BCIN
Subtitle: Réseau d'information sur la conservation = Conservation Information Network
Contributors: Getty Conservation Institute; International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and the Restoration of Cultural Property
Publisher: CHIN
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Hull, Quebec]
Language: eng; fre
Subjects: Historic preservation; Indexes; Cultural property; Protection
Other titles: Réseau d'information sur la conservation; Conservation Information Network; Conservation bibliography (BCIN) Réseau d'information sur la conservation
Description: The bibliographic database of the Conservation Information Network (BCIN) provides access to over 200,000 bibliographic citations for conservation literature. BCIN includes citations from the first 34 volumes of the Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts (AATA) published between 1955 and 1997, technical reports, conference proceedings, journal articles, books, audiovisual materials, theses, software and machine-readable files and unpublished materials.
Notes: Title from Web page (viewed on Feb. 19, 2004).

BCIN was first initiated by the Getty Conservation Institute and ICCROM.

Text (HTML), images and search engine.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

Search interfaces in English and French. Most of the data in BCIN are recorded in English; however, subject key words are provided in both English and French. Titles remain in the language of the original publication with an English translation provided.