Now Available: Library Literature &
Information Science Retrospective: 1905-1983
Deepest Coverage of Its Kind, Plus Full Text of 69
Years of Wilson Library Bulletin
New York, New York, January 31, 2007
H.W. Wilson today announced a unique new reference for
librarians, educators, and library science students--the most
wide-ranging and deepest retrospective index of library and
information science articles available. Offered exclusively on
WilsonWeb, Library
Literature & Information Science Retrospective: 1905-1983
marries versatile WilsonWeb searching to nearly 8 decades of
in-depth indexing from the classic Wilson reference Library
Literature. With coverage of over 1,200 key periodicals--citations
to more than 500,000 articles in all--the database catalogs all the
innovations, controversies, and people key to the making of modern
librarianship. The database will also include full text (HTML
plus PDF page images) from 69 years of Wilson Library Bulletin
(the classic trade magazine for librarians, founded 1914), indexing
from Library Work (1905-1911), plus citations to book
reviews, books, book chapters, and library school theses.
This is an essential acquisition for research in
the profession. Built by librarians, for librarians on the
foundation of renowned Wilson indexing, the database is searchable
by a wide range of parameters practical for research in library and
information science.
Extensive annotations, up to several
hundred words, detail the content of articles from a diverse range
of periodicals. Thousands of monograph and book review records
extend coverage far beyond journals to the whole scope of library
and information science literature. Analytic records provide
chapter-level access by subject and author to the contents of books,
conference proceedings, and essay collections.
Updated subject headings make finding information
on technical topics easy. Original subject headings are also
retained, for insight into the evolution of methods and technology.
Names used as subject headings are standardized throughout the years
of coverage, to ensure retrieval of all records about an individual
or a company.
The database is also strong on international
coverage, encompassing library science publishing in Europe, Russia,
China, India, Australia, and Latin America. Translated titles plus
English-language summaries allow users to search articles published
in French, Spanish, Russian, German, Hungarian, Danish, Norwegian,
Italian, and other languages.
Library Literature & Information Science
Retrospective even helps users acquire the actual articles, with
WilsonLink SFX-powered technology that can link to full text
available in other OpenURL compatible databases; links to the
library's OPAC for holdings information; and auto-completion of
interlibrary loan forms. Other WilsonWeb options let users
automatically create bibliographies from search results and save and
email their searches, among many other conveniences of WilsonWeb
searching.
Library Literature & Information Science
Retrospective is the newest of eight Wilson retrospective
indexes offered on WilsonWeb. Coming later in 2007, Applied
Science & Technology Retrospective: 1913-1983 will deliver
indexing of seven decades of information from the most important
sources in a wide range of applied science specialties (many of them
peer-reviewed journals). Citations to more than 1,300,000 articles,
including book reviews, will allow users to trace the history of any
technology of interest, find articles by history-making researchers
and scientists, find criticism of new ideas and technologies when
they first appeared, and much more. The Wilson Retrospective
Collection also includes Art Index Retrospective: 1929-1984, Book
Review Digest Retrospective: 1905-1982, Biography Index: Past and
Present, Education Index Retrospective: 1929-1983, Humanities &
Social Sciences Retrospective: 1907-1984, Index to Legal Periodicals
Retrospective: 1908-1981, and Readers' Guide Retrospective:
1890-1982.
More information on Library Literature &
Information Science Retrospective: 1905-1983 is
available. Free 30-day
trials of the database are available to librarians and members of
the press.
Contact:
Roseward Sky
Phone (800) 367-6770, x2272
Email:
rsky@hwwilson.com
Frank Daly
Phone: (800) 367-6770, x2312
Email: fdaly@hwwilson.com
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