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do. DOCUMENT RESUME' ED 253 237 IR 051 000 AUTHOR Schmidt,.Janine, Ed. , Y TITLE\ Subject Information Resource4:,A Guide to Information . Resources in Selected Subject Areas of the ,i'' Humanities, the Sot.al Sciences, and Pure and Applied . Sciences.. , INSTITUTION Kuring gai Coll. if Advanced Education; Lindfield (Australia). 4j PUB DATE ,83 *. NOTE 269p. AVAILABLE FROMCentre for Information Resources Studies; Kuring -gai' +-College of Advancedirducation, P.O. Box 222, Lindfield, NSW 2070, Australia ($14.00 per copy). Pup TYPE Guides,-Classroom Use Materials (For Learner) (051) ,i. EDRS PRICE- Mi01 Plus Postage.PC Not Available from EDRS. DkSCRIPTORS - Foreign Countries; Higher Education; *Information Sourcesv *Intellectual Disciplines; Library Education; *Library Materiali; *Reference Materials; *Resource Materials; Workbooks IDENTIFIERS *Australia .. ABSTRACT Intended for Use in courses.in information resources at Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education, this guide approaches information resources by subject, buildibg on previous information resources courses which concentrated on format. Resources for selected disciplines within the broad subjedt areas of the humanities, the social sciences, and pure and applied sciences are examined. The disciplines covered--literature, fine arts, law, history, education, chemistry, biological sciences, medicine, and engineering--were selected because. they illustrate both different information use patterns and A variety of different types of . information resources.. The segment for each discipline examines briefly the nature of the subject and the way in which information is generated and communicated in.that subject, in order to provide a background. and setting forthe identification, evaluation, and use of its information resources. Study questions. and exercises are included I for each section. The guide concentrates on. Australian information resources, but also- - includes material produced in other countries that is reletrant to the. Australian situation. (Author/THC) .3 Pt k *********************************************************4************* Reproductions supplied by EDR§ are- the best that can be made * from the original document. *********************************************************************** rip 31S Ikk PANT Mk NI 3)3t Mil AI ION NA III NAI it I.)311 313333 Allt1N .3 Centre for Information Resources Studies' "PE.RMISSION TO flE PRODUCE_ THIS MATE MAI IN MICROFICHE ONLY HAS BEE N GRANT LE) BY JAI. Schmidt a ... 10 THE DUCAT IONAL RE SOURCES ft..........,.......... INFORM TION CENTER (ERIC) Kuring-gai College of.- MINI Advanced EdudatIon..:: 11111,:: 141 o Atb 6.06. 4. SUBJECT .INFORMATION RE SOURCES : a Oideto information resources in selected subjectareas of the humanitieS, the socia."T:sciences and pure and appliedsciences. Edited bjr Janine Schmidt Revised by Janine Schmidt and Sue Burgess I Material in this guide has been prepared bystaff of the O Department of Information Studies; Janine Schmidt, Barbara Anderson, Sue Burgess, Ida Vincent and Igsley Ljungdahl assistedby library practitioners, Margaiet Bettison, Rhonda Langford, JackMoulos and Phin Tjhai Lindfield, N.S.W., Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education, Centre for Information Resources Studies, 1983 4 14. 1. 4 Contents Page Preface iv . , . r. SegMent . : . I L IT)ATURE' Outline of Segment Section 1 ObjeCtives . 2 2, Literature: What is it? 2 3 General informationresourcek --k in literature and theiruse 6 4. '.Zormats of informationresources in literature 5 Literary forms 12 6 ndexing and abstractingservices for literature 18 Oh 7 Indexes to literary book reviews19 8 Machine-readable data bases 20. 9 Study Questiops and Exercises 21 A- I I I F 144E' ARTS Outline of Segment 27 Section 1 Objectives o 28 11. sJ 2 The fine arts: What are they?. 28 3 Visual arts 31 4 Nature and use of information' resources in the visual arts 33 5 Evaluation, and selection of information resources-bithe visual arts 35 6 Specific types of information resources in visual arts 36 7 Music 1 40 i 8 , 4 Nature and use of information . ..' cesources in music 40 9 Eviluation and selectionof resources in music 41 10 Specific types of information 7 resources in music .42 rg.4111 Study Questionsand hxercises 48 ' R AMP III LAW / Outline of Segment 56, Section . 1 Objectives 57 '2 Defining Law 58 3 Origins of .Australian law 4 Primary sources of law , 9 J 5 Secondary. legal information resources 74 6 Law for ordinary people- . 83 71 Bibliography 87 . 8 Study Questions and Exeicisis. 86 I- IV HISTORY: *Outline of Segment 95 Section a 1. Qbjectives 96 2 . History: What is it? 97 3 Information resources for history, 100 .o 4 Types of informationresource and-their use 104 5 Study'Questions and Exercises 111 V .EDUCATION/- Outline of Segment 118 Section 1 Objectives 119 Mb 2 Education: What is it? 120 3 Use of information resources ineducation . 