The virtual catalogue: Bibliographic access for the virtual library Available to Purchase

Proposes a new model of bibliographic access, the virtual catalogue, to serve the virtual library. Suggests the use of current software and networks to build links between distributed bibliographic databases of all kinds, including full text, to enable the user to search a specified subset of them. Suggests that local data be limited to holdings information linked to, but separate from, bibliographic databases both local and remote.