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Our bibliographic data services, available exclusively under licence, provide the content to support a range of user requirements such as tracing and ordering documents, current awareness, cataloguing, reference and enquiry work.
Bibliographic Databases
Electronic Table of Contents Files (ETOC)
in-depth access to journal articles and conference papers at the British Library
An effective way to identify journal articles and conference papers held in the British Library's unrivalled Document Supply collections.
- Covers all subject areas, in English and other languages
- Many access points to support information retrieval
- The inside services include Document Supply shelfmarks for ordering
Inside serials:
article-level access to the most requested journals held by the Document Supply service
- Keep pace with newly-published research in your field
- Updated daily
- Over 1 million citations added every year from our 20,000 most requested journals
- Can be customised to reflect your interests
Inside conferences:
paper-level access to conference proceedings held by the Document Supply service
- Unique access to breaking news of research and innovation
- Updated daily
- Over 450,000 citations added every year for papers included in our annual intake of more than 14,000 conference proceedings
- Comprehensive indexing for tracing 'hard-to-find' items
Allied and Complementary Medicine Database (AMED):
article-level access to journals in allied and complementary medicine held by the BLDSC
- Unique coverage of allied and complementary medicine and related professions since 1985
- Includes physiotherapy, occupational therapy, rehabilitation, podiatry and palliative care
- References over 512 journals, mainly in English, patents and relevant grey literature items
- Controlled indexing using the AMED Thesaurus, based on MeSH, with abstracts for citations added since 1995
- Monthly updates
AMED is also available via the Internet and other options. Please note that AMED citations do not include BLDSC shelfmarks.
British Library Document Supply Files
title-level access to our unrivalled holdings of books, conferences and serials
Resource your literature requirements with our catalogues of Document Supply holdings; use to verify document supply and interlibrary loan requests and for adding Document Supply shelfmarks.
The Document Supply Monographs File:
covering books, theses, official publications and reports
- Over 1.3 million records for items acquired since 1980
- Monthly updates provide over 50,000 new records a year
- Includes over 320,000 records of grey literature items available in subsets
The Document Supply Conferences File:
covering all significant conferences, symposia, seminars, meetings and other events
- Over 425,000 records for items acquired since 1964, including historical material
- Monthly updates provide 16,000 new records a year
- Includes keywords for titles and sponsors
The Document Supply Serials File:
covering journals, periodicals and other serials
- Over 600,000 records for items from 1700 to the present day
- Fully cumulated every quarter
- Includes serial title changes, holdings, frequency, etc.
British National Bibliography Files
for the selection, cataloguing and referencing of UK and Irish publications
The British National Bibliography (BNB) is the national bibliography for the United Kingdom and Ireland, recording books and the first issues of serials deposited with the British Library since 1950. The records are created to international standards with authoritative name headings. Advance notice is given of new and forthcoming books under the British Library's Cataloguing-in-Publication (CIP) Programme while in-depth coverage of English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh publications is provided under the Copyright Libraries Shared Cataloguing Programme.
The BNB Weekly File in UKMARC format
- Weekly service (50 issues p.a.), providing over 125,000 records a year
- Includes over 60,000 CIP records to support stock selection and acquisition
The BNB Weekly File in MARC 21 format
- FTP-only service, developed by the British Library in association with the Library of Congress
- Choice of control number formats (ISBNs or BNB numbers formatted in accordance with British Library practice or BNB numbers formatted in accordance with Library of Congress practice)
Retrospective BNB data:
covering UK and Irish titles published since 1950
- BNB data since 1950 is available in UKMARC or MARC21 subsets
British Library Catalogue Files
authoritative records of research-level material collected by the Library
The British Library's reference catalogues are at the heart of our services to the international research community. They record our extensive collections of European printed material from the fourteenth century up to the present day. The pre-1975 catalogue reflects the collecting and cataloguing policies of the former British Museum Department of Printed Books. After the British Library was founded in 1973, the retrospective catalogue was closed to make way for a modern catalogue in keeping with the international standards being developed by the library community.
Our catalogue files record the following broad categories of printed material:
- English language books of research interest, wherever published
- European language books of historical and cultural importance
- Serials of research interest, wherever published
The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975:
the world's foremost research catalogue covering all areas of knowledge
- Created from the former British Museum catalogue and enhanced by extensive editing
- Over 4.4 million records offering access to the Library's historic collections
- Access points consolidated in unit entries to support searching and retrieval
Information relating to copies of items held by Oriental Collections has been added.
The British Library Humanities & Social Sciences File:
the primary source for research into human culture and society
- Over 2.5 million records of books, including fiction, and serials acquired since 1976
- Indispensable for all humanities and social science disciplines
- Weekly updates deliver over 90,000 new records a year
Items are entered irrespective of date, but until 1987 entry was restricted to items with a publication date of 1971 or later. Items relating to the Oriental Collections are included.
The British Library Science, Technology and Business File:
supporting research and development and business practice
- Over 420,000 records for books and serials, in English and other languages, acquired since 1974
- Vital for research, innovation and business development
- Weekly updates deliver, on average, around 8,000 new records a year
The British Library Catalogue of Printed Music:
reflecting the richness and diversity of the British Library music collection
- Combining the Catalogue of Printed Music in the British Library to 1980 (CPM) and the British Library Current Music Catalogue (CMC)
- Over 900,000 records of printed music ranging from the Hirsch and Royal Music Libraries, concert programmes, and vast popular music material
- Full bibliographic details facilitating numerous search and retrieval access points
- Indispensable for all music librarians, scholars, researchers and collectors
- Updated every two weeks
Library of Congress 'Books All' Services
records for print monographs written in any language, wherever published
Library of Congress 'Books All' records are available as a full weekly file or as a selective service.
The Library of Congress 'Books All' Weekly File:
delivering the full weekly set of 'book' records created by the Library of Congress
- 50 weekly issues, delivering over 250,000 records a year
- Covering US, world English and foreign language books
- Includes Cataloguing-in-Publication records for forthcoming US books
The Library of Congress 'Books All' Selective Service:
the 'one-stop' service for selecting Library of Congress records
- Combining the selection, conversion and licensing of LC records
- An option for users not requiring the full weekly file
- Supplied at a frequency to suit the customer
The Library of Congress 'Books All' Weekly File is supplied converted to UKMARC by the British Library. Under the selective service, LC records are available in MARC 21 and/or UKMARC.
For further information please contact:
The British Library
Bibliographic Data Licensing
Boston Spa, Wetherby
West Yorkshire
LS23 7BQ
United Kingdom
Tel: + 44 (0) 1937 546797
Fax: + 44 (0) 1937 546586
Email: marketing@bl.uk