Manual of Online Search Strategies: 3rd edition: Volume 1, Sciences

This is the third edition of this work and it is now in three volumes. Our editor has sent each volume to a different reviewer. All three volumes have the introduction by the editors, which explores the changes since the last edition. They also consider topics such as search and database evaluation, controlled versus natural language searching. The main changes since the last edition are databases on the Web, and the increase in end‐user searching.

The chapters on agriculture, earth sciences, chemistry, biosciences, and engineering and energy are aimed at the professional intermediary and skilled end‐user. The agriculture chapter covers...