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Selected Resources for: Communication, Scientific and Technical
 | Subject Librarian: Kate Peterson E-Mail: katep@umn.edu 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. |
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Article Databases and Indexes
Academic or Scholarly Articles Subject Indexes
Communication and Mass Media Complete    Provides journal articles on topics such as mass media, film, television, marketing, business communication, health communication, and more.
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| PubMed Primary source of journal article access for the health sciences - the campus version provides full text access to all MEDLINE e-journals subscribed to by the University of Minnesota TC Libraries.
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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!] |
| ProQuest Newspapers 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
| 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!] |
| Google Scholar 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!] |
| 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.
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Catalogs and Bibliographies
Catalogs
| MNCAT (University of Minnesota library catalog) Search for books, conference proceedings, journals, maps, and other items in our collection.
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| 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.
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Internet Resources
Electronic Texts
| 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.
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Open Access Resources
| EServer Technical Communicaiton Library Free, open-access index of over 15,000 works for scientific and technical communicators.
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Societies, Agencies, and Organizations
Official Agency & Organization Websites
| 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".
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| Association of Teachers of Technical Writing Organization to support the academic discipline of technical writing and technical communication.
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| National Association of Science Writers Association for science writers and working for the free flow of science news.
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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.).
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| Zotero Free web-based bibliographic citation software developed for Firefox browsers that is useful for organizing your research sources, creating bibliographies and sharing sources with others. Zotero will capture bibliographic information and links to documents found on websites or library databases. See the brief tutorials for Getting Started. or view the library workshop Zotero Basics.
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Style Manuals
| MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition) is the style manual of choice for writers, editors, students, educators, and professionals in psychology, sociology, business, economics, nursing, social work, and justice administration.
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Writing Guides
| 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.
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| Citing Electronic Resources Guide prepared by the Internet Public Library. Includes both Internet links and print resources.
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Library Information
Primary Subject Location
Magrath Library
Books, journals and government publications in agriculture, biological sciences, design, applied statistics, food science, family social science, applied economics and more.
Campus: St. Paul Campus
Address: 1984 Buford Avenue
Telephone: Circulation: (612) 624-2233; Reference: (612) 624-1212
Main URL: http://www.lib.umn.edu/magrath
Reference URL: http://www.lib.umn.edu/about/contact
Map URL: http://onestop.umn.edu/Maps/CentLib/index.html
Hours URL: http://www.lib.umn.edu/about/collections/magrath/hours
Secondary Subject Location(s)
Walter Library
Walter Library houses the main engineering and physical sciences. The Learning Resources Center, which houses the multimedia and video collections, is also located in Walter Library
Campus: East Bank, Minneapolis Campus
Address: 117 Pleasant Street SE
Telephone: Circulation: (612) 624-3366; Reference: (612) 624-0224
Main URL: http://walter.lib.umn.edu/
Reference URL: http://infopoint.lib.umn.edu/
Map URL: http://onestop.umn.edu/Maps/WaLib/index.html
Hours URL: http://www.lib.umn.edu/about/collections/walter/hours
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