Dear Colleagues,
I originally posted this survey to LIS-Scitech, STS-L, ELDNET,
publib, libref-l, LIS-LINK, DIG_REF, ERIL-L, Buslib-L, Govdoc-L, and
livereference. Please feel free to forward to your local or regional
discussion lists or individuals that might be interested:
Physical Sciences -
http://www.kovacs.com/surveys/physscicoresurvey.html - 20 usable
responses
3. What are the essential 3-5 print Physical Sciences reference
sources that you can't work without in answering reference questions
(e.g., laws, codes, statistics, etc.)? Top 3 positions - 5 titles
tied for 3rd. First was way out in front.
1. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
2. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology
3. CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics, CRC Standard Mathematical
Tables and Formulae, Dictionary of Organic Compounds, Kirk-Othmer
Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, and Merck Index
These print Physical Sciences reference sources received 2 votes each:
Aldrich Handbook of FT-IR Spectra, etc.
Periodical Title Abbreviations
4. What are the essential 3-5 Web-accessible or other Physical
Sciences databases that you can't work without in answering reference
questions (e.g., laws, codes, statistics, etc.)? The Top 7 Web Sites
- Some sites tied in votes:
1. SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts) -
http://www.cas.org/SCIFINDER/SCHOLAR/
2. Web of Science - http://scientific.thomson.com/products/wos/
3. INSPEC - http://www.iee.org/publish/inspec/
4. GeoRef - http://www.agiweb.org/georef/about/index.html
5. MathSciNet - http://www.ams.org/mathscinet and Knovel -
http://www.knovel.com
6. Science Citation Index -
http://scientific.thomson.com/products/sci/, CrossFire Gmelin -
http://www.mdl.com/products/knowledge/crossfire_gmelin/index.jsp,
CrossFire Beilstein -
http://www.mdl.com/products/knowledge/crossfire_beilstein/ and
COMPENDEX - http://www.cas.org/ONLINE/DBSS/compendexss.html
7. Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management -
http://www.csa.com/factsheets/envclust-set-c.php and CHEMnetBase -
http://www.chemnetbase.com
Cordially,
Diane
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