Information about Bibliographic Database
For computer programs to manage an individual's bibliographic references, see Reference management software
A bibliographic or library database is a database of bibliographic information. It may be a database containing information about books and other materials held in a library (e.g. an online library catalog, or OPAC) or, as the term is more often used, an electronic index to journal or magazine articles, containing citations, abstracts--and often either the full text of the articles indexed, or links to the full text.
Many scientific databases are bibliographic databases, but some are not. Within Chemical Abstracts, for example, there are databases of chemical structures, within Entrez there are databases of sequences. Outside of science, the same holds: there are databases of citations to articles in art history journals, and there are databases of images, such as ARTstor.
Some notable databases are discussed briefly below. For a list of bibliographic databases by subject, see Academic databases and search engines.
Library book databases
These databases are intended to be employed by college and university students to identify and locate books for class work and research. The books are then usually obtained through the catalog of the specific library, or via Interlibrary loan.OCLC
A somewhat less powerful free version is now available, called simply Worldcat.org. In a version known as Open WorldCat, it can be integrated into web browsers.
RLIN
Specific Libraries
The catalogs of the largest libraries, especially the major national libraries, can be used for general purpose bibliographic searching; they can be assumed to include all significant titles, and information then used to search more specific library catalogs. The catalogs of individual libraries can be used for finding books in those particular libraries.BL
The very large database of the British LibraryLC
The very large database of the Library of CongressOnline general-interest book databases
Some databases are intended primarily for general rather than academic use, and are constructed less formally than those mentioned above.- Internet Book Database
- The Internet Book Database of Fiction
- Internet Book List
Social networking book databases
There are several databases intended primarily or partially for social networking. They encourage users to make their own catalogs, to rate the books on the site, and to use this information to identify others with similar interests.LibraryThing
Reader2.com
This is another social networking book website.Consumer-oriented Databases
Typically dealing with many other things than books, and aimed primarily at selling books and other products.AbeBooks
Amazon
bn.com
Play.com
Powell's Books
Compilations of other databases
Also known as book meta-search engines, this combine the output of catalogs from a number of libraries and other sources.ISBNdb.com
ISBNdb.com is a website that attempts to build a free database of books by querying various libraries across the world for book data. The results are then indexed by a variety of parameters (authors, publishers, subjects, similarity, etc.) and presented on the website in an organized format. Original MARC records are available for download as well. As of May 2006, the site has data on more than 2 million unique ISBNs and corresponding books searchable by title, ISBN, author, subject, and other criteria. 2000-5000 records are added daily.The ISBNdb.com website also offers book price comparisons for availability and pricing in many online stores, including both general dealers such as Amazon and large used book dealers (Abebooks, Alibris, etc). ISBNdb.com displays the pricing information immediately, in parallel to normal book browsing.
Effective July 2005, ISBNdb.com offers an XML based remote access API that allows access to all of the same data that is displayed on the website itself. ISBNdb.com was started in 2001 as a hobby project by Andrew Maltsev. it is now a project of his company, Ejelta LLC.
DBLP
The Digital Bibliography & Library Project tracks citations in computer science. As of July 2007, the DBLP website listed more than 910,000 citations to articles on the computer science field, mirrored at five sites across the Internet.Journal and magazine article databases
General
- Proquest
- Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature
- Scopus - large scale commercial database of social science journals indexed by subject and with cross-references
- Web of Knowledge - large scale commercial database of scientific, social science, and humanities journals indexed by subject and with cross-references
Subject-specific
- Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts] http://aata.getty.edu/NPS/
- Bibliography of the History of Art] http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/bha
- Education Resources Information Center - free database by U.S. Department of Education
- International Repertory of Music Literature http://www.rilm.org/
Publisher-specific
Open-access journal article databases
DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
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Reference management software, citation management software or personal bibliographic management software is software for scholars and authors to use for recording and utilising bibliographic citations (references).
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database is a structured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer system so that a computer program or person using a query language can consult it to answer queries. The records retrieved in answer to queries are information that can be used to make decisions.
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Bibliography[1] (from Greek: βιβλιογραφία, bibliographia; lit. book writing) in its most general sense is the academic study of books as physical, cultural objects.
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A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of paper, parchment, or other material, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. A single sheet within a book is called a leaf, and each side of a sheet is called a page.
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library catalog (or library catalogue) is a register of all bibliographic items found in a particular library or group of libraries, such as those belonging to a university system spread out over several geographic locations.
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An 'Online Public Access Catalog' or OPAC (aka iPAC for Internet/Intranet Public Access Catalogue) is a computerized online catalog of the materials held in a library, or library system.
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For other uses of "Index", see Index.
An index is a list of words and associated pointers to where those words can be found in a document.
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academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research.
