Information Literacy for Science and Engineering Students - (Libraries Unlimited Series for Teaching Information Literacy Today) by Mary Dejong

Book Synopsis

This engaging handbook gives students and working scientists and engineers the information literacy skills they need to find, evaluate, and use information.

Beginning with a strong foundation in the utility, structure, and packaging of information, this useful handbook helps students and working professionals decode real-world information literacy problems. Mary DeJong provides a compelling context and rationale for the skills scientists and engineers need to succeed in challenging careers that rely on the successful discovering and sharing of complex information. Students will appreciate the in-depth information on sources, especially those needed for research assignments, and scientists and engineers who write for publication will benefit from chapters on searching databases and organizing and citing sources. Written with science and engineering students and professionals in mind, this book is thorough, well-paced, engaging, and even funny.

Review Quotes

"Mary DeJong's outstanding and engaging book reinforces the essential idea that students of every rank have work to do-work they very much need to do, regardless of their backgrounds-in strategizing their way forward as citizens of the world. Information literacy serves as a beacon to guide students, giving them tools to tell truth from falsehood with wisdom and grace: as DeJong shows, an increasingly essential skill in today's complicated information world." --Daniel Lewis, Dibner Senior Curator for the History of Science and Technology, The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, USA

"Information Literacy for Science and Engineering Students: Concepts and Skills by Mary DeJong is a well-written guide aimed at science and engineering students and professionals that will help them build their research skills and navigate the complex information ecosystem. This guide will assist readers in improving their proficiency in understanding various types of sources, evaluating their credibility, and mastering the organization and citation of sources. Mary's work will improve the work of scientists and engineers by giving them a strong foundation in the management and evaluation of numerous and complex information sources. With the help of witty illustrations, this book will keep readers engaged in improving their information literacy skills, to ultimately become more proficient and skillful researchers." --Amanda Bielskas, Director, Science, Engineering & Social Science Libraries, Columbia University, USA

"This book is for scientists and engineers who want a deep dive on information literacy and all the ways it is crucial for discovery of knowledge. These skills are essential for college and graduate students, both in their academic lives and throughout their careers. This book is like carrying around your own personal science librarian!" --Valrie I. Minson, Associate Dean of Academic Support Services and Chair of Marston Science Library, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, USA

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