Library Literature and Information Science [438]

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Library Literature and Information Science

Last Loaded on Web: Thursday, May 01, 2008

Last Update To Bluesheet: February 9, 2006

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File Description	Dialog File Data	DIALINDEX/OneSearch Categories	Basic Index	Rank
Subject Coverage	Document Types Indexed	Contact	Additional Indexes	Predefined Format Options
Tips	Geographic Coverage	Terms and Conditions	Limit	Rates
Print Counterparts	Special Features	Sample Record	Sort

File Description [top]

Library Literature and Information Science is a bibliographic database that indexes more than 229 key library and information science periodicals published in the United States and elsewhere, along with books, chapters within books, library school theses, and pamphlets. Types of periodical materials covered are feature articles, obituaries, interviews, notices of appointments and awards, regularly appearing columns, special theme issues, editorials (of reference value), letters to the editor (of reference value), and book reviews.

Library Literature and Information Science helps users keep up with the latest concepts, trends, opinions, theories, and methodologies in the areas of library and information science.

Tips [top]

USE FILE 438

to locate articles on a wide range of topics in library and information sciences and keep abreast of concepts, trends, and methodologies.

USE RANK AU

to locate experts in specific disciplines:

S COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION RANK AU

USE ST= or /NEW

to limit a search only to records new to the database.

S ST=NEW or S S2/NEW

Subject Coverage [top]

Subjects covered include:

Automation
Cataloging
Censorship, Children's Literature
Circulation Procedures
Classification
Copyright Legislation
Education For Librarianship
Government Funding
Information Brokers
Library Architecture & Building
Library Associations & Conferences
Library Equipment & Supplies
Library Schools
Online Searching
Personnel Management
Preservation of Materials
Public Relations
Publishing
Rare Book Librarianship
School Libraries.

Print Counterparts [top]

Library Literature and Information Science

Dialog File Data [top]

Dates Covered:	December 1984 forward
File Size:	Over 244,000 as of January 2003
Update Frequency:	Monthly

Document Types Indexed [top]

Books and Monographs
Conferences, Symposia, Meetings
Journal Articles

Geographic Coverage [top]

International

Special Features [top]

ERA Available
Graduate Education Program
KWIC and HILIGHT Available
DIALOG Alert Available
Remove Duplicates (RD, ID) Available

DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

ACRONYM	CATEGORY NAME
INFOSCI	Library and Information Services

Contact [top]

Library Literature and Information Science is provided by The H. W. Wilson Company. Questions concerning file content should be directed to:

The H. W. Wilson Company
950 University Avenue
Bronx, NY 10452

Telephone:	718-588-8400
800 Line:	800-367-6770
Fax:	800-590-1617
E-Mail:	techmail@hwwilson.com

Terms and Conditions [top]

Library Literature and Information Science is copyrighted by The H.W. Wilson Company. For Dialog's Redistribution and Archive policy, enter Help ERA online. The H.W. Wilson Company, Inc. make no warranties, express or implied, including as to fitness for any particular purpose, and will not be liable for claims, demands, or damages arising out of its Databases or their use.

Dialog Standard Terms & Conditions apply.

SAMPLE RECORD [top]

	`DIALOG(R)File 438: Library Literature and Information Science`
	`(c) 2003 HW Wilson Co. All rts. reserv.`

AA=	`0000033`
	`H.W. WILSON RECORD NUMBER: BLIB96011021`
/TI	`Serials: converting for the future; a report of`
	`the joint program of the ALCTS/LITA Retrospective`
	`Conversion Interest Group and the ALCTS /LITA Serials`
	`Automation Interest Group , American Library`
	`Association Conference, Miami Beach, June 1994`
AU=	`Ten Have, Elizabeth Davis`
SO=, JN=,	`Technical Services Quarterly (Tech Serv Q) v.12 no4`
PD=, PY=	`('95) p. 45-9`
DT=, SN=, LA=	`DOCUMENT TYPE: Feature Article ISSN: 0731-7131`
	`LANGUAGE: English`
ST=	`RECORD STATUS: New record`
CO=, /CO, /DE	`COMPANY NAMES: American Library Association--`
	`Conference; American Library Association--Serials`
	`Automation Interest Group, LITA/ALCTS; American`
	`Library Association--Retrospective Conversion`
	`Interest Group, LITA/ALCTS`
/DE	`DESCRIPTORS: Retrospective conversion; Serial`
	`publications--Cataloging; American Library`
	`Association--Conference; American Library`
	`Association-- Serials Automation Interest Group,`
	`LITA/ALCTS; American Library Association`
	`--Retrospective Conversion Interest Group,`
	`LITA/ALCTS`

BASIC INDEX [top]

SEARCH SUFFIX	DISPLAY CODE	FIELD NAME	INDEXING	SELECT EXAMPLES
None	None	Basic Document	Word	S SERIALS(1W)CONVERTING(2W)FUTURE
/CO	CO	Company Name^2,3	Word	S AMERICAN(W)LIBRARY(W)ASSOCIATION/CO
/DE	DE	Descriptor¹	Word & Phrase	S CATALOGING/DE S SERIAL PUBLICATIONS(L)CATALOGING/DE
/NM	NM	Named Person^2,3	Word	S ROOSEVELT(W)FRANKLIN/NM
/TI	TI	Title	Word	S SERIALS(1W)CONVERTING(2W)FUTURE/TI

¹Also /DF.

