federal library bibliographic record analysis 2014 · 3. bulletin (519) 4. report (293) 5. special...

Federal Library Bibliographic Record Analysis

2014

United States Geological Survey LibraryU.S. Geological Survey

http://library.usgs.gov/

Established in 1879 to build and organize a collection of scientific materials in the earth sciences, the U.S. Geological Survey Library isnow one of the world's largest libraries for earth sciences. The USGS Libraries Program is a centralized, multi-site library system withover 2,500,000 items in the specialized collections, including 1,500,000 volumes, 500,000 maps, 30,000 field records, and 500,000historical photos.

Bibliographic level as percent of total records

Monograph/Item (91%)

Serial (7%)

Monographic comp. part (2%)

Type of record as percent of total records

a = Language material (83%)e = Cartographic material (12%)m = Computer file (3%)t = Manuscript language material (2%)

Top 10 languages of publication

language number of records

English 333,347

Russian 26,029

Undetermined 18,397

German 16,578

French 12,020

Spanish 5,901

Italian 1,980

Portuguese 1,658

Polish 1,441

Chinese 1,349

426,173426,173total recordstotal records

Bibliographic records by date of publication

Ten most commonly occurring main titles

annual report (2,630)1.proceedings (966)2.bulletin (519)3.report (293)4.special issue (197)5.abstracts (146)6.technical report (139)7.habitat suitability index models (129)8.species profiles (124)9.trudy (119)10.

Country of publication

1 record 238,012 records

Individual Report Federal Library Bibliographic Record Analysis - 2014 p. 1

of total records matcha record in one or more institution

United States Geological Survey Library

Percent of total bibliographic records matching, by institution

USAFA 3.09%

USAFB 0.03%

USAIR 0.69%

USARL 0.32%

USCGA 1.94%

USDKL 2.05%

USEPA 2.29%

USFDA 0.16%

USFHA 0.06%

USFSL 0.38%

USGCM 0.08%

USLOC 20.82%

USMAL 2.57%

USMCU 0.30%

USNAV 2.70%

USNCI 0.11%

USNDD 0.79%

USNDN 0.25%

USNFS 0.28%

USNIH 0.74%

USNLM 0.71%

USNOA 4.43%

USNTL 0.54%

USNWC 0.87%

USSIL 5.58%

USUSU 0.24%

USWHS 0.22%


25%25%of total records match


All YearsCountry of publication

All records Overlap records

Language of publication(chart excludes English and Undetermined)

All | Overlap records

English (333,347 | 99,722)Undetermined (18,397 | 250)

Russian (26,029 | 2,171)German (16,578 | 2,455)French (12,020 | 1,125)Spanish (5,901 | 554)Italian (1,980 | 340)Portuguese (1,658 | 177)Polish (1,441 | 152)Chinese (1,349 | 189)Japanese (799 | 82)Dutch (696 | 130)Swedish (690 | 57)Czech (616 | 47)Latin (448 | 56)Norwegian (414 | 59)Romanian (382 | 55)

Frequently occurring subject terms

All records

subject term records

geology 65,517maps 56,551congresses 22,700united states 22,523geology, stratigraphic 18,244groundwater 17,791mines and mineral resources 15,661california 15,446periodicals 15,272environmental aspects 12,116paleontology 10,918water-supply 10,283water quality 8,797pollution 7,915water 7,744soils 7,696geology, structural 7,215petroleum 7,138alaska 6,982colorado 6,379

Overlap records


geology 9,417maps 9,000united states 8,761congresses 7,992periodicals 6,679environmental aspects 3,544geology, stratigraphic 3,095groundwater 2,789pollution 2,642mines and mineral resources 2,608history 2,540paleontology 2,530soils 2,525water 2,401california 2,287water-supply 2,099water quality 1,815bibliography 1,725water resources development 1,672soil surveys 1,599

