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Databases

Eleven databases can be searched on KineticaWeb

  OCLC WorldCat Database application form


The National Bibliographic Database and Kinetica Authorities can be searched using the Kinetica Client. In addition, both these databases and the Kinetica CJK Service database can be accessed via Z39.50.

The National Bibliographic Database

The National Bibliographic Database (NBD) has been developed and maintained by the National Library to serve the needs of the Australian library community.

The NBD is Australia's largest single bibliographic resource with millions of entries for books, magazines and items in non-print or alternative print formats such as films, sound and video recordings (including captioned), maps, pictures, CDs, braille and talking books, music scores, computer files and electronic journals.

With over 37 million locations recording the collections of over 1,100 Australian libraries, the NBD can locate material held all over Australia. This means greater access to information for all Australian library users through the provision of local and interlibrary lending in Australia. Though there are some exceptions, most libraries in Australia participate in interlibrary lending at the regional, state or national level.

Libraries can use the NBD to search, create, retrieve and share bibliographic information for a wide range of materials held by Australian libraries. Every time libraries contribute their cataloguing or locations information to the NBD they help strengthen the Australian library system which is a significant benefit to all Australians.

Size and coverage of the NBD

Category Current size
Bibliographic records 13,068,481 records
Locations information 37,167,467 records

From time to time updates on NBD statistics are provided to subscribers to KINETICA-L.

Sources of bibliographic information on the NBD

The NBD is updated regularly with MARC records from the following national and international agencies.

Agency subscriptions  
Australian National Bibliography 1972+
British National Bibliography 1971+
New Zealand Bibliographic Network 1982-1999
New Zealand National Bibliography 1982+
Singapore National Bibliography 1967+
Library of Congress Books 1968+
Library of Congress Serials 1973+
Library of Congress Films 1972+
Library of Congress Music 1984+
Library of Congress Maps 1973+
Selected bibliographic records purchased by Australian libraries for formed collections, e.g.: Underground Press collection, History of Women and Rehabilitation and handicapped literature 1981+
Vietnamese National Bibliography 1986-1995

Australian Higher Degree Theses on the National Bibliographic Database

Microform Collections

Kinetica Authorities

Kinetica Authorities enables you to search on all authorised headings added to the National Bibliographic Database by the National Library and other contributing libraries around Australia. There are currently 1,594,644 authority records available, searchable by name, subject, title and Amicus number.

At this stage Kinetica Authorities is a basic tool which will extend the usefulness of KineticaWeb to libraries. Future enhancements under discussion with our software supplier include keyword searching and searching on non-preferred terms.

Kinetica CJK (Chinese Japanese Korean) Service Database

The Kinetica CJK Service provides database access to Chinese, Japanese and Korean material held in Australian libraries. With contributions from Australian universities, public libraries and bibliographic agencies, the Kinetica CJK database is an invaluable tool for CJK librarians and researchers.

Size and coverage of the Kinetica CJK database

Category Current size
Bibliographic records 1,430,894 records
Locations information 479,855 records
Authority records 154,725 records

Sources of bibliographic information on the Kinetica CJK database

Source Date
Library of Congress Chinese, Japanese and Korean Books 1988+
Library of Congress Chinese, Japanese and Korean Serials 1991+
Selected OCLC and RLIN records 1996+
National Diet Library (Japan) records 1993-2001
All CJK records on the Australian Bibliographic Network as at 30 May 1996 1981-1996
Records contributed online by Australian libraries 1996+
Batch loading by Australian libraries 1996+

Romanisation schemes used in the Kinetica CJK Database are:

  • Chinese - Pinyin
  • Japanese - Modified Hepburn
  • Korean - McCune-Reischauer

For further information on the Kinetica CJK Service, check the Kinetica CJK Service home page.

RESEARCH LIBRARIES INFORMATION NETWORK

The Research Libraries Information Network (RLIN), which is operated by the Research Libraries Group in California, includes access to Library of Congress Name Authorities and Library of Congress Subject Headings. The National Library of Australia has an agreement with the Research Libraries Group for access by Kinetica libraries to the RLG databases.

KineticaWeb has grouped the RLG databases as follows for searching:

RLG Union Catalogue

This service accesses the following RLG databases:

  • BKS (Books) - records for printed items catalogued individually including microform reproductions
  • SER (Serials) - records for items with a recurring pattern of publication (newspapers, journals)
  • MAP (Maps) - records for printed and manuscript maps and globes
  • MDF (Computer Files) - records for machine-readable data files, including literary texts, statistical files and computer programs
  • VIM (Visual Materials) - records for visual materials including photographs, motion pictures, graphics, drawings, blueprints and posters
  • REC (Sound Recordings) - records for musical and non-musical sound or historical recordings, including speeches, oral histories and interviews
  • SCO (Scores) - records for manuscripts and printed music
  • AMC (Archival and Mixed Collections)- descriptions of literary and historical documents, including public records and other primary source materials in various formats

RLG Name Authorities

This service accesses the NAF (Name Authority File) which contains authority records for names, uniform titles and series created by the Library of Congress.

RLG Subject Authorities

This service accesses the SAF (Subject Authority File) which contains Library of Congress subject headings.

For further information on the RLG databases, check the RLG home page.

Te Puna

The Te Puna database contains records of New Zealand publications and resources held in New Zealand libraries. The database contains over 10 million records. The National Library of Australia and National Library of New Zealand have reciprocal arrangements for access by Kinetica and Te Puna users to the National Bibliographic Database and the Te Puna database.

OCLC WorldCat Database

The OCLC WorldCat database is produced by OCLC Online Computer Library Centre in Dublin, Ohio. WorldCat is the OCLC Online Union Catalogue. Through an agreement between the National Library of Australia and OCLC, access to WorldCat is available to Australian special, school, public and other small libraries. Kinetica customers who are eligible and would like to access WorldCat can submit an online application form.

WorldCat contains more than 54 million records contributed by libraries around the world, including material dating from 1000 A.D. It is updated on a daily basis.

CURL Database

The CURL Union Catalogue is maintained by the Consortium of University Research Libraries in the United Kingdom. Records are contributed by a number of university and research libraries throughout the UK and Ireland.

There are more than 9 million records in the Union Catalogue, representing monographs (88%), serials, conference papers and government publications, microforms, sound recordings and scores. Approximately three quarters of the material catalogued is in English.

DBD Database

The Deutsche Bibliothek Database is a union catalogue of the records of the National Library of Germany.

It reflects the Library's primary responsibilities to collect and catalogue all printed and electronic publications issued in Germany, published abroad in German, translated from German language publications, and works in any language about Germany.

There are 6.5 million records comprising the Deutsche Bibliothek Database, representing monographs, periodical, microforms, dissertations, visual materials, maps, printed and recorded music, and electronic publications issued since 1945.

Singapore National Union Catalogue

The Singapore National Union Catalogue (SNUC) consists of bibliographic records representing the collections of over 70 libraries in Singapore, and provides a rich source of Malay and Indonesian language material.