Bibliographic records help you:

• identify the Who, What, When, and Where of a publication or other source of information
• find new sources which may be relevant to your research project
• track down incomplete references
• identify additional relevant subject headings or keywords

Bibliographic records are:

• citations in an electronic format
• formal descriptions of items of information
• found in online library catalogs and electronic indexes
• consist of a set of formally defined fields. Each field represents a specific element of the information that describes an item. These fields include:
  • author of book, article, or paper
  • title of book, article, or paper
  • publisher of books
  • source, journal, or conference title for articles and papers
  • publication year
  • physical description of books
  • abstract of articles or conference papers
  • subject headings
  • call number if the item is in an online catalog
• searchable by field or as a whole

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