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Litlink: preview to version 3.0

As the quantity of software for managing bibliographical references and information increased during the past years the range of products makes it necessary to define criteria for choosing one or the other. These criteria are for example the variety of import and export file formats, citation styles, options to manage many different information in a complex software structure, usability, database connectivity, good net binding, and last but not least independence from the Internet.
Individual needs play a substantial role in the choice of a software. Therefore it is important to figure them out clearly and to test different programs. The free software “Litlink” has been developed especially for the requirements of historians. It combines facilities for managing bibliographical references relating them to articles, reviews, photographs etc with those ones that are necessary to administerate archival materials and references. Litlink is a multi-dimensional slip box that offers almost unlimited linkage possibilities.

tagging, databases, early imprints, manuscripts, bibliography, libraries, reference, archives, OPAC, sources, science, universities

Scientific discourse proceeds predominantly in journals.
If one is looking for professional articles one has to search in databases. In general these are expensive and provided for the public by research institutes or big libraries who acquire access by purchasing licences. In some cases licences are valid just for one working station, in others for a whole campus net. But there are also databases in the www. where access is free. The database information system DBIS developed by the University Library of Regensburg gives a review about both kinds of databases. Retrieval is possible by either subject or keyword.

databases, journals, science, libraries