Bibliographic database? It is a database for storing secondary literature in a certain field (such as bibliographic data such as catalogue, title and abstract). ), sometimes called secondary literature database, or literature database for short. It mainly provides basic bibliographic information such as the title, author and source of the literature, and some provide the literature. Common bibliographic databases include biological abstracts, national newspaper indexes, abstracts of China academic journals and scientific abstracts.
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Bibliographic databases can be divided into two types according to the nature of the information they store: abstract index database and library catalogue database.
Abstract index database
The content of index database is the same as that of book-based abstract index, which mainly records the articles published in a certain period in related fields for people to search and query. It provides the source information determined by the literature, that is, the original literature corresponding to the abstract, but generally does not provide the collection information of the original literature.
Library catalog database
Library catalog database, usually called machine readable catalog (MARC). Refers to the directory pre-recorded on the computer storage carrier in a specific code form and structure, and recognized and processed by the computer. To put it simply, it is a collection of bibliographic records in the form of machine-readable editing.
It records the contents of the traditional card catalogue in the form of standard data on the storage carrier of the computer, which is recognized by the computer for users to consult. The machine-readable catalogue mainly records the bibliographic information and storage address of various documents actually collected by a specific library. It is a tool for general users to use computers to find library materials, and it is also a business management tool for library business departments.
Its data content is detailed, besides the description information of literature appearance characteristics, there are many additional information such as management information and collection information, and it has a relatively unified recording format.