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A bibliographic database may cover a wide range of topics or one academic field like computer science. [2] A significant number of bibliographic databases are marketed under a trade name by licensing agreement from vendors, or directly from their makers: the indexing and abstracting services. [3]
the article about bibliographic databases for information about databases giving bibliographic information about finding books and journal articles. Note that "free" or "subscription" can refer both to the availability of the database or of the journal articles included. This has been indicated as precisely as possible in the lists below.
Many of these database companies use the same name for their file format as they do for their database (including Copac, CSA, ISI, Medline, Ovid, PubMed, and SciFinder). For the ability to retrieve citations from the particular databases (rather than the file format), please refer to the database connectivity table that is below this table.
Many reference management applications enable users to search bibliographic records in online bibliographic databases and library catalogs. An early communications protocol used to access library catalogs, and still in service at many libraries, [1] is Z39.50, which predated the invention of the World Wide Web.
Enter a search term in the box to find titles that contain that term, or enter the name of a particular publication in quotations (e.g., "Gestalt Review") to see which databases include it. Note that in some cases only partial runs of the periodical may be indexed. Books are not included in this search.
Bibliographic database providers (5 C, 47 P) Pages in category "Bibliographic databases and indexes" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 243 total.
It is intended as a research tool for finding sets of information. For comprehensive listing of bibliographies on Wikipedia see, Category:Wikipedia bibliographies. See also: Wikipedia:Manual of Style (lists of works)#Bibliographies.
Large search space: A search can search the data from different data sources (the discovery system has a comprehensive central subject index). For example, you can search a journal article or a textbook directly in the discovery system and you do not have to change from a subject database to the library catalog.