Source Type Catalog

SOURCE TYPE CATALOG

The Source Type Catalog organizes the entries in the MathGuide database according to the formal classification of the resources ("source types"). There are four main categories:

1. Information Providers/Servers
2. Factual Reference Works
3. Bibliographic Resources
4. Primary Information Sources

INFORMATION PROVIDERS/SERVERS

Typically, resources in this group do not contain information per se. Rather, they serve as a gateway or point of entry for further research.

Sources Type Key Description

Libraries lb Major subject-specific libraries with significant and relevant scholarly holdings in particular areas. (Subject-specific collections are categorized as Bibliographic Sources).

Archives ar Subject-specific archives with relevant collections of primary documents.

Museums mu Subject-specific museums and their collections. (Individual collections categorized as Primary Information Sources).

University Departments sf1 Entries in this category point to the homepages of university departments. Links are not onto specific sections or to particular information offered through these sites, but on the homepages in general as starting points or points of entry into the server´s informational supply. Sites classified with this key typically include information on academic and/or educational matters such as course and degree programs.

Research Institutes sf2 "Pure" research institutes, university-affiliated or not. While the department key above characterizes sites with a significant educational content, this category is used for the homepages of institutes which mainly offer information on high-level (i.e. beyond undergraduate) research, with findings and information primarily addressed to other scholars in the field. Examples would be independent research institutes or think tanks.

Organizations and Societies so1 Homepages of organizations and organizational units. Examples would be academic associations, non-profit organizations, and other non-governmental organizations.

Official Governmental Server so2 Servers of all branches of government on international, national, regional, or local levels (ranging, e.g., from the UN to official servers of individual communities or localities). Not included are servers of institutions which may be initiated or funded by but are not officially part of government.

Commercial Providers sc Commercial providers with a subject-specific focus. Typical entries in this category would be publishers or companies presenting themselves and/or their product and service portfolio on the internet.

Scientific Publishers sc1 These subcategories are used in some Guides to further subdivide the group of Commercial Providers

Booksellers sc2

Instruments, Equipment, Software Providers sc3

Exploration Companies sc4

Communication Forums dg Various discussion groups, news groups, news lists, and mailing lists available on the internet. Addresses typically lead to the starting point of individual subject-specific communication forums, e.g. sites where one can subscribe to mailing lists or from which one can enter into an ongoing discussion.

Other etc-info Residual category: accommodates the sites which cannot be classified as any of the above, but nevertheless entail a sufficient amount of relevant information to justify their indexation. Examples would be well-maintained private homepages noteworthy for their overall offering.

FACTUAL REFERENCE WORKS

This section includes those resources which provide direct factual references. In contrast to the resources classified under the section above, the user will be directly lead to specific sources.

Sources Type Key Description

General Encyclopedia and Biographic Lexicons ej Encyclopedia (typically characterized by a broad and in-depth treatment of issues, eventually stretched over several volumes or entries), and biographical directories.

Specific Encyclopedias ej1 Encyclopedia devoted to a specific subject

Bibliographic Encyclopedias ej2

Dictionaries, Thesauri we Subject-specific dictionaries (languages, technical, etc.) and thesauri.

Lists of Abbreviations ak Subject-specific lists of abbreviations.

Gazetteers oe Directories of places, historic or geographical.

Addresses and Personnel Directories ay This category covers address lists in their varying formats. Included are personnel directories and member lists as well as address lists of institutions. Entries in this category can also be in the format of a linklist, where the links are the actual addresses.

Data Collections d6 Resources which offer „hard" data. Depending on the respective discipline, these can be genuine data bases, statistics, chronologies, etc.

Compendiums of Laws gs Legal provisions of all sorts. Collections of natural, physical, etc. laws do not belong here.

Norms and Standards tm Normative documents which do not have the formal status of laws. Typical examples would be ISO or DIN standards.
Manuals a2 Technical manuals, didactic manuals (e.g. for writing techniques, presentation methods, publication procedures, etc.), and other „how to" materials.

