CS 2250
Technical Information Resources

Summer 1998
GT College of Computing

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Science & Technical Document Types

Students should expect to acquire familiarity with the general format, purpose, and detail in each of the sci-tech publication types listed below. This table is duplicated from the Midterm & Final Review handouts, and condenses the characteristics by which citations to each document type may be recognized.

Publication Type Characteristics Sample Citation

monograph,
text
imprint
(place +
publisher +date)
Fites, P., et al. The Computer virus crisis New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1988. 171 p.

monograph,
reference
imprint (as above)
reference keywords or types
Mark's standard handbook for mechanical engineers. 9th ed. Edited by E.A.Avallone and T.Baumeister III. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1987.

monograph,
Master's Thesis
imprint (as above)
academic institution as publisher
keywords like M.S., M.A., or Master's
D. Barrowman, An sql-based interface to X.5000, Master's Thesis, Department of Computing and Information Science, Queen's University at Kingston, March 1995.

monograph,
dissertation
imprint (as above)
academic institution as publisher
keywords indicating doctoral work
Crowe, Jan Dee. Study of the Feasibility of Indexing a Work's Subjective Viewpoint. Ph.D., University of California, Berlkeley, 1986.

journal subscription

range of dates
range of issue or volume numbers
Ocean Physics and Engineering. Four issues yearly. Vols. 2-12, 1976-1988. New York: M. Dekker, c. 1976-1988.

journal article

range of pages
specific date and volume numbers
two titles (article + journal titles)
Epstein, David L. "The Search for investors." Restaurant Business Magazine. 82:92-95 (March 1, 1989).

conference
proceedings

"magic" (key conf.) words
lacks specific page numbers
Krummenacker, M. and Lewis, J., Eds. Prospects in nanotechnology: toward molecular manufacturing, the Gral Conference on nanotechnology: Development, Applications, and Opportunities. New York: Wiley, 1995.

conference
paper

"magic" (key conf.) words
specific page range
two titles (conf. + paper titles)
Hauck, E.A. and B.A. Dent (1992) "Burroughts' B6500/B7500 stack mechanism," in Proceedings AFIPS SJCC, pp. 245-251.

government
document

corporate authorship (usu. gov't agency)
publisher as "GPO" or "Washington, D.C."
may have SuDoc number
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Business Statistics: 1986. 25th Ed. Washington, D.C.: The Bureau, 1987. 316 p. C59.11/3:986.

technical report

any combination of contract, project, and accession numbers
US gov't agency as publisher

Williams, A., Siegel, A., and Burkett, J., Readability of Textual Material: a Survey of the Literature, AFHRL-TR-784-29. Brooks Air Force Base, TX: Air Force Human Resources Laboratory, 1974.
Goel, Amrit L. An experimental investigation into software reliability. Final report, Nov. 1985-Jan. 1987. Contract F30602-81-C-0193. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse Univ; 1988 Oct. 124 p. Available from NTIS as AD- A206293; RADC-TR-88-213.

standard
specification
agency acronym and designation number:
(agency)-####-(year)
American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Guidelines for safe storage and handling of toxic hazar materials. New York: AIChE; 1988. 129 p. AIChE-G3-88.

patent

patent number (usu. says "patent")
may also list invention as title and inventor as author, with patent, application, and-or classification numbers and dates
Chester, Arthur W. and Chu, Yung F., both of Cherry Hill, NJ, Inventors; Mobile Oil Corporation, NY, Assignee. Process for converting ethane to aromatics over gallium-activated zeolite. U.S. Patent 4,350,835. 1982 September 21. Int Cl. C07C 12/02. U.S. Cl. 585/415. Filed 1981 February 19. Ser No. 235,777. 15 claims.
OR, for same patent, just:
U.S.Pat. 4,350,835.

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Publication Type	Characteristics	Sample Citation
monograph, text	imprint (place + publisher +date)	Fites, P., et al. The Computer virus crisis New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1988. 171 p.
monograph, reference	imprint (as above) reference keywords or types	Mark's standard handbook for mechanical engineers. 9th ed. Edited by E.A.Avallone and T.Baumeister III. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1987.
monograph, Master's Thesis	imprint (as above) academic institution as publisher keywords like M.S., M.A., or Master's	D. Barrowman, An sql-based interface to X.5000, Master's Thesis, Department of Computing and Information Science, Queen's University at Kingston, March 1995.
monograph, dissertation	imprint (as above) academic institution as publisher keywords indicating doctoral work	Crowe, Jan Dee. Study of the Feasibility of Indexing a Work's Subjective Viewpoint. Ph.D., University of California, Berlkeley, 1986.
journal subscription	range of dates range of issue or volume numbers	Ocean Physics and Engineering. Four issues yearly. Vols. 2-12, 1976-1988. New York: M. Dekker, c. 1976-1988.
journal article	range of pages specific date and volume numbers two titles (article + journal titles)	Epstein, David L. "The Search for investors." Restaurant Business Magazine. 82:92-95 (March 1, 1989).
conference proceedings	"magic" (key conf.) words lacks specific page numbers	Krummenacker, M. and Lewis, J., Eds. Prospects in nanotechnology: toward molecular manufacturing, the Gral Conference on nanotechnology: Development, Applications, and Opportunities. New York: Wiley, 1995.
conference paper	"magic" (key conf.) words specific page range two titles (conf. + paper titles)	Hauck, E.A. and B.A. Dent (1992) "Burroughts' B6500/B7500 stack mechanism," in Proceedings AFIPS SJCC, pp. 245-251.
government document	corporate authorship (usu. gov't agency) publisher as "GPO" or "Washington, D.C." may have SuDoc number	U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Business Statistics: 1986. 25th Ed. Washington, D.C.: The Bureau, 1987. 316 p. C59.11/3:986.
technical report	any combination of contract, project, and accession numbers US gov't agency as publisher	Williams, A., Siegel, A., and Burkett, J., Readability of Textual Material: a Survey of the Literature, AFHRL-TR-784-29. Brooks Air Force Base, TX: Air Force Human Resources Laboratory, 1974. Goel, Amrit L. An experimental investigation into software reliability. Final report, Nov. 1985-Jan. 1987. Contract F30602-81-C-0193. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse Univ; 1988 Oct. 124 p. Available from NTIS as AD- A206293; RADC-TR-88-213.
standard specification	agency acronym and designation number: (agency)-####-(year)	American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Guidelines for safe storage and handling of toxic hazar materials. New York: AIChE; 1988. 129 p. AIChE-G3-88.
patent	patent number (usu. says "patent") may also list invention as title and inventor as author, with patent, application, and-or classification numbers and dates	Chester, Arthur W. and Chu, Yung F., both of Cherry Hill, NJ, Inventors; Mobile Oil Corporation, NY, Assignee. Process for converting ethane to aromatics over gallium-activated zeolite. U.S. Patent 4,350,835. 1982 September 21. Int Cl. C07C 12/02. U.S. Cl. 585/415. Filed 1981 February 19. Ser No. 235,777. 15 claims. OR, for same patent, just: U.S.Pat. 4,350,835.

CS 2250 Technical Information Resources

Summer 1998 GT College of Computing

Science & Technical Document Types

CS 2250
Technical Information Resources

Summer 1998
GT College of Computing