[ResourceShelf] Newsletter 465
Gary Price
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Number 465 July 22, 2010
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As you know, we are huge fans of librarian-created Internet resources.
And we know that library pathfinders and guides are extremely valuable
to researchers -- especially if you need to find information in a
subject area you just don't know that well.
Which, for many of us, is science.
The current Resource of the Week focuses on a collection of science
and technology pathfinders that have been around for a long time, but
that we often overlook -- Science Tracer Bullets from the Library of
Congress Science Research Services. School media specialists in
particular will want to spend some quality time browsing this
collection. A number of these guides focus on science fair projects
and/or cover science and technology topics that students may be
writing about -- alternative fuel vehicles, biodiversity, etc.
The Library of Congress website itself is so huge and so content-rich
that it's difficult to keep track of all the valuable resources to be
found there. But we try.
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Resource of the Week - Library of Congress Science Tracer Bullets
By Shirl Kennedy, Senior Editor
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The Library of Congress SCIENCE TRACER BULLET SERIES contains research
guides that help you locate information on science and technology
subjects. With brief introductions to the topics, lists of resources
and strategies for finding more, they help you to stay 'on target.'
These pathfinders from the Library of Congress Science Reference
Services have been for quite awhile - as far back as 1972, according
to Reference Services Review - but in our humble opinion, they don't
get enough love. Covering a wide range of subjects in the natural and
physical sciences as well as technology, they are updated from time to
time, and the collection keeps getting larger and larger. Those
available online date back to about 1990.
Each bibliographic-style guide focuses on a specific topic and
includes such resources as introductory material, pertinent LoC
subject headings, basic texts/other books/specialized titles,
handbooks/encyclopedia/dictionaries, conference proceedings,
government publications, technical reports, dissertations,
abstracting/indexing services, journals and specific journal articles,
vetted internet resources and additional information sources,
including contact info for relevant organizations. New guides are
announced on the What's NEW on the Science Reference Service Web Site
page, which is also available as an RSS feed.
Some recent Tracer Bullets - for June and so far in July - include:
* Bridges
* Introductory Physics
* Science Fair Projects
* Environmental Science Projects
While you're visiting this section of the ginormous LC website, be
sure and taker a look at some of the other resources available here,
such as:
* Science Reference Guides (bibliographies)
* Selected Internet Resources in Science and Technology (vetted
webliiographies)
* Everyday Mysteries (which "deal with everyday phenomena that we
often take for granted, but each can be explained scientifically")
* Inside Adams (new science, technology and business blog; RSS
available)
* Science and Technology Webcasts (list of links to scheduled and
archived webcasts)
This Science Subject Guide page, organized especially for teachers and
students, is a good alternate way of browsing the science and
technology content on this part of the website. Alternately, you can
view Bibliographies & Research Guides Listed by Subject.
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