarly Articles Subject IndexesComAbstracts   This index provides abstracts to articles from the major journals in the field of communication. A total of 100 journals indexed, with the earliest starting in 1915. List of journals indexed [more information] [  Add To myLibrary!] |
| Communication and Mass Media Complete Provides journal articles on topics such as mass media, film, television, marketing, business communication, health communication, and more. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| MLA International Bibliography Indexes scholarship on English and American Literature, folklore, language and linguistics, and dramatic arts. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
General Indexes to Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles
| Academic Search Premier This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. Academic Search Premier provides full text for scholarly (peer-reviewed) journals, magazines and newspapers. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and as far back as 1975. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Factiva Full text source of global news and business information, major daily newspapers, newswires, transcripts of media programs, web sites, images and more. Inside-Out: Complete Reference For Factiva.Com Factiva.Com How To Get Results [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| LexisNexis Academic (ON CAMPUS USE ONLY) LexisNexis Academic is primarily newspapers and legal materials. International news sources are included. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| ProQuest Newsstand This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. ProQuest Newsstand provides access to full-text national and regional newspapers such as The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, USA TODAY, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and more. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Indexes, Other
| ACM Digital Library Bibliographic information, abstracts, reviews, and the full-text for articles published in ACM periodicals and proceedings since 1985 are available in the library together with works published by affiliated organizations. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Applied Science and Technology Abstracts Indexes over 300 major English-language periodicals in a wide variety of technology subjects ranging from aeronautics, chemistry, and computers to physics, plastics, and transportation. Many recent citations include abstracts. The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 4 users at any one time. If you get a busy signal, please wait a few minutes and try accessing the site again. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Business Source Premier This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. Business Source Premier database includes both scholarly journals and periodicals in business, economics, political science and public administration. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| ERIC (Access via CSA) Provides access to education-related journal and non-journal literature. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Google Scholar - U of M students, staff and faculty Google Scholar is a great tool but does not necessarily have all the journals available from the library databases. Use it in addition to the other databases. Use Google Scholar through the Libraries' web site, or by setting your Scholar Preferences to the "University of Minnesota (FindIt@U of M Twin Cities) to gain access to full text. To get full text, look for the text link, "FindIt@U of M Twin Cities", in your Google Scholar search results. Use Interlibrary Loan to get materials we do not have in full text or print. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| PsycINFO Covers all areas of psychology. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| ScienceDirect (Elsevier) Search 1800 scientific and social science journals from Elsevier Science. Note: We only have full text access to a subset of journals. Use Interlibrary Loan to get access to items not available in full text. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Catalogs and Bibliographies
Catalogs| MNCAT Classic Search with MNCAT Classic to find books, journals, etc. owned by the library. Search by keyword, subject, title, or author for materials on your topic. MNCAT Classic lacks the faceted searching of MNCAT Plus, but can be easier to use if you already have a good idea of what you're looking for. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Worldcat.org - Public Version The world's largest library network containing information about 1.3 billion items in 18,000 libraries worldwide. Enter your zip code to see the Library closest to you that owns that item. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
General Reference Sources
Encyclopedias| AccessScience The online version of McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. Contains more than 8,000 articles written by the leading figures in their fields ? including 30 Nobel Prize winners ? edited and illustrated with the non-specialist in mind. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Internet Resources
Electronic Texts| E-Texts for Health Sciences Links to electronic versions of medical textbooks. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Safari Tech Books Online A collection of IT-related electronic books from several publishers, most notably O'Reilly. The Libraries has licensed 320 titles from among Safari's offering. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Open Access Resources
| EServer Technical Communicaiton Library Free, open-access index of over 15,000 works for scientific and technical communicators. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Societies, Agencies, and Organizations
Official Agency & Organization Websites| Communication Institute for Online Scholarship http://www.cios.org/ Provides access to thousands of files in the resource library, dozens of scholarly conference, bibliographic indexes to professional literature in communication and to the ComAbstracts database. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| National Communication Association
NCA is a non-profit organization of researchers, educators, students, and practitioners, whose academic interests span all forms of human communication. NCA is the oldest and largest national organization serving the academic discipline of Communication. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Society for Technical Communication http://www.stc.org/ This Web site provides regional and chapter information for the largest professional organization serving the technical communication profession. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Trade & Professional Associations
| American Medical Writers Association The mission is "to promote excellence in medical communication". [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Association of Teachers of Technical Writing Organization to support the academic discipline of technical writing and technical communication. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| National Association of Science Writers Association for science writers and working for the free flow of science news. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Style Manuals and Writing Guides
Bibliography Software| RefWorks: Personal Citation Manager RefWorks is a web-based citation manager that allows you to create your own databases of citations by importing references from MNCAT and other databases, and then in seconds automatically generate bibliographies in all major styles (MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago, etc.). [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Style Manuals
| <i>American Medical Association manual of style: a guide for authors and editors</i> Produced from the AMA, this manual is used quite extensively throughout the health sciences. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Health Professionals Stylebook : Putting Your Language to Work Handbook to help the reader write an essay or paper with proper usage and style for the health sciences. Pub. (National League for Nursing) ; no. 14-2551 [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association is the style manual of choice for writers, editors, students, educators, and professionals in psychology, sociology, business, economics, nursing, social work, and justice administration, and other disciplines in which effective communication with words and data is fundamental. In addition to providing clear guidance on grammar, the mechanics of writing, and APA style, the Publication Manual offers an authoritative and easy-to-use reference and citation system and comprehensive coverage of the treatment of numbers, metrication, statistical and mathematical data, tables, and figures for use in writing, reports, or presentations. The new edition has been revised and updated to include: The latest guidelines and examples for referencing electronic and online sources; New and revised guidelines for submitting papers electronically; Improved guidelines for avoiding plagiarism; Simplified formatting guidelines for writers using up-to-date word-processing software; All new guidelines for presenting case studies; Improved guidelines for the construction of tables; Updates on copyright and permissions issues for writers. New reference examples for audiovisual media and patents; An expanded and improved index for quick and easy access; Writers, scholars, and professionals will also find: New guidelines on how to choose text, tables, or figures to present data; Guidelines for writing cover letters for submitting articles for publication, plus a sample letter; Expanded guidelines on the retention of raw data; New advice on establishing written agreements for the use of shared data; New information on the responsibilities of co-authors. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Writing Guides
| <i>How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper</i> Concisely covers all aspects of science writing, from choosing a title to acknowledgments and references: submission strategies; other forms of science writing (book reviews, theses, presentations, posters); English language usage. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Center for Writing The Rhetoric Department, English Department, Center for the Interdisciplinary Studies of Writing and the General College Writing Center have come together to bring you writing support in one place. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Citing Electronic Resources Guide prepared by the Internet Public Library. Includes both Internet links and print resources. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
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