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The amount of published literature can be overwhelming for scientists and researchers moving from a broad disciplinary research area to a more specialized one, particularly in fields that use information from more than one discipline. Without a focused inquiry, the researcher may find too little information or may be overcome by too much. Striking the correct balance of information is the focus of Literature Search Strategies for Interdisciplinary Research .

This useful reference tool studies diverse interdisciplinary areas revealing the general and individual qualities that dictate the strategies of successful searches. Beginning with a bare-bones search strategy for finding primary research in interdisciplinary areas, the book then goes on to provide hints for research in specific disciplines, as the unique traits of the individual fields compound the difficulties in interdisciplinary research. Individual chapters, written by experts in that particular area, address ten research fields in depth, disclosing the common qualities of interdisciplinary research. The study areas covered include Paleontology, Crystallography, Quaternary Research, Human Factors Engineering, Nanotechnology, Atmospheric Chemistry, Bioethics, Computational Biology, Engineering Entrepreneurship, and Machine Learning. For scientists and engineers new to their fields, as well as librarians whose responsibilities include collecting library materials for newly-emerging interdisciplinary research areas, Linda Ackerson's guide provides all that is needed to develop a successful search strategy.

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Written by academic librarians, this sourcebook covers print and online literature searching in atmospheric chemistry, bioethics, computational biology, crystallography, engineering entrepreneurship, human factors engineering, machine learning, nanotechnology, paleontology, and quaternary research. All are interdisciplinary-fields that integrate knowledge from at least two other disciplines. Ackerson's introduction offers an excellent overview of the scientific research process and of the development of scientific disciplines, with clear time lines of key dates (first separate journal in the field, etc.) in each field's development. The text is intended particularly for beginning researchers, who may have difficulty with the hybrid nature of interdisciplinary science and engineering, but it is also well suited to novice science and engineering librarians. While focusing on key resources, each chapter also covers research and communication methodologies in that field, so much of the content will long remain current. The chapters vary in length; some are a bit scant, but each concludes with a useful bibliography. Highly recommended for all science, engineering, and academic library science collections.-Sara Tompson, Univ. of Southern California Lib., Los Angeles (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Linda G. Ackerson was associate professor of Library Administration and assistant engineering librarian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.