An Introduction to the Collaborative Reference Database Project: How to Utilize the Database and What Is Expected of Pharmaceutical Libraries

Abstract

The Collaborative Reference Database Project of the National Diet Library aims to build a knowledge-based database for reference service, providing records of edited question and answers, and a process for research. The purposes of this project are to improve the library service and support research activities through the accumulated information. This article introduces how to utilize the database and gives an idea what expected of pharmaceutical libraries to improve the quality of this database.