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Topics in journalism
Professional issues
Ethics & objectivity
Sources & attribution
News & news values
Reporting & writing
Fourth estate • Libel law
Education & books
Other topics
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Professional issues
Ethics & objectivity
Sources & attribution
News & news values
Reporting & writing
Fourth estate • Libel law
Education & books
Other topics
Fields
Advocacy journalism
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citation or bibliographic citation is a reference to a book, article, web page, or other published item with sufficient detail to identify the item uniquely. Unpublished writings or speech, such as working papers and personal communications, are also sometimes cited.
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An abstract is a brief summary of a research article, thesis, review, conference proceeding or any in-depth analysis of a particular subject or discipline, and is often used to help the reader quickly ascertain the paper's purpose.
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Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) is a division of the American Chemical Society, and produces Chemical Abstracts, and related products. It is located in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
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The Entrez Global Query Cross-Database Search System is a powerful federated search engine, or web portal that allows users to search many discrete health sciences databases at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) website.
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ARTstor is a non-profit organization which operates the ARTstor Digital Library, a collection of digital images of artwork available for non-commercial and educational use.
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This page contains a partial list of representative major databases and search engines useful in an academic setting for finding and accessing articles in academic journals, or in repositories, archives, or other collections of scientific and other articles.
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library catalog (or library catalogue) is a register of all bibliographic items found in a particular library or group of libraries, such as those belonging to a university system spread out over several geographic locations.
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Interlibrary loan (abbreviated ILL, and sometimes called interloan, document delivery, or document supply etc.) is a service whereby a user of one library can borrow books, videos, DVDs, sound recordings, microfilms, or receive photocopies of
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OCLC Online Computer Library Center
Nonprofit membership cooperative
Founded Dublin, OH, U.S. (1967)
Headquarters Dublin, OH, U.S.
Key people Robert L.
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Nonprofit membership cooperative
Founded Dublin, OH, U.S. (1967)
Headquarters Dublin, OH, U.S.
Key people Robert L.
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WorldCat is a union catalog which itemizes the collections of the more than 50,000 libraries which participate in the OCLC global cooperative. It is built and maintained collectively by the participating libraries from more than ninety countries.
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British Library
Location London
Established 1973
Collection size 25,000,000 Books (150,000,000 Total Items)
Budget £100,000,000 [1]
Website [1]
The British Library (BL) is the national library of the United Kingdom.
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Location London
Established 1973
Collection size 25,000,000 Books (150,000,000 Total Items)
Budget £100,000,000 [1]
Website [1]
The British Library (BL) is the national library of the United Kingdom.
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Library of Congress
Location Washington, D.C.
Established 1800
Number of branches n/a
Collection size 30,011,749 Books (130,000,000 Total Items)
Annual circulation library does not publicly circulate
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Location Washington, D.C.
Established 1800
Number of branches n/a
Collection size 30,011,749 Books (130,000,000 Total Items)
Annual circulation library does not publicly circulate
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LibraryThing is a prominent social cataloging web application for storing and sharing personal library catalogs and book lists.
LibraryThing was developed by Tim Spalding and went live on August 29, 2005.
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LibraryThing was developed by Tim Spalding and went live on August 29, 2005.
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AbeBooks
Private
Founded 1996
Headquarters Victoria, British Columbia
Key people Hannes Blum, CEO
Boris Wertz, CIO
John Chase, CFO
Industry Retail
Products used books, out of print books, rare books, new books and textbooks, HomeBase 2.
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Private
Founded 1996
Headquarters Victoria, British Columbia
Key people Hannes Blum, CEO
Boris Wertz, CIO
John Chase, CFO
Industry Retail
Products used books, out of print books, rare books, new books and textbooks, HomeBase 2.
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Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN ) is an American e-commerce company based in Seattle, Washington. It was one of the first major companies to sell goods over the Internet and was one of the iconic stocks of the late 1990s dot-com bubble.
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Barnes & Noble, Inc.
Public (NYSE: BKS )
Founded 1873 (as a printing business)
1917 (first bookstore opened)
Headquarters New York City
Key people Leonard Riggio, Chairman
Steve Riggio, CEO, Vice Chairman
Mitchell S.
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Public (NYSE: BKS )
Founded 1873 (as a printing business)
1917 (first bookstore opened)
Headquarters New York City
Key people Leonard Riggio, Chairman
Steve Riggio, CEO, Vice Chairman
Mitchell S.
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Play.com
Private
Founded 1998
Headquarters Jersey, Channel Islands
Industry DVD, music, books, electronics & gadgets, video games, retailer
Products play.com
playusa.com
playtrade.com
Website Play.com
Play.
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Private
Founded 1998
Headquarters Jersey, Channel Islands
Industry DVD, music, books, electronics & gadgets, video games, retailer
Products play.com
playusa.com
playtrade.com
Website Play.com
Play.
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Powell's Books is a chain of bookstores in the Portland metropolitan area (with roots in Chicago, Illinois). Powell's headquarters location, Powell's City of Books, claims to be the largest independent new and used bookstore in the world.
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A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN.
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A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of paper, parchment, or other material, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. A single sheet within a book is called a leaf, and each side of a sheet is called a page.
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