Current flow of information necessitates a systematic approach to what authors, reviewers and editors read and use as references. The objectivity of communication is increasingly dependent on a comprehensive literature search through online databases (1). Academic institutions wishing to succeed in the global competition secure access to the prestigious databases and archives (2). Journal edito...

Requirements for Bibliographic Records F unctional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) [1], a report developed by the IFLA Study Group on the functional requirements for bibliographic records, has been discussed and explored for nearly a decade. FRBR offers a new perspective on how to create and relate records about information packages for more effective support of user information t...

Relatively little research has been published about bibliographic visualization, although scientists, researchers, and students often have need for such technology. In this paper, we examine the functionality needed to visualize bibliographies e ectively. After reviewing some existing tools, we present BIVTECI (Bibliographic Visualization Tool with Enhanced Citation Interactivity) which derives...

In many research settings, bibliographies are a central resource for collecting information about related work, keeping track of the own research record, and annotating this information with remarks. By its very nature, this information should be shared between researchers within a research group and maybe in larger organizational units (for example research institutes) as well. However, most t...

ASSTRACT FACULTY IDENTIFIED BY librarians as the key to a successful biblie ARE OFTEN graphic instruction program. Nevertheless, considerable evidence suggests that most faculty have not widely adopted bibliographic instruction in their teaching. This article examines the nature of faculty culture and how certain aspects of it impede bibliographic instruction efforts. Despite attributes of facu...

Many thousands of researchers are now using personal bibliographic managers such as Reference Manager, EndNote and ProCite to access bibliographic databases via the Z39.50 protocol. Using the EndNote software as an example, this paper demonstrates how researchers are using a standard search interface to access diverse databases and download references into their personal databases. There follow...

A computerized bibliographic research on groundwater artificial recharge is carried out, following the same methodology as implemented in a previous bibliographic research in 1987. The facilities of the electronic instruments offered by the host computers and by the database are investigated. The results are analysed and compared with those of the previous research. A critical review of the res...

Bibliographic information systems need to rely on metadata provided by various sources in various forms and with various quality. The talk gives some insights how the dblp bibliography as an example for such a system is maintained and improved. It shows how metadata can be automatically harvested from publisher websites and how the harvesting process can be steered. It also discusses some open ...

A Conceptual Model Based on User Needs FRBR, the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records, is a conceptual model, establishing the purposes, uses, and requirements for bibliographic records. FRBR sets out “a clearly defined, structured framework for relating the data that are recorded in bibliographic records to the needs of the users of those records.” We need such a framework because...