426,173total records

Percent of total bibliographicrecords matching, by institution

USAFA 3.09%

USAFB 0.03%

USAIR 0.69%

USARL 0.32%

USCGA 1.94%

USDKL 2.05%

USEPA 2.29%

USFDA 0.16%

USFHA 0.06%

USFSL 0.38%

USGCM 0.08%

USLOC 20.82%

USMAL 2.57%

USMCU 0.30%

USNAL 3.40%

USNAV 2.70%

USNCI 0.11%

USNDD 0.79%

USNDN 0.25%

USNFS 0.28%

USNIH 0.74%

USNLM 0.71%

USNOA 4.43%

USNTL 0.54%

USNWC 0.87%

USSIL 5.58%

USUSU 0.24%

USWHS 0.22%

1 record 238,012 records 1 record 70,156 records




17th CenturyCountry of publication




English (31 | 7)

Latin (84 | 7)French (14 | 1)Italian (10 | 0)German (6 | 0)Dutch (2 | 2)


All records


early works to 1800 114precious stones 24gems 23pre-linnean works 15natural history 13mineralogy 12description and travel 10paleontology 7history 6medicine 5science 5zoology 5botany 4geology 4rings 4stone 4amber 3creation 3deluge 3earthquakes 3

Overlap records


early works to 1800 12description and travel 4precious stones 3

147total records


USAFA 1.36%

USAFB 0.00%

USAIR 0.00%

USARL 0.00%

USCGA 0.00%

USDKL 0.68%

USEPA 0.00%

USFDA 0.00%

USFHA 0.00%

USFSL 0.00%

USGCM 0.00%

USLOC 10.20%

USMAL 1.36%

USMCU 0.00%

USNAL 0.00%

USNAV 1.36%

USNCI 0.00%

USNDD 0.68%

USNDN 0.00%

USNFS 0.00%

USNIH 0.68%

USNLM 0.00%

USNOA 0.68%

USNTL 0.00%

USNWC 0.00%

USSIL 2.72%

USUSU 0.00%

USWHS 0.00%

1 record 13 records 1 record 4 records








English (188 | 73)Undetermined (1 | 0)

French (202 | 12)Latin (136 | 12)German (130 | 5)Italian (28 | 2)Dutch (9 | 1)Spanish (2 | 1)Danish (1 | 0)Greek, Ancient (1 | 0)Swedish (1 | 0)


All records


early works to 1800 460mineralogy 79gems 67description and travel 57paleontology 51natural history 48history 38geology 32precious stones 32france 31germany 28science 28italy 25botany 22pre-linnean works 22diamond necklace affair, france, 1785 21earthquakes 21periodicals 20volcanoes 20united states 18

Overlap records


early works to 1800 80description and travel 24history 10science 10indians of north america 9periodicals 9canada 8gems 8mineralogy 8natural history 8northwest passage 6united states 6physics 5voyages around the world 5earthquakes 4geology 4mississippi river valley 4america 3assaying 3chemistry 3

699total records


USAFA 0.72%

USAFB 0.00%

USAIR 0.00%

USARL 0.00%

USCGA 0.43%

USDKL 0.29%

USEPA 0.00%

USFDA 0.00%

USFHA 0.00%

USFSL 0.00%

USGCM 0.00%

USLOC 11.87%

USMAL 2.43%

USMCU 0.00%

USNAL 0.43%

USNAV 1.14%

USNCI 0.00%

USNDD 0.00%

USNDN 0.00%

USNFS 0.00%

USNIH 0.00%

USNLM 0.29%

USNOA 1.00%

USNTL 0.00%

USNWC 0.00%

USSIL 5.29%

USUSU 0.00%

USWHS 0.00%









English (11,478 | 3,297)Undetermined (79 | 1)

German (2,766 | 253)French (2,564 | 224)Italian (387 | 41)Spanish (276 | 52)Russian (187 | 8)Latin (142 | 15)Swedish (72 | 5)Portuguese (66 | 26)Dutch (57 | 11)Hungarian (51 | 1)Norwegian (46 | 7)Danish (33 | 4)Czech (13 | 0)Multiple languages (9 | 2)Polish (9 | 0)


All records

topic records

geology 3,378paleontology 1,461description and travel 1,360periodicals 1,265united states 709mines and mineral resources 708maps 583history 575france 550natural history 542paleobotany 482science 479mineralogy 469germany 420england 375geology, stratigraphic 375botany 307gold mines and mining 281bibliography 265italy 264

