Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-252) and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Communication Models -- 3. A Communications Framework for Engineers -- 4. The Engineering Profession and Communication -- 5. Engineers' Information Seeking and Use -- 6. Factors Affecting Information Seeking and Use -- 7. Information Output by Engineers -- 8. Engineering Education and Communication Skills -- 9. The Engineering Scholarly Journal Channel -- 10. Engineers' Journal Information-Seeking and Reading Patterns in an Emerging Electronic Era -- 11. Engineering Communication Patterns Compared with Science and Medicine -- 12. The NASA/DOD Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion Research Project -- 13. Summary