Network versions of Library Master are available for Windows and DOS . University computing sites allow professors and students to maintain bibliographic references and research notes and create bibliographies for papers and theses. Publishers prepare printed indexes to periodical literature and book catalogs. Library users search topical bibliographic databases and create personalized bibliographies. Online and CD-ROM researchers more effectively use the results of their searches by storing the results in a personal database.
Researchers share research notes and bibliographic references with project collaborators.
Class participants work on collaborative bibliographic research projects, which they put in a shared database. Library science schools teach bibliographic database management and online searching techniques and provide students with hands-on learning experiences. Other users immediately see any database changes. Automatic record locking ensures database integrity when users are editing records. Users can maintain private databases or share multiple-user databases with others.