Users can download all or part of the HCI Bibliography
for local use free of charge,
however, using the
HCIBIB search service
provides access to the most recent version.
World-Wide Web Browsing and Searching
General Access to the Database
Home Page:
The HCIBIB home page provides links to most methods to access the data.
Search Form:
The HCIBIB search form handles thousands of searches per day.
Example Searches:
A few search sessions with commentary
on how to do a better search.
Classic Searches:
Some general searches on popular topics (e.g., hypertext, CSCW)
are stored in the database for people to reuse.
Reorderable File Listing:
View the files by name, date, or size.
View them in their raw form, or as a table of contents.
Publication Types:
A list of files, grouped by type (conference proceedings, journal volumes, ...)
Use this view to see different types of coverage (e.g., special files).
Publication Dates:
A list of files, grouped by year, with a histogram of publications by year.
Use this view to see what was released for a particular year.
File List (Newest First):
A list of files, which you can reorder by size, name, or release date.
Use this view to see what has been released recently.
Journal Coverage Table:
A table of major journals X year; links show volume contents.
Use this view to see which volumes of which journals are covered.
Conference Coverage Table:
A table of major conferences X year; links show proceedings contents.
Use this view to see which years of which coverences are covered.
Most Frequent Authors:
A list of authors, in decreasing order of appearance in the database.
Use this view to see who publishes the most.
Top Book Publishers:
A list of publishers, in decreasing order of number of books in the database.
Use this view to see who publishes the most HCI books.
Obtaining Full Publications
The HCI Bibliography contains thousands of Web links to full articles.
Many are free, but most require a subscription
(most sites supply information after a failed authentication).
The publishers' page
contains information about how to obtain books, proceedings, and journals.
A good resource for obtaining materials is
a local technical librarian.