Overlap records

topic records

description and travel 547periodicals 436geology 324united states 275science 224history 199natural history 190paleontology 180mines and mineral resources 106discovery and exploration 104botany 98bibliography 83great britain 78arctic regions 69canada 66societies, etc 65geography 64mexico 60zoology 60mollusks 58

18,283total records


USAFA 0.03%

USAFB 0.00%

USAIR 0.01%

USARL 0.02%

USCGA 0.03%

USDKL 0.01%

USEPA 0.01%

USFDA 0.00%

USFHA 0.00%

USFSL 0.00%

USGCM 0.00%

USLOC 0.79%

USMAL 0.11%

USMCU 0.00%

USNAL 0.05%

USNAV 0.09%

USNCI 0.00%

USNDD 0.01%

USNDN 0.00%

USNFS 0.00%

USNIH 0.02%

USNLM 0.03%

USNOA 0.10%

USNTL 0.00%

USNWC 0.02%

USSIL 0.38%

USUSU 0.01%

USWHS 0.00%









English (277,871 | 81,696)Undetermined (12,921 | 237)

Russian (25,686 | 2,147)German (12,627 | 2,115)French (8,741 | 853)Spanish (5,326 | 484)Portuguese (1,513 | 135)Italian (1,430 | 279)Polish (1,228 | 139)Chinese (1,207 | 139)Japanese (636 | 74)Dutch (611 | 114)Czech (590 | 44)Swedish (559 | 50)Romanian (368 | 55)Norwegian (357 | 52)Multiple languages (305 | 101)


All records


geology 56,378maps 47,937congresses 19,576united states 19,368geology, stratigraphic 16,366groundwater 15,466mines and mineral resources 13,697periodicals 13,054california 12,984water-supply 9,347paleontology 8,763environmental aspects 8,584water quality 6,961soils 6,915petroleum 6,261water 6,231pollution 6,096alaska 6,073geology, structural 5,937bibliography 5,696

Overlap records


geology 7,922united states 7,407maps 6,963congresses 6,853periodicals 5,759geology, stratigraphic 2,643environmental aspects 2,353mines and mineral resources 2,295groundwater 2,132paleontology 2,093soils 2,065pollution 1,999history 1,944water 1,872california 1,854water-supply 1,789bibliography 1,595water resources development 1,502research 1,266soil surveys 1,241

354,684total records


USAFA 3.18%

USAFB 0.02%

USAIR 0.74%

USARL 0.30%

USCGA 1.73%

USDKL 2.10%

USEPA 2.50%

USFDA 0.17%

USFHA 0.07%

USFSL 0.43%

USGCM 0.08%

USLOC 21.39%

USMAL 2.44%

USMCU 0.31%

USNAL 3.26%

USNAV 2.65%

USNCI 0.11%

USNDD 0.81%

USNDN 0.27%

USNFS 0.30%

USNIH 0.76%

USNLM 0.73%

USNOA 4.49%

USNTL 0.62%

USNWC 0.98%

USSIL 5.64%

USUSU 0.22%

USWHS 0.23%





21st Century - the first decadeCountry of publication




English (40,776 | 14,050)Undetermined (70 | 1)

German (984 | 78)French (427 | 33)Spanish (259 | 16)Polish (191 | 12)Japanese (144 | 5)Chinese (141 | 50)Russian (133 | 13)Korean (101 | 0)Italian (99 | 15)Portuguese (76 | 14)Swedish (52 | 1)Indonesian (19 | 9)Finnish (17 | 4)Turkish (15 | 1)Lithuanian (14 | 4)


All records


maps 7,573geology 5,420environmental aspects 3,420congresses 2,947united states 2,318groundwater 2,187california 2,185water quality 1,770pollution 1,753geology, stratigraphic 1,458water 1,423geology, structural 1,213mines and mineral resources 1,159mathematical models 1,076groundwater flow 1,035hydrogeology 935florida 919colorado 905alaska 800periodicals 783

Overlap records


maps 1,923environmental aspects 1,145geology 1,142congresses 1,085united states 1,037groundwater 628pollution 615water quality 556water 504mathematical models 464soils 450periodicals 445geology, stratigraphic 415california 384groundwater flow 368history 365soil surveys 358climatic changes 340geographic information systems 296hydrogeology 282

