The New Walford Guide to Reference Resources : Volume 1: Science. Technology and Medicine

fundamental changes that have taken place in the scientific, business, political and social information landscapes. Who is it for This new reference book will be valuable for professionals worldwide who need to suggest resources to people who are relatively unfamiliar with the nuances of a topic and who need to know where to start. The focus is on resources that are most likely to be found and used within public, government, education or business information services. If you are an LIS professional responsible for developing and revising a reference collection, new to reference work, staffing an enquiry desk, a research worker or student, you'll welcome publication of this new work - it's your paper portal to the world of reference resources. Subject coverage;mathematics - physics astronomy - earth sciences - chemistry - biological sciences - agriculture, forestry, fisheries food - pre-clinical sciences; clinical medicine - health - natural resources energy - engineering - information communication

technology. Subject fields include;astrophysics cosmology - biodiversity conservation - genetics, genomics bioinformatics - infectious diseases - information system security - meteorology climatology - microengineering nanotechnology - palaeontology - soil science - sports exercise medicine. Editor-in-ChiefDr Ray Lester held posts in Unilever and a number of university libraries before becoming Director of Information Services at the London Business School and then the Head of Library and Information Services at The Natural History Museum. Subject specialists; Catherine Carr, Cranfield University - Jim Corlett, Nottingham Trent University - Joanne Dunham, University of Leicester - Helen Hathaway, University of Reading - Dr Jonathan Jeffery, Leiden University - Gareth Johnson, University of York - Nazma Masud, Royal Society of Chemistry - Roger Mills, University of Oxford - Lorna Mitchell, Queen Mary, University of London - Dr David Newton, The British Library - Linda Norbury, University of Birmingham - Bob

Parry, University of Reading - Alison Sutton, University of Reading - Elizabeth Tilley, University of Cambridge - Dr Barry White, University of Manchester - Fenella Whittaker, The Institution of Mechanical Engineers. [Publisher's Text]