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specialized-bibs
This is an index of specialized bibliographic databases. The specialization contrasts with databases like Scopus. These databases may have entries not available elsewhere, may have curated the entries (beyond limiting to a particular area), may have more specific subject categories, keywords, or annotations than a less specialized database, are often developed by individuals or professional societies rather than for-profit corporations, and are often maintained for years after starting (unlike many published bibliographies). In other words, these specialized bibliographic databases often are developed with more care.
I'm using the word "database" here broadly, including everything from actual software with a SQL database down to .bib files and even .html and .txt files merely listing citations. Note that I'm not including bibliographies that existed solely in printed documents even if they were digitized later.
Contributions are welcome. Unfortunately these databases are often obscure or even no longer online, so I'm hoping that by creating an index I'll make these databases easier to find. This index is heavily biased towards my own interests and things I found by randomly browsing the internet and I would like to change that.
Note that inclusion of a bibliography here does not imply endorsement of the subject, endorsement of the views of the bibliographer, or endorsement of any of the cited documents.
To-do
- Add years to each. Hacker News style "(YYYY)" works.
- Go through bibdb.txt to find more that you already are aware of.
- Ask LLMs to find more. Since this is searching for a concept, a LLM might be a good way to find more of these.
Collections of bibliographies
- Andrew Cullison's Philosophy BibTeX files
- BibNet
- Biographies and bibliographies for Russian scientists in Novosibirsk
- Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies
- Government Attic has many bibliographies obtained via FOIA requests to the US federal government. Naming on the site varies, but you can search for "technical report" to find some of them.
- Internet Parallel Computing Archive Bibliographies
- Netlib bib directory
- TUG bibliography archive
Bibliographies
Computer Science
- Abstract Meaning Representation bibliography (also see: 1)
- Annotated bibliography on approximate computing (also see: 1)
- Annotated Bibliography on Graph Drawing Algorithms
- Annotated Computer Vision Bibliography
- Awesome Directed Fuzzing
- Awesome Fuzzing Techniques
- Awesome Grammar Fuzzing
- Awesome Mutation testing
- Bernard Pichon's bibliography
- Bibliography: Encoding and generating videogame mechanics
- Bibliography for Publications about Deep Learning using GPU
- Bibliography on Check digit systems
- Bibliography on Gradual Typing
