International Bibliography of Periodical Literature (IBZ: Internationale Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur) covers the academic journal literature in the humanities, social sciences, and related disciplines. It is an interdisciplinary reference source that is international in scope. Academic journal coverage includes 40 countries and more than 40 languages. Standards are based on the standards set by the German National Library in German and English. The file size is over 3.2 million records from over 11,000 journals, with 120, 000 records added annually.(ISSN 1865-0279; ISBN 9783598690068).[1]
An analysis of Internationale Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur: first, a description of the historical development of this database (IBZ). This is followed by a description of the methods employed for journal selection (for coverage). Strengths and weakenesses are analyzed and evaluated. IBZ is compared to other indexing databases throughout the discussion.[2]