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Emerging Technologies in Business: Drones & Robotics

This guide will highlight resources to help you learn about and keep current on emerging technologies in the business world.

Research

Keeping Current: Sources & Search Strategies for Drones & Robotics

Use these suggestions to perform your own searches for current content about Drones.

As a keyword search strategy in LibrarySearch or one of the other research databases, try: drones OR "unmanned aerial vehicles" OR UAVs. As a next step, add additional terms or concepts using a Boolean "AND" operator like: "drones" AND "artificial intelligence." As you find quality articles, look in the item's record for any subject headings that seem promising to expand your search.

Use these suggestions to perform your own searches for current content about Robotics.

As a keyword search strategy in LibrarySearch or one of the other research databases, try: "robotics" OR "robot industry" OR "robotics market" OR "robots." As a next step, add additional terms or concepts using a Boolean "AND" operator like: "robotics" AND "medical care." As you find quality articles, look in the item's record for any subject headings that seem promising to expand your search.

(image credit: Pixabay, 2019)

Use LibrarySearch to find articles, books, and more

Search Tips:

  • to focus your search, use the limits on the left side of the result page
  • try the Peer Review limit to focus your results on scholarly articles
  • learn more about LibrarySearch

Suggested Library Research Databases to Search for Drones and Robotics

Try the following sources to search for articles or data on this topic:

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Selected Readings

The literature on these emerging technologies is vast and growing. To whet your appetite and explain some of the basics, here's a very brief selection of articles and reports on Drones and Robotics (updated periodically).

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