The Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA) is an international abstracting and indexing tool designed for library professionals and other information specialists. LISA covers the literature in

Library and information science Library and information science(s) or studies (LIS) is an interdisciplinary field of study that deals generally with organization, access, collection, and protection/regulation of information, whether in physical (e.g. art, legal proceedings, et ...

(LIS) since 1969 and currently abstracts 440+ periodicals from 68+ countries and in 20+ languages. LISA was originally published by the

Library Association The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, since 2017 branded CILIP: The library and information association (pronounced ), is a professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers in the U ...

Bowker-Saur Bowker-Saur was a publisher and former operating company owned by Reed Elsevier plc. Bowker-Saur served business and library markets in Europe, Middle East and Africa with book, journal, directory and online database products. The company had it ...

began publishing LISA in 1991. Cambridge Information Group acquired Bowker in 2001 and LISA began being produced by subsidiary

Cambridge Scientific Abstracts CSA (formerly ''Cambridge Scientific Abstracts'') was a division of Cambridge Information Group and provider of online databases, based in Bethesda, Maryland before merging with ProQuest of Ann Arbor, Michigan in 2007. CSA hosted databases of ab ...

. CSA merged with

ProQuest ProQuest LLC is an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based global information-content and technology company, founded in 1938 as University Microfilms by Eugene B. Power. ProQuest is known for its applications and information services for libraries, provid ...

in 2007.

Coverage

Meho & Spurgin (2005)Meho, Lokman I. & Spurgin, Kristina M. (2005). Ranking the Research Productivity of Library and Information Science Faculty and Schools: An Evaluation of Data Sources and Research Methods. ''Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology'', 56(12), 1314–1331. found that in a list of 2,625 items published between 1982 and 2002 by 68 faculty members of 18 schools of

library and information science Library and information science(s) or studies (LIS) is an interdisciplinary field of study that deals generally with organization, access, collection, and protection/regulation of information, whether in physical (e.g. art, legal proceedings, et ...

, only 10 databases provided significant coverage of the LIS literature. Data showed that

Library Literature and Information Science 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. ...

(LLIS) indexes the highest percentage of LIS faculty publications (31.2%), followed by INSPEC (30.6%),

Social Sciences Citation Index The Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) is a commercial citation index product of Clarivate Analytics. It was originally developed by the Institute for Scientific Information from the Science Citation Index. The Social Sciences Citation Index ...

(SSCI)(29.6%), and LISA (27.2%). LISA is thus the fourth most comprehensive in this study.

Other important databases covering library and information science

Dissertations Abstracts ''ProQuest Dissertations and Theses'' (''PQDT'') is an online database that indexes, abstracts, and provides full-text access to dissertations and theses. The database includes over 2.4 million records and covers 1637 to the present. It is prod ...

ERIC The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, or Eirik is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization). The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Norse ''* ain ...

* INSPEC * Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) *

* Web of Science

References

*Gilchrist, A. & Presanis, A. (1971). Library and information science abstracts: the first two years. ''ASLIB Proceedings'', 23(5), 251-256. *Gonzalez-Alcaide, G.; Castello-Cogollos, L; Navarro-Molina, C; Aleixandre-Benavent, R; Valderrarna-Zurian, J.C. (2008). Library and information science research areas: Analysis of journal articles in LISA, ''Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology'', 59(1), 150-154. *Kumar, T.V.R. & Parameswaran, M. (1998). Chain indexing and LISA. ''Knowledge Organization'', 25(1-2), 13-15. *Montesi, M. & Owen, J.M. (2007). Revision of author abstracts: how it is carried out by LISA editors. ''ASLIB Proceedings'', 59(1), 26-45.

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