²Searchable in the Basic Index and in the Additional Indexes.

³Also searchable as /DE.

ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

SEARCH PREFIX	DISPLAY CODE	FIELD NAME	INDEXING	SELECT EXAMPLES
AA=	AA	H. W. Wilson Record Control Number	Phrase	S AA=BLIB96011021
AU=	AU	Author	Phrase	S AU=TEN HAVE, ELIZABETH?
None	AZ	DIALOG Accession Number
BN=	BN	International Standard Book Number (ISBN)	Phrase	S BN=0838977367
CO=	CO	Company Name^2,3	Phrase	S JN=TECH SERV Q
CS=	CS	Corporate Source	Word & Phrase	S CS=(ALASKA(W)LIBRARY(W)ASSOCIATION) S CS= ALASKA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
DT=	DT	Document Type	Phrase	S DT=FEATURE ARTICLE
JN=	JN	Journal Name	Phrase	S JN=TECHNICAL SERVICES QUARTERLY
LA=	LA	Language	Phrase	S LA=ENGLISH
NM=	NM	Named Person^2,3	Phrase	S NM=ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D
PD=	PD	Publication Date	Phrase	S PD=19950000 S PD=950000
PY=	PY	Publication Year	Phrase	S PY=1995
SN=	SN	International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)	Phrase	S SN=07317131
SO=	SO	Source Information	Word	S SO=(TECHNICAL(W)SERVICES(W)QUARTERLY)
ST=	ST	Status of Record	Word & Phrase	S ST=CORRECTED S ST=NEW RECORD
UD=	None	Update	Phrase	S UD=9999

LIMIT [top]

SUFFIX	FIELD NAME	EXAMPLES
/ENG	English-Language Source Article	S S2/ENG
/NEW	New Record in Database	S S2/NEW
/NONENG	Non-English-Language Source Article	S S3/NONENG
/YYYY	Publication Year	S2/1995:1997

SORT [top]

SORTABLE FIELDS	EXAMPLES
AU, JN, PY, TI	SORT S5/ALL/AU

RANK [top]

RANK FIELDS	EXAMPLES
All phrase- and numeric-indexed fields in the Additional Indexes can be ranked.	RANK CO RANK CS S4

USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]


Display codes listed in the Search Options tables can be used to customize output.	TYPE S4/SO,DE/1-5 PRINT S5/TI,AU/ALL

PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

NO.	DIALOGWEB FORMAT	RECORD CONTENT
1	--	DIALOG Accession Number
2	--	Bibliographic Citation and Indexing
3	Medium	Bibliographic Citation
4	--	Full Record with Tagged Fields
5	Long	Full Record
6	Free	Title
7	--	Bibliographic Citation
8	Short	Title and Indexing
9	Full	Full Record
K	--	KWIC (Key Word In Context) displays a window of text; may be used alone or with other formats

DIRECT RECORD ACCESS [top]

FIELD NAME	EXAMPLES
If the accession number of a specific record is known, it can be used to display the record directly.	TYPE 01000005/5 PRINT 50301964/9

Rates [top]

Rates For File: Library Literature and Information Science[438]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $3.09
Cost per minute:                   $0.97
Rank Elements                      $0.00
ALERT (default)                   $12.57
ALERT (Monthly)                   $12.57
ALERT (Biweekly/twice a month) *  $12.57
ALERT (Weekly)                 *  $12.57
ALERT (Daily)                  *  $12.57
ALERT (Calendar weekly)        *  $12.57
ALERT (Intraday)               *  $12.57
* = custom scheduled Alerts only
ALERT Number of included prints        0

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2    $1.28    $1.28
     3    $1.28    $1.28
     4    $1.28    $1.28
     5    $1.28    $1.28
     6    $0.00    $0.00
     7    $1.28    $1.28
     8    $0.00    $0.00
     9    $1.28    $1.28
KWIC95    $0.27       NA
KWIC96    $0.27       NA

REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
        1-2       1.00
       3-25       1.50
     26-100       3.00
    101-200       4.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

ARCHIVE Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
       1-25       1.50
     26-200       3.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

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