(Current) Research Projects fp Research projects, research networks, or particularly significant individual projects. Examples would be the German SFBs (Sonderforschungsbereiche).

Other etc-fact The residual category for this section.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC SOURCES

In this section, the various bibliographic sources are grouped. In contrast to the entries in other sections, the user may also be directed to linklists.

Sources Type Key Description

Virtual Libraries ff Major individual virtual libraries, usually with a broad in scope.

Special Subject Virtual Libraries is Virtual libraries focussing on specific issues and /or of smaller scope.

Author-Specific Sites au Sites devoted to individual authors.

Bibliographic and Abstracting Services blz6 Major or continuously maintained, renewed, or updated bibliographic series, including review and abstract series.

Bibliographies of Special Subjects bl Bibliographies devoted to specific subjects.

Bibliographies by Specific Document Type Linklists to providers of various document types. They are unusual in that they are among the few cases in SSG-FI´s formal key system where pure linklists already existing elsewhere and provided by others are also incorporated.

Lists of Periodicals/Journals vcz6

Lists of Source Materialss vcq6 Used in the Anglistik Guide only

Lists of Primary Literature vcq61

Lists of Secondary Literature vcq62

Lists of Conference Proceedings vckn

Lists of Government Reports vcbd

Lists of Research Reports vcfd

Lists of Theses and Dissertations vcho

Lists of Standard Specifications vctm

Lists of Translation Indexes vcue

Other Lists vcan Residual category: Lists of other document-specific resources e.g. software, databases

Subject-Specific Library Catalogs kb

Other etc-bib Residual category: other bibliographic resources

PRIMARY INFORMATION SOURCES

This group comprises resources which feature primary information.

Sources Type Key Description

Personal Homepage ph Sites provided by individual researchers about their own work.

Teaching Materials le Resources that have an explicit educational focus and/or intent, such as textbooks, lecture notes, or introductions into certain topics.

Handbooks hb General and structured treatise on a subject or an issue.

Journals z6 Periodically published resources, mainly journals. Actual bredth of information available differs between individual journals, ranging from only very basic information to tables of contents to full content.

Journals with Full Articles z61 Used in some Guides to differentiate between journals with different availability

Journals with Selected Articles z62

Journals with Abstarcts z63

Journals with Titles z64

Journals in the Early Development z65

Series of Preprints, Reports, and Working Papers fd Various formats of advance publications and so called „grey literature", referred to as preprints, working papers, etc. (depending on the academic discipline). Typically, this leads to series of thematically or institutionally related documents, not to the individual documents themselves.

Congresses kn Material related to congresses (mainly academic), which also appear in the format of conferences, symposia, annual meetings. Sites typically include basic information on these congresses, sometimes also conference proceedings.

Source Materials q6 Sources which can differ greatly from one discipline to the other. Overall, it refers to the materials which form the very basics of research. This key is awarded independently of the actual data format (e.g. a scanned historical handwriting that is provided in the form of an image file).

Primary Texts q61 Original sources.

Secondary Texts q62 Sources for the evaluation of primary sources.

Maps, Lists of Map Collections ka Thematically closely related map sets or important single maps are classified. Sites spanning map collections on a range of issues are classified as Bibliographic Source (see above).

(Collections of) Pictures, Photos bb Primary information sources where graphics are the dominant feature. Typically, one would find collections of thematically related graphics, but major or particularly important individual graphics (e.g. large interactive maps) are also included.

Moving Pictures mp Sources with animated graphics (moving pictures). In the area of offline resources, this would also include videos and films.

Virtual Exhibitions at Online Exhibits, typically displaying at least some artefacts and explanatory texts.

Software and Expert Systems do Subject-specific software and expert systems are united. Software in this context can be downloadable or for online-use only.

Other etc-prim Residual category: other andere resources featuring primary information.


