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'''Library and Information Science Abstracts, (LISA)''' is an international abstracting and indexing tool designed for library professionals and other information specialists.

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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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2488422 |title=Library & information science abstracts |work=NLA Catalog }}</ref> [[Cambridge Information Group]] acquired Bowker in 2001 and LISA began being produced by subsidiary [[Cambridge Scientific Abstracts]].<ref>{{cite press release |date=31 August 2001 |title=Cambridge Information Group Acquires R.R. Bowker |url=https://librarytechnology.org/document/24817 }}</ref> CSA merged with [[ProQuest]] in 2007.

LISA covers the literature in [[Library and information science]] since 1969 and currently abstracts 440+ periodicals from 68+ countries and in 20+ languages.

==Coverage==

Meho & Spurgin (2005) 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]] (SSCI)(29.6%), and LISA (27.2%). LISA is thus the fourth most comprehensive in this study.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Meho |first1=Lokman I. |last2=Spurgin |first2=Kristina M. |title=Ranking the research productivity of library and information science faculty and schools: An evaluation of data sources and research methods |journal=Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology |date=October 2005 |volume=56 |issue=12 |pages=1314–1331 |doi=10.1002/asi.20227 }}</ref>

==Other important databases covering library and information science==

*[[Dissertations Abstracts]]

*[[ERIC]]

*[[INSPEC]]

* [[Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts]] (LISTA)

*[[Library Literature and Information Science]]

*[[Social Sciences Citation Index]]

*[[Web of Science]]

==References==

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==Further reading==

* {{cite journal |last1=Gilchrist |first1=Alan |last2=Presanis |first2=Alexandra |title=LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE ABSTRACTS: The FIRST TWO YEARS |journal=ASLIB Proceedings |date=1 May 1971 |volume=23 |issue=5 |pages=251–256 |doi=10.1108/eb050289 }}

* {{cite journal |last1=González-Alcaide |first1=Gregorio |last2=Castelló-Cogollos |first2=Lourdes |last3=Navarro-Molina |first3=Carolina |last4=Aleixandre-Benavent |first4=Rafael |last5=Valderrama-Zurián |first5=Juan Carlos |title=Library and information science research areas: Analysis of journal articles in lisa |journal=Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology |date=January 2008 |volume=59 |issue=1 |pages=150–154 |doi=10.1002/asi.20720 }}

* {{cite journal |id={{INIST|2354934}} |last1=Remesh Kumar |first1=T. V |last2=Parameswaran |first2=M. |title=Chain indexing and LISA |journal=Knowledge Organization |date=1998 |volume=25 |issue=1–2 |pages=13–15 }}

* {{cite journal |last1=Montesi |first1=Michela |last2=Mackenzie Owen |first2=John |title=Revision of author abstracts: how it is carried out by LISA editors |journal=ASLIB Proceedings |date=23 January 2007 |volume=59 |issue=1 |pages=26–45 |doi=10.1108/00012530710725197 }}

==External links==

Factsheet from Proquest: http://www.csa.com/factsheets/lisa-set-c.php

LISA currently abstracts over 440 periodicals from

{{Authority control}}

*[[Category: Library and information science journals]]

*[[Category:LibraryBibliographic sciencedatabases and indexes]]

*[[Category:Information science]]