Information Sciences Subject Guide

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstract (LISTA) indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s.

Indexes articles and book reviews from about 300 library and information science periodicals published in the US and beyond. Full-text for selected periodicals back to 1997. Subjects covered include automation, cataloging, children's lit, classification, personnel administration, and preservation, among others.

Indexes abstracts from 400+ periodicals from multiple countries and in 20 languages. Subjects covered include artificial intelligence, archives, information retrieval, publishing, and technical services, among others. Abstracts back to 1969. No full-text within database, but use the Find Text button to locate other full-text options.

Offers access to over 100 fulltext journals in education, food and nutrition, management, and library science from 1994.

Offers access to education literature and resources including full-text for more than 2,000 digests and most ERIC documents (ED's) from 1993 to the present. provides access to education literature and resources. Covers education, schools, libraries and more.

Select "Education Full Text" and click on "Search" or "Search Plus."

Books & book reviews, annotations, fiction & non-fiction

From TEL (Tennessee Electronic Library) - some full text

From TEL (Tennessee Electronic Library) - some full text

Information technology topics

Science, Social Sciences, and Arts & Humanities Citation Databases - Select "ISI Web of Science" to start. Be sure to logout when finished.

Full-text of all IEEE and IEE journals, transactions, and magazines, all IEEE and IEE conference proceedings and colloquia, and all active IEEE standards.

Citations for over 1.2 million books of all kinds adult, juvenile, popular, scholarly, and reprints. Over 300,000 records contain brief book reviews.

Provides data on over 210,000 regularly published and irregularly issued serials, including purchasing and contact information (conventional and electronoc) for over 90,000 publishers in 200 countries.

Select "Book Review Digest Plus." Brief book reviews for English-language fiction and non-fiction.
See also:
Lexis-Nexis, Factiva, and ProQuest for book reviews

Materials cataloged by libraries all around the world.

Allows one to search article titles and back-of-book indexes to over 5,000 encyclopedias and reference works.