43,679total records


USAFA 4.01%

USAFB 0.11%

USAIR 0.64%

USARL 0.52%

USCGA 4.12%

USDKL 2.66%

USEPA 1.94%

USFDA 0.19%

USFHA 0.06%

USFSL 0.15%

USGCM 0.13%

USLOC 20.58%

USMAL 3.96%

USMCU 0.30%

USNAL 5.93%

USNAV 3.74%

USNCI 0.13%

USNDD 1.04%

USNDN 0.20%

USNFS 0.17%

USNIH 0.83%

USNLM 0.62%

USNOA 5.61%

USNTL 0.15%

USNWC 0.27%

USSIL 4.66%

USUSU 0.43%

USWHS 0.30%





Other (pre-1500, post-2010, or insufficient information)

Country of publicationAll records Overlap records

Language of publication


Undetermined (5,326 | 11)English (3,003 | 599)French (72 | 2)German (61 | 4)Spanish (38 | 1)Russian (23 | 3)Italian (20 | 2)Japanese (13 | 1)Polish (13 | 1)Korean (12 | 0)Multiple languages (7 | 0)Swedish (6 | 1)Norwegian (6 | 0)Dutch (5 | 1)Portuguese (3 | 2)


All records


maps 443geology 304periodicals 150united states 110environmental aspects 108groundwater 101mines and mineral resources 87congresses 77water quality 66roads 65texas 65water-supply 57pollution 56oregon 46climatic changes 45geology, stratigraphic 45geology, structural 42research 42stream measurements 42water 40

Overlap records


maps 76environmental aspects 46congresses 38united states 36periodicals 30climatic changes 27roads 26geology 24pollution 24groundwater 22history 20texas 19water quality 19water-supply 19ecology 18water resources development 16management 15new mexico 14mathematical models 13remote sensing 13

8,681total records


USAFA 0.43%

USAFB 0.02%

USAIR 0.08%

USARL 0.03%

USCGA 2.18%

USDKL 1.07%

USEPA 0.32%

USFDA 0.02%

USFHA 0.00%

USFSL 0.07%

USGCM 0.01%

USLOC 4.82%

USMAL 0.50%

USMCU 0.05%

USNAL 1.16%

USNAV 0.69%

USNCI 0.01%

USNDD 0.06%

USNDN 0.02%

USNFS 0.08%

USNIH 0.21%

USNLM 0.23%

USNOA 0.86%

USNTL 0.09%

USNWC 0.08%

USSIL 0.89%

USUSU 0.12%

USWHS 0.02%

1 record 1,171 records 1 record 321 records



Top 100 Library of Congress and National Library of Medicine Classifications**

{ Library of Congress/National Library of Medicine Classification and description (number of records mapped to classification) }

QE Geology (145,722)1.

GB Physical geography (44,149)2.

G Geography (General). Atlases. Maps(25,381)

3.

TN Mining engineering. Metallurgy(18,062)

4.

TA Engineering Civil engineering(General). (15,875)

5.

A General Works (13,481)6.

QC Physics (11,432)7.

QH Natural history Biology (10,535)8.

TD Environmental technology.Sanitary engineering (9,935)

9.

GE Environmental Sciences (9,326)10.

QK Botany (8,779)11.

TC Hydraulic engineering. Oceanengineering (6,937)

12.

HD Industries. Land use. Labor (6,906)13.

GC Oceanography (5,854)14.

QD Chemistry (5,364)15.

S Agriculture (General) (5,269)16.

QL Zoology (5,140)17.

F Local History of the United Statesand British, Dutch, French, and LatinAmerica (4,462)

18.

Q Science (General) (4,440)19.

QB Astronomy (3,923)20.

GR Folklore (3,879)21.

Z Books (General). Writing.Paleography. Book industries andtrade. Libraries. Bibliography (3,563)

22.

QA Mathematics (2,835)23.

HC Economic history and conditions(1,891)

24.

KF United States (1,677)25.

GA Mathematical geography.Cartography (1,613)

26.

