2. UNIVERSITY LIBRARY OF HANNOVER AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION LIBRARY The innovative competence and service centre for literature and information supply Martin Boemeke, IATUL 02.-06.06.2002, Kansas City, Mo, USA

3. 06/03/02 UB/TIB 2 Engineers are always looking for an easy way to find information they are interested in!

4. 06/03/02 UB/TIB 3 Table of Contents: 1.Engineers ways of research 2.Origins of the Engineering Subject Gateway, ViFaTec 3.The Engineering Subject Gateway/ViFaTec 3.1.Idea of the Gateway 3.2.Realization 3.3.Features 4.Summary and Perspective

5. 06/03/02 UB/TIB 4 The two main aspects of information for engineers: - To solve a (technical) problem, - To prepare a well founded decision.

6. 06/03/02 UB/TIB 5 Advantages of asking his/her colleagues - Same way of thinking, - Using the same technical terms - Seem the trustworthiest - Misunderstandings can be cleared right away.

7. 06/03/02 UB/TIB 6 Disadvantages of using his/her colleagues for a first search for information: - Very exclusive information - Other people of the working team might be excluded from the flow of information - Limited Number of contacts

8. 06/03/02 UB/TIB 7 Most important terms for an information source: - Easy to handle - Fast Access without a time limit - High relevance of the information - High quality of the information - Reliable information

9. 06/03/02 UB/TIB 8 Here you can find the Technical Information Library, TIB: From the Website: http://www.welt-atlas.de/

10. 06/03/02 UB/TIB 9 Today the Technical Information Library, TIB is the Central National Subject library for technology and natural sciences in Germany !

11. 06/03/02 UB/TIB 10 Idea of the gateway - Originates from 1998, went first online in April 2000. - The integration of new media into the library world - The urge to meet the demands of Science, Industry and other users for current and high quality information.

12. 06/03/02 UB/TIB 11 The goals of the engineering subject gateway, ViFaTec: to offer competent and compact information

13. 06/03/02 UB/TIB 12 Technical Literature Software Services Products I n f o r m a t i o n s o u r c e s

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15. 06/03/02 UB/TIB 14 The offered features: -A Meta-Search Engine - TIBORDER -GetInfo - Subject Guide -Specialised Search Engine.

16. 06/03/02 UB/TIB 15 Technical Literature TIBORDER External Literature Metasearchengine for technical Literature

17. 06/03/02 UB/TIB 16 Databases

18. 06/03/02 UB/TIB 17 - Online Contents Technik - SAE Technical Papers - NASA Technical Report Server - SPE Papers - DEPATISnet Examples from the list of Databases

19. 06/03/02 UB/TIB 18 TIBORDER

20. 06/03/02 UB/TIB 19 GetInfo

21. 06/03/02 UB/TIB 20 Subject Guide

22. 06/03/02 UB/TIB 21 To filter the results of the Subject Guide through: - Link Collections - Technical Literature - Organisations - Research Projects - Products/Services - Events/Conferences - Discussion Lists - Software - History/Museums

23. 06/03/02 UB/TIB 22 In the sector technical literature are listed: - Technical bibliographic databases - List of books, new acquisition - The current collection of technical literature from the technical Information LibraryTIB or of amazon - Collections of journals - Important reference books

24. 06/03/02 UB/TIB 23 Search Engine

25. 06/03/02 UB/TIB 24 Results for the Search Term : Screw ViFaTec 143 hits Alta Vista: 831,135 hits Google: 2,420,000 hits

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