INFORMATION PROVIDERS/SERVERS
Typically, resources in this group do not contain information per se. Rather, they serve as a gateway or point of entry for further research.
Sources Type	Key	Description
Libraries	lb	Major subject-specific libraries with significant and relevant scholarly holdings in particular areas. (Subject-specific collections are categorized as Bibliographic Sources).
Archives	ar	Subject-specific archives with relevant collections of primary documents.
Museums	mu	Subject-specific museums and their collections. (Individual collections categorized as Primary Information Sources).
University Departments	sf1	Entries in this category point to the homepages of university departments. Links are not onto specific sections or to particular information offered through these sites, but on the homepages in general as starting points or points of entry into the server´s informational supply. Sites classified with this key typically include information on academic and/or educational matters such as course and degree programs.
Research Institutes	sf2	"Pure" research institutes, university-affiliated or not. While the department key above characterizes sites with a significant educational content, this category is used for the homepages of institutes which mainly offer information on high-level (i.e. beyond undergraduate) research, with findings and information primarily addressed to other scholars in the field. Examples would be independent research institutes or think tanks.
Organizations and Societies	so1	Homepages of organizations and organizational units. Examples would be academic associations, non-profit organizations, and other non-governmental organizations.
Official Governmental Server	so2	Servers of all branches of government on international, national, regional, or local levels (ranging, e.g., from the UN to official servers of individual communities or localities). Not included are servers of institutions which may be initiated or funded by but are not officially part of government.
Commercial Providers	sc	Commercial providers with a subject-specific focus. Typical entries in this category would be publishers or companies presenting themselves and/or their product and service portfolio on the internet.
Scientific Publishers	sc1	These subcategories are used in some Guides to further subdivide the group of Commercial Providers
Booksellers	sc2
Instruments, Equipment, Software Providers	sc3
Exploration Companies	sc4
Communication Forums	dg	Various discussion groups, news groups, news lists, and mailing lists available on the internet. Addresses typically lead to the starting point of individual subject-specific communication forums, e.g. sites where one can subscribe to mailing lists or from which one can enter into an ongoing discussion.
Other	etc-info	Residual category: accommodates the sites which cannot be classified as any of the above, but nevertheless entail a sufficient amount of relevant information to justify their indexation. Examples would be well-maintained private homepages noteworthy for their overall offering.

