Contents -- Introduction -- PART I: Information Sources by Subject -- 1 Input technologies -- 2 Output technologies: printers, plotters, monitors, speech synthesis robotics and process control -- 3 Software, computer languages and operating systems -- 4 Computer hardware and electronic components -- 5 Information and data storage -- 6 Transmission of information -- 7 Information technology applications -- 8 Information policy and statutory control -- PART II: Sources of Information -- 9 Machine-readable sources -- 10 Secondary sources and reference works -- 11 Organizations libraries and referral services -- 12 Trade statistics and market information -- 13 Research -- 14 Patent information -- 15 Government publications -- 16 Periodicals and conferences -- 17 Foreign language material. The foreign-language barrier to information on information technology -- 18 Experts -- 19 Standards -- INDEX.