TP Chemical technology (1,540)27.

SD Forestry. Arboriculture. Silviculture(1,528)

28.

SK Hunting (949)29.

TK Electrical engineering. Electronics.Nuclear engineering (925)

30.

E American History (914)31.

SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling(813)

32.

TJ Mechanical engineering andmachinery (801)

33.

AS Academies and learned societies(783)

34.

DS Asia (761)35.

T Technology (General) (708)36.

GN Anthropology (659)37.

TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics.Astronautics (616)

38.

SB Horticulture. Plant propagation.Plant breeding (580)

39.

DT Africa (552)40.

HT Communities. Classes. Races (524)41.

TR Photography (522)42.

RA Public aspects of medicine (467)43.

TH Building construction (433)44.

HF Commerce (405)45.

TE Highway engineering. Roads andpavements (398)

46.

TS Manufacturing engineering. Massproduction (375)

47.

LD Individual institutions UnitedStates (374)

48.

W General Medicine. HealthProfessions (351)

49.

DU Oceania (South Seas) (330)50.

UG Military engineering. Air forces(314)

51.

JK Political institutions and publicadministration (United States) (309)

52.

QR Microbiology (304)53.

JX International law, see JZ and KZ(obsolete) (292)

54.

GV Recreation. Leisure (284)55.

HA Statistics (276)56.

GF Human ecology.Anthropogeography (272)

57.

HE Transportation andcommunications (264)

58.

NK Decorative arts (257)59.

DK Russia. Soviet Union. FormerSoviet Republics Poland (225)

60.

J General legislative and executivepapers (217)

61.

QP Physiology (200)62.

HV Social pathology. Social and publicwelfare. Criminology (181)

63.

DA Great Britain (175)64.

CC Archaeology (164)65.

SF Animal husbandry. Animal science66.

(148)

HG Finance (146)67.

VK Navigation. Merchant marine (141)68.

HB Economic theory. Demography(120)

69.

K Law in general. Comparative anduniform law. Jurisprudence (107)

70.

D History (General) (106)71.

HJ Public finance (104)72.

PE English language (100)73.

UA Armies: Organization, distribution,military situation (96)

74.

BF Psychology (92)75.

DL Northern Europe. Scandinavia (90)76.

DC France Andorra Monaco (89)77.

DD Germany (89)78.

BS The Bible (88)79.

AC Collections. Series. Collectedworks (86)

80.

PN Literature (General) (80)81.

KFC Law of the United States.Individual States (80)

82.

AM Museums. Collectors andcollecting (80)

83.

H Social sciences (General) (79)84.

HN Social history and conditions.Social problems. Social reform (74)

85.

U Military science (General) (73)86.

NA Architecture (72)87.

N Visual arts (68)88.

DR Balkan Peninsula (68)89.

CD Diplomatics. Archives. Seals (64)90.

DQ Switzerland (63)91.

LB Theory and practice of education(61)

92.

RC Internal medicine (56)93.

AG Dictionaries and other generalreference works (54)

94.

DP Spain Portugal (53)95.

PG Slavic languages and literatures.Baltic languages. Albanian language(52)

96.

CT Biography (51)97.

PL Languages and literatures ofEastern Asia, Africa, Oceania (51)

98.

DG Italy Malta (50)99.

BL Religions. Mythology. Rationalism(49)

100.

**The use of Libray of Congress (LCC) and National Library of Medicine (NLMC) classifications for topical analysis is experimental and intended to demonstratefuture potential for topical analysis. In addition to the MARC 050 and 060 fields, other, non-standard fields, which contained LCC and NLM numbers were also used.



Top 100 Dewey Decimal Classifications**

{ Dewey Decimal Classification and description (number of records mapped to classification) }

551 Geology, hydrology, meteorology(5,045)

1.

557 Earth sciences of North America(1,992)

2.

553 Economic geology (1,966)3.

333 Land economics (1,874)4.

622 Mining & related operations(1,104)

5.

363 Other social problems & services(916)

6.

628 Sanitary & municipal engineering(898)

7.

550 Earth sciences (804)8.

338 Production (761)9.

552 Petrology (614)10.

631 Techniques, equipment, materials(563)

11.