123 4 Evaluation and selection of information' resources in education 125 5 Specific types of information resources in education 126 6 Study Questions and Exercises 135 4 4 Segment ,) VI' CHEMISTRY Outline of Segment 145 Section 1 Objective 146 2 Chemistry:.What -is it? -. 147 3 Chemists: their work and their information, use' 4 Chemistry: its information resources 152 5 Study.. Questions and Exercises 175 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Outline of Segment 182 Section 1 Objectives 183 A. 2 Biology'and biologists . 184 3 Information resources in F biology 195 4 'Study Questions and Exercises 200 t 'VIII MEDCINE Outline of Segment 203 Section 1 Objectives N . .205 2 .t 'Medicine and the health sciences206 3 Users and 'consumers of medical I rj . information' 210. 4 Communication of medical , . information 213 5 Medical informationresources 214 6 Study Questions and Exetcises 223 IX ENGINEERING 'Outline of Segment , 230 Section . ' .. 1 Objectives 231 .. k 2 Engineering: What is it? 232- 3 The engineer: his tasks 2'33 4 Informationuse 234 5 Specific types of 'information . resourcesi.and their use 236 6 Study Questions and Exercises 253 PREFACE e The material in this guideis intended forpse in the units 42313, Informatio*ResourcesIIIA, and 41215, Information Resources IIIB as taught atKuring-gai College of Advanced Education. These units approach informationresources by .4' subject, buildingon previous informationresources units which concentratedon format. The resources ofselected . disciplines within thebroad subjectareas of the humanities,, . the social sciences andpure and applied sciences are _ examined. The disciplines included: literature, fine arts,_ law, history, education, chemistry, biologicalsciences, medicine and engineering, have been selected becausethey illustrate differentinformation use 'patterns,and a variety of different types of informationresource. Each segment examines briefly thenature of the subject, andthe way in which information is generated nd communicated in the -.subject, in order to provideabackgroundand setting for the identification, evaluationand use of information resodtces relevantto the subject. It concentrates on Australian informationresources, but also includes material produced in other countries . which is relevant to the Australian situation. The_resourdes listedare examples, and do not comprisea definitive list. Some have been eluded because theyare standard works, others because t ey are representative ofa particular type of information t...) esource. For resources listed, callnumbers at the -K.C.A.E. Resource's Centreare indicated. O Janine,:Schmidt 41. Senior Lecturer .0pepartment of InformatiOn Studies 41, 1 I. LITERATURE 1 Outline of Segment, . a Section . Page 1 0 ,-Objectives 2 2 Literature: What is it? 2 2.i befini:tions ofliterature 22. Consumers and generators of literature 4 2.iii 4' Categorising-iiterature ' 4 3 General informationresources in literature and their use 1 3.i Overview of the subject . 3.ii 4 Brief factual information 7 3..iii *Information about authors and their works . 7 Definitions of words % and phras s, 8 3.v History of literature 1 9 3.vi Information for writers, 9 3.vii !sts ofbibliographical information about literature 10 4 Formats of informati5nresources, in literature 11 5 Literary fams 12 5.i Prose 12 5.ii Poetry '16 5.iii Drama 17 6 Indexing and abstractingservices for literaturd 18 Indexes to literary book reviews .. '19 o / \ 8 Machine-readable data bases '20 9 Study Questions and Exercises 21 1 0t - 1. OBJECTIVES OF THIS SEGMENT When you have completed this segment of\the course, 'you should have thought about,'and begun to draw some conclusions about, questions .-such as these: 4 i. What is it about literature which distinguishes it from other subjects which people may engage in for research, study; pleasure or profit? ii. For what purposes, and at 'what levels, may people be engaged with literature and its information resources? What is the s,ignificAnce of these differences in level and purpose for people like librarians who provide the information resources? What are some of-the characteristics of the people who are in various ways engaged with literature? How do they seek information? How do they use it? iv. What aresomt of the major characteristics of the typeS of informatiOn resouece used byPeople who ' .are engaged with literature? IYou should also have acquired certain skills, in particular: i. Describe the main types of information resource used in literature, their characteristics, and what they can be used for. ii. Select appropriate information resources to answer specific questions in literature. 4P iii.