NOISE CONTROL BIBLIOGRAPHY

AT PRESENT, WHEN A RESEARCHER OR ENGINEER NEEDS EXTENSIVE INFORMATION ON WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN AN AREA OF NOISE CONTROL, HE MUST ACCESS SEVERAL ON-LINE DATABASES OR MANUALLY SEARCH IN THE LIBRARY FOR THE REQUIRED INFORMATION. THE DATABASES MAY HAVE THE DISADVANTAGES OF GENERATING TOO MUCH INFORMATION BY CROSS-REFERENCING TOO FREELY OR OF NOT HAVING DETAILED ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE WORK BY NOT INCLUDING AN ABSTRACT. WE OFFER TO DEVELOP AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF INFORMATION ON THE OPEN NOISE CONTROL LITERATURE. THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY SHALL INCLUDE THE SPECIFIC AREAS OF MACHINERY QUIETING, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES, ACOUSTICAL MATERIALS, AND EFFECTS OF NOISE ON PEOPLE. THE SOURCES OF INFORMATION SHALL BE ON-LINE DATABASES AND MANUAL SEARCHES OF STANDARD INDICIES AND PROCEEDINGS OF NOISE CONTROL CONFERENCES. WHERE AN ABSTRACT DOES NOT EXIST, A COPY OF THE ARTICLE SHALL BE ACQUIRED AND AN ABSTRACT WRITTEN. IN PHASE I WE SHALL COMPILE A SINGLE YEAR DATABASE,PREPARE NECESSRY ABSTRACTS, DECIDE ON THE INDEXING AND RETRIEVAL METHODS FOR THE DATABASE, AND DEMONSTRATE A WORKING RETRIEVAL SYSTEM.