| Database Information |
LISA: Library and Information Science Abstracts  |
| Access: | Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect: 1. from a public computer in the University of Delaware Library 2. from a University of Delaware campus connection in your dorm, lab, or office 3. from an off-campus connection (University of Delaware ID required) |
| Description: | LISA: Library and Information Science Abstracts is an international abstracting and indexing tool designed for library professionals and other information specialists. It currently abstracts over 440 periodicals. Major areas of coverage include: artificial intelligence, book reviews, CD-ROMs, computer science applications, information centers, information management, information science, information storage, information technology, Internet technology, knowledge management, librarianship, libraries and archives, library management, library technology, library use and users, medical information, online information retrieval, publishing and bookselling, records management, telecommunications, technical services, and the World Wide Web. |
| Coverage: | 1969 to the present |
| Updated: | every two weeks |
| Journals: | A Current Serials Source List for LISA: Library and Information Sciences Abstracts is available. |
| Links: | Depending upon the Cambridge Scientific Abstracts database, there might be links to full-text electronic journal articles from the American Meteorological Society, BioOne, HighWire Press, IngentaConnect, JSTOR, National Sea Grant Library, Nature Publishing Group, Project MUSE, PsycARTICLES, Sage Publications, ScienceDirect, Springer LINK. If full text is available, there will be a clickable “Full-Text” link at the top of a citation. Additional Get It! links are provided by clicking on the “Get It!” button. |
| Alerts: | Click on “Alerts” in the “Search Tools” area to set up a personal profile. You can click on “Alerts” above a result set to save it. A saved “Alert” will be used to automatically search your selected databases for new content every week. |
| Output Formats: | Click on “Save/Print/Email Records.” Available as an option from the Save/Print/Email screen, QuikBib allows you to generate a bibliography from your search results in any of eight popular bibliographic styles. Final output is available as HTML, Text, RTF, and MS Word. |
| Help: | Click on “Help” in the upper right of the screen. For further assistance, contact a librarian. |
| Software Requirements: | Best viewed with Netscape 6.0 or newer or Internet Explorer 6.0 or newer. |
| Related Resources: | Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts and Library Literature & Information Science |
| Users: | unlimited concurrent users |
| Producer: | ProQuest |
