LISA

LISA: Library and Information Science Abstracts is an international abstracting and indexing tool designed for library professionals and other information specialists.

LISA currently abstracts over 440 periodicals from more than 68 countries and in more than 20 different languages.

Subject Coverage

Major areas of coverage include:
Artificial intelligence
Book reviews
CD-ROMs
Computer science applications
Information centres
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
World Wide Web

Dates of Coverage

1969 - current

Update Frequency

Every two weeks, with more than 500 records added per update.

Size

Over 344,835 records as of October 2011

Thesaurus

An online thesaurus is available.

Print Equivalent

Library and Information Science Abstracts, 0024-2179

Supplier

Proquest
789 E. Eisenhower Parkway
P.O. Box 1346
Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1346
Tel: +1-734-761-4700

Sample Record

TI: Title
An overview of readers' advisory service with evaluations of related Websites
AU: Author
Schultz, K
SO: Source
Acquisitions Librarian; (23) 2000, p.21-33
IS: ISSN
0896-3576
AB: Abstract
Contribution to a thematic issue devoted to the Internet and acquisitions. As readers' advisors, librarians attempt to match users with books they will enjoy. Typically done with fiction, this service is important for 2 reasons: fiction circulation figures are consistently high in public libraries; and users often rely on recommendations for fiction reading material since the contents of novels are not as clearcut as non fiction books, which are sorted by subject. To be successful advisors, librarians must know their collections and their users' reading preferences, and then bridge the two. Librarians can learn their users' reading preferences using specific interview techniques, and they can learn their collections using readers' advisory aids such as the latest Web resources. (Original abstract - amended)
FE: Features
refs.
LA: Language
English
PY: Publication Year
2000
DE: Descriptors
Acquisitions; Selection aids; World Wide Web; Web sites; Evaluation; Libraries; User services; Readers advisory work
SH: Shelfmark
0578.881170
UD: Update
20000725
AN: Accession Number
95048

Field Codes

The following field codes are found in the records of this database. Here they are listed in alphabetical order by two-letter code.

AB = Abstract KW = Keywords
AN = Accession Number LA = Language
AU = Author PY = Publication Year
DE = Descriptors RL = Resource Location
FE = Features SH = Shelfmark (British Library)
IB = ISBN SO = Source
IS = ISSN TI = Title
JN = Journal Name UD = Update

Keywords, KW=
In this database a Keywords, KW= , search includes the Title, Abstract, and Descriptors fields.

Browsable Indexes
A browsable index is an alphabetical listing of terms used in a specific field of a database. You can browse this list to see, for example, the names of journals indexed in LISA. Browsable indexes are available for the following fields:
Author
Journal Name