016 Bibliographies of works onspecific subjects (540)

12.

574 Not assigned or no longer used(540)

13.

624 Civil engineering (529)14.

560 Paleontology; Paleozoology (433)15.

621 Applied physics (391)16.

627 Hydraulic engineering (368)17.

549 Mineralogy (338)18.

917 North America (330)19.

912 Graphic representations of earth(308)

20.

526 Mathematical geography (303)21.

910 Geography & travel (266)22.

523 Specific celestial bodies &phenomena (258)

23.

353 Of U.S. federal & stategovernments (241)

24.

025 Library operations (238)25.

554 Earth sciences of Europe (222)26.

620 Engineering & Applied operations(219)

27.

346 Private law (218)28.

541 Physical & theoretical chemistry(178)

29.

559 Earth sciences of other areas(177)

30.

669 Metallurgy (160)31.

500 Sciences (157)32.

500 Natural sciences & mathematics(157)

33.

564 Fossil Mollusca & Molluscoidea(156)

34.

543 Analytical chemistry (155)35.

301 Sociology & anthropology (149)36.

519 Probabilities & appliedmathematics (145)

37.

530 Physics (140)38.

561 Paleobotany (136)39.

563 Fossil primitive phyla (124)40.

546 Inorganic chemistry (124)41.

508 Natural history (124)42.

548 Crystallography (119)43.

538 Magnetism (116)44.

569 Fossil Mammalia (110)45.

662 Explosives, fuels technology (109)46.

343 Military, tax, trade, industrial law(108)

47.

555 Earth sciences of Asia (106)48.

001 Knowledge (98)49.

575 Physiological systems of plants(95)

50.

665 Industrial oils, fats, waxes, gases(94)

51.

347 Civil procedure & courts (94)52.

556 Earth sciences of Africa (93)53.

341 International law (90)54.

979 General history of North America;Great Basin & Pacific Slope (89)

55.

581 Botany (88)56.

567 Fossil cold-blooded vertebrates(84)

57.

505 Serial publications (80)58.

625 Engineering of railroads, roads(79)

59.

330 Economics (72)60.

344 Social, labor, welfare, & relatedlaw (72)

61.

658 General management (71)62.

919 Other history areas (70)63.

565 Other fossil invertebrates (68)64.

808 Rhetoric & collections of literature(65)

65.

354 Of specific central governments(64)

66.

629 Other branches of engineering(62)

67.

591 Zoology (59)68.

309 No longer usedformerly History ofsociology (56)

69.

577 Ecology (54)70.

614 Incidence & prevention of disease(53)

71.

539 Modern physics (51)72.

930 History of ancient world (to c. 499)(51)

73.

532 Fluid mechanics; Liquidmechanics (51)

74.

914 Europe (50)75.

630 Agriculture (50)76.

660 Chemical engineering (49)77.

978 General history of North America;Western United States (47)

78.

510 Mathematics (47)79.

509 Historical, geographic, personstreatment (47)

80.

535 Light & paraphotic phenomena(46)

81.

540 Chemistry & allied sciences (46)82.

517 Not assigned or no longer used(45)

83.

562 Fossil invertebrates (44)84.

582 Plants noted for specificvegetative characteristics and flowers(43)

85.

304 Factors affecting social behavior(43)

86.

602 Miscellany (42)87.

380 Commerce, communications,transport (40)

88.

566 Fossil Vertebrata (Fossil Craniata)(40)

89.

594 Mollusca & Molluscoidea (39)90.

536 Heat (37)91.

547 Organic chemistry (37)92.

615 Pharmacology and therapeutics(37)

93.

520 Astronomy & allied sciences (37)94.

507 Education, research, relatedtopics (37)

95.

515 Analysis (36)96.

634 Orchards, fruits, forestry (36)97.

593 Protozoa, Echinodermata, relatedphyla (35)

98.

502 Miscellany (34)99.

576 Genetics and evolution (33)100.

**The use of Dewey Decimal classifications for topical analysis is experimental and intended to demonstrate future potential for topical analysis. In addition to theMARC 082 field, other, non-standard fields, which contained Dewey Decimal Classification numbers were also used.


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