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Bibliographic databases consist of records with basic descriptive information about the indexed items such as author, title, publisher, date, publication title, etc.
Bibliographic databases do not contain the items themselves, but give you all the information you need to find the item. They provide bibliographic citations,
and sometimes include summaries or descriptions of the items.
Here is an example of a record from a bibliographic database, in this case, an online catalog:
| CALL NUMBER |
SF360.3 .U6 P37
1986 |
| AUTHOR |
Paskett, Parley J.,
1918- |
| TITLE |
Wild Mustangs / Parley J.
Paskett |
| PUBLISHER |
Logan, Utah: Utah
State University Press, c1986. |
| DESCRIPTION |
xxi, 121 p., [7] p. of
plates : ill., 23 cm. |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Bibliography: p.
xviii-xxi. |
| Subject |
Wild horses -- West
(U.S) -- Anecdotes.
Mustang.
Horses -- West
(U.S.) --
Anececdotes. | | |
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Here is an example from another bibliographic database, a periodical index called Readers Guide Abstracts.
Notice a summary (abstract) of the item is included.
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Information needed to find the complete article
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