Bibliographic database 4629929 224148788 2008-07-07T15:18:47Z Albeiror24 7283702 es interlink {{dablink|For computer programs to manage an individual's bibliographic references, see [[Reference management software]]}} A '''bibliographic''' or '''library database''' is a [[database]] of [[bibliography|bibliographic]] records. 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 (publishing)|index]] to [[academic journal|journal]] or [[magazines|magazine]] [[article (publishing)|article]]s, containing [[citation]]s, [[Abstract (summary)|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 and 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 relevant 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 [[library catalog|catalog]] of the specific library, or via [[interlibrary loan]]. ===OCLC=== {{Main|OCLC}} This very widely used database, known as [[WorldCat]] has input from almost all US academic and large public libraries, and from many in other countries. It is available to libraries that subscribe to the service. A somewhat less powerful free version is now available, called simply [http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/dotorg/default.htm Worldcat.org]. In a version known as [http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/open/default.htm Open WorldCat], it can be integrated into web browsers. ===Specific libraries=== The catalogs of the largest libraries, especially the major [[national library |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. ==Online general-interest book databases== {{main|Online general-interest book database}} Some databases are intended primarily for general rather than academic use, and are constructed less formally than those mentioned above. *[[Online general-interest book database#The Internet Book Database|Internet Book Database]] *[[Online general-interest book database#The Internet Book Database of Fiction|The Internet Book Database of Fiction]] *[[Online general-interest book database#Internet Book List|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]] is a large and well-known example. ==Book retailer databases== Aimed primarily at selling books and other products. * [[AbeBooks]] * [[Amazon.com]] * [[Barnes & Noble]] * [[Play.com]] * [[Powell's Books]] ==Compilations of other databases== Also known as '''book meta-search engines''', these combine the output of catalogs from a number of libraries and other sources. ===ISBNdb.com=== '''ISBNdb.com''' [http://ISBNdb.com/] is a [[website]] that attempts to build a free database of [[book]]s by querying various [[Library|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 standards|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.com|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 [http://ISBNdb.com/data-intro.html 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'''. ===Digital Bibliography & Library Project (DBLP)=== The [[Digital Bibliography & Library Project]] (DBLP) 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 * [[ISI Web of Knowledge]] - large scale commercial database of scientific, social science, and humanities journals indexed by subject and with cross-references * Informit (RMIT Publishing)[http://www.informit.com.au] - Australian aggregator of bibliographic databases and journals. ===Subject-specific=== *[[Anthropological Index Online]] (AIO) *[[Education Resources Information Center]] (ERIC) - free database by [[U.S. Department of Education]] *[[Rock's Backpages]] ===Publisher-specific=== *[[ScienceDirect]] ==Open-access journal article databases== * [[Directory of Open Access Journals]] (DOAJ) ==See also== *[[Institutional repository]] ==External links== *[http://www.nfais.org/index.htm National Federation of Abstracting and Indexing Services (NFAIS)] *[http://www.asindexing.org/site/index.html The American Society of Indexers] [[Category:Library and information science]] [[Category:Bibliographic databases]] [[Category:Library 2.0]] [[az:IBList]] [[es:Referencia bibliográfica]] [[ru:IBList]] [[de:Bibliografische Datenbank]] [[fr:Base de données bibliographiques]]