Information Science

Bibliographic Databases

Extensive collections, reputedly complete, of references and citations to books, articles, publications, etc., generally on a single subject or specialized subject area. Databases can operate through automated files, libraries, or computer disks. The concept should be differentiated from DATABASES, FACTUAL which is used for collections of data and facts apart from bibliographic references to them.

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Extensive collections, reputedly complete, of references and citations to books, articles, publications, etc., generally on a single subject or specialized subject area. Databases can operate through automated files, libraries, or computer disks. The concept should be differentiated from DATABASES, FACTUAL which is used for collections of data and facts apart from bibliographic references to them.

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  • Databases, Bibliographic
  • Bibliographic Database
  • Database, Bibliographic

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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91; DATABASES was see INFORMATION SYSTEMS 1982-90

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  • Bibliography (1966-1990)
  • Information Systems (1966-1981)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Bibliographic Databases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016206. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016206
  2. Bibliographic Databases. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliographic_database
  3. Bibliographic Databases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1789476