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 (LIS) since 1969 and currently abstracts 440+ periodicals from 68+ countries and in 20+ languages.
LISA was originally published by the
Library Association.
Bowker-Saur began publishing LISA in 1991.
Cambridge Information Group acquired Bowker in 2001 and LISA began being produced by subsidiary
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. 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, only 10 databases provided significant coverage of the LIS literature. Data showed that
Library Literature and Information Science (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 Inde ...
(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
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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 ...
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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 ''* a ...
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INSPEC
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Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) indexes the fields of librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, among others. It covers about 560 core journals, 50 pr ...
(LISTA)
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Library Literature and Information Science
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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 Inde ...
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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.
External links
Factsheet from Proquest: http://www.csa.com/factsheets/lisa-set-c.php
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