FACTUAL REFERENCE WORKS
This section includes those resources which provide direct factual references. In contrast to the resources classified under the section above, the user will be directly lead to specific sources.
Sources Type	Key	Description
General Encyclopedia and Biographic Lexicons	ej	Encyclopedia (typically characterized by a broad and in-depth treatment of issues, eventually stretched over several volumes or entries), and biographical directories.
Specific Encyclopedias	ej1	Encyclopedia devoted to a specific subject
Bibliographic Encyclopedias	ej2
Dictionaries, Thesauri	we	Subject-specific dictionaries (languages, technical, etc.) and thesauri.
Lists of Abbreviations	ak	Subject-specific lists of abbreviations.
Gazetteers	oe	Directories of places, historic or geographical.
Addresses and Personnel Directories	ay	This category covers address lists in their varying formats. Included are personnel directories and member lists as well as address lists of institutions. Entries in this category can also be in the format of a linklist, where the links are the actual addresses.
Data Collections	d6	Resources which offer „hard" data. Depending on the respective discipline, these can be genuine data bases, statistics, chronologies, etc.
Compendiums of Laws	gs	Legal provisions of all sorts. Collections of natural, physical, etc. laws do not belong here.
Norms and Standards	tm	Normative documents which do not have the formal status of laws. Typical examples would be ISO or DIN standards.
Manuals	a2	Technical manuals, didactic manuals (e.g. for writing techniques, presentation methods, publication procedures, etc.), and other „how to" materials.
(Current) Research Projects	fp	Research projects, research networks, or particularly significant individual projects. Examples would be the German SFBs (Sonderforschungsbereiche).
Other	etc-fact	The residual category for this section.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC SOURCES
In this section, the various bibliographic sources are grouped. In contrast to the entries in other sections, the user may also be directed to linklists.
Sources Type	Key	Description
Virtual Libraries	ff	Major individual virtual libraries, usually with a broad in scope.
Special Subject Virtual Libraries	is	Virtual libraries focussing on specific issues and /or of smaller scope.
Author-Specific Sites	au	Sites devoted to individual authors.
Bibliographic and Abstracting Services	blz6	Major or continuously maintained, renewed, or updated bibliographic series, including review and abstract series.
Bibliographies of Special Subjects	bl	Bibliographies devoted to specific subjects.
Bibliographies by Specific Document Type		Linklists to providers of various document types. They are unusual in that they are among the few cases in SSG-FI´s formal key system where pure linklists already existing elsewhere and provided by others are also incorporated.
Lists of Periodicals/Journals	vcz6
Lists of Source Materialss	vcq6	Used in the Anglistik Guide only
Lists of Primary Literature	vcq61
Lists of Secondary Literature	vcq62
Lists of Conference Proceedings	vckn
Lists of Government Reports	vcbd
Lists of Research Reports	vcfd
Lists of Theses and Dissertations	vcho
Lists of Standard Specifications	vctm
Lists of Translation Indexes	vcue
Other Lists	vcan	Residual category: Lists of other document-specific resources e.g. software, databases
Subject-Specific Library Catalogs	kb
Other	etc-bib	Residual category: other bibliographic resources

PRIMARY INFORMATION SOURCES
This group comprises resources which feature primary information.
Sources Type	Key	Description
Personal Homepage	ph	Sites provided by individual researchers about their own work.
Teaching Materials	le	Resources that have an explicit educational focus and/or intent, such as textbooks, lecture notes, or introductions into certain topics.
Handbooks	hb	General and structured treatise on a subject or an issue.
Journals	z6	Periodically published resources, mainly journals. Actual bredth of information available differs between individual journals, ranging from only very basic information to tables of contents to full content.
Journals with Full Articles	z61	Used in some Guides to differentiate between journals with different availability
Journals with Selected Articles	z62
Journals with Abstarcts	z63
Journals with Titles	z64
Journals in the Early Development	z65
Series of Preprints, Reports, and Working Papers	fd	Various formats of advance publications and so called „grey literature", referred to as preprints, working papers, etc. (depending on the academic discipline). Typically, this leads to series of thematically or institutionally related documents, not to the individual documents themselves.
Congresses	kn	Material related to congresses (mainly academic), which also appear in the format of conferences, symposia, annual meetings. Sites typically include basic information on these congresses, sometimes also conference proceedings.
Source Materials	q6	Sources which can differ greatly from one discipline to the other. Overall, it refers to the materials which form the very basics of research. This key is awarded independently of the actual data format (e.g. a scanned historical handwriting that is provided in the form of an image file).
Primary Texts	q61	Original sources.
Secondary Texts	q62	Sources for the evaluation of primary sources.
Maps, Lists of Map Collections	ka	Thematically closely related map sets or important single maps are classified. Sites spanning map collections on a range of issues are classified as Bibliographic Source (see above).
(Collections of) Pictures, Photos	bb	Primary information sources where graphics are the dominant feature. Typically, one would find collections of thematically related graphics, but major or particularly important individual graphics (e.g. large interactive maps) are also included.
Moving Pictures	mp	Sources with animated graphics (moving pictures). In the area of offline resources, this would also include videos and films.
Virtual Exhibitions	at	Online Exhibits, typically displaying at least some artefacts and explanatory texts.
Software and Expert Systems	do	Subject-specific software and expert systems are united. Software in this context can be downloadable or for online-use only.
Other	etc-prim	Residual category: other andere resources featuring primary information.

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