Library Literature and Information Science explained

Library Literature and Information Science
Producer:	EBSCO Information Services
Country:	United States
Cost:	Subscription
Disciplines:	library and information science
Depth:	full-text, indexing and abstracts

Library Literature and Information Science is a bibliographic database that indexes over 410 library and information science periodicals published internationally. It also covers books, chapters within books, library school theses, and pamphlets. In 2011, the H. W. Wilson Company, the firm that created the index, sold it to EBSCO Publishing along with other H.W. Wilson indexes and databases.^[1]

Coverage

Bibliographical indexing from 1984 to present. Full-text coverage from 1997, but start date varies for each publication.

External links

• Homepage

Other important databases covering library and information science

• Dissertations Abstracts
• ERIC
• INSPEC
• Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
• Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
• Social Sciences Citation Index
• Web of Science

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Merger of the Century: EBSCO Acquires H. W. Wilson . Eberhart . George . 2011-06-03 . American Libraries . American Library Association . 2017-12-13 . In a surprise announcement June 2 [2011], two of the leading names in digital reference publishing told their library customers that they have merged to strengthen the value of their databases and print resources. EBSCO Publishing, a subsidiary of EBSCO Industries founded in 1944 and headquartered in Ipswich, Massachusetts, has acquired the staff and product lines of the H. W. Wilson Company, founded in 1898 and located in the Bronx, New York, since 1917. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed..