title: What can bibliographic software offer you?
abstract: This article provides an introduction to bibliographic software products, common uses for bibliographic software, and some suggestions on how to choose the right software product. The focus of this article is on software for individual, rather than institutional, use. Bibliographic software is designed to allow information to be catalogued and retrieved with ease. Bibliographic software products range from catalogue database software to more specialized bibliographic database and management software products. Each type of product meets the needs of a specific user group.
authors.affiliation: Vancouver Hospital & Health Sciences Centre, BC.
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Ravenscroft
mesh_terms: D002755:Choice Behavior; D016206:Databases, Bibliographic / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D012984:Software / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D014584:User-Computer Interface