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bibliographic database

bibliographic database noun: an electronic index to journal or magazine articles, containing citations, abstracts and often either the full text of the articles, or links to the full text.

Noun

bibliographic database (plural bibliographic databases)

  1. (library science) An electronic index to journal or magazine articles, containing citations, abstracts and often either the full text of the articles, or links to the full text.
  2. (library science) A database containing information about books and other materials held in a library, such as an online library catalog, or OPAC.

Forms of bibliographic database

pluralbibliographic databases

Questions about bibliographic database

What does bibliographic database mean?
Bibliographic database means an electronic index to journal or magazine articles, containing citations, abstracts and often either the full text of the articles, or links to the full text.
What part of speech is bibliographic database?
Bibliographic database is a noun.
What is the plural of bibliographic database?
The plural of bibliographic database is bibliographic databases.

Words near bibliographic database in the dictionary

  1. bibliograph
  2. bibliographed
  3. bibliographer
  4. bibliographers
  5. bibliographic
  6. bibliographic database
  7. bibliographic databases
  8. bibliographical
  9. bibliographically
  10. bibliographick
  11. bibliographies

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