Technical Communications in Engineering and Science: The Practices within a Government Defense Laboratory.

Von Seggern, Marilyn; Jourdain, Janet M.

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Publication Date: 1996

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Technical Communications in Engineering and Science: The Practices within a Government Defense Laboratory.

Von Seggern, Marilyn; Jourdain, Janet M.

Special Libraries, v87 n2 p98-119 Spr 1996

A survey of the different technical communications and information-related activities of 305 engineers and scientists from 3 sites of the Philips Laboratory, an Air Force research and development laboratory, found that scientists have a closer affinity for libraries and traditional information sources than do engineers. Eight tables depict survey results. (AEF)

Descriptors: Engineers, Information Seeking, Information Sources, Information Utilization, Laboratories, Libraries, Scientists, Tables (Data), User Needs (Information)

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Language: English

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