Bach Bibliography Q & A

Topics

• Why don't you publish or sell it instead?
• Network access is too slow! Any improvements?
• What reward can I get if I become a contributor?
• Is there a discussion list, or regular update by Email?
• All the accented characters seem to be corrupted. What's wrong?
• Why can't I access to the text of the articles listed by your search?

Q. Why don't you publish or sell it instead?

A. I thought of it before. But then I realised that it was not what we wanted. New books and articles appear ever so frequently; as soon as the bibliography is in print, it is already out of date! So the internet publication is the only viable alternative, though it means I get no money :-(

Instead of getting rich, we all hopefully get the following benefits:

• guaranteed access to the database from a networked computer anywhere in the world
• free of charge, available to everyone
• always up-to-date (as long as we all contribute!)
• relatively easy to maintain

Q. Network access is too slow! Any improvements in the future?

A. The network traffic may be a problem, especially if you live far away from UK. Here are some tips:

• access to the nearest mirror server. There are two in USA and two in Japan.
• access during the evening or weekend especially if you have a lot of complex searches

Q. What reward can I get if I become a contributor? 

A. It's a good of you to think about that. You will certainly benefit from:

• making yourself known as an active researcher and a friendly collaborator
• making your work more widely known
• you will be a good friend of mine!

Q. Is there a discussion list, or regular update by Email? 

A. I run it for a month or so (for trial basis), but discontinued it, as it was one way traffic (from me to you). Instead, I set up "New Publications" page where you can visit whenever you want to find out the latest information. Please also visit "Recent Update" page where you will find the latest addition of old but significant items, as I spend a few days from time to time, checking neglected yet important journals published before 1950.

Q. All the accented characters seem to be corrupted. What's wrong? 

A. If you notice the symbols with diacritical marks displayed incorrectly, check your browser's character code setting. For West European languages, you need to set your browser to "Latin 1" or "ISO-8859-1". If you are viewing the item in one of East European languages, please set your browser to Latin 2 (also known as Central-European, "ISO-8859-2"). Under some systems, you need appropriate fonts in your system to display the characters correctly.

Q. Why can't I access to the text of the articles listed by your search?

A. Bibliography simply describes about the books or articles (e.g. its author, title, publisher, year of publication) and not the books or articles themselves. If you want to read them, please contact your university library. I provide neither copying or lending service.

Last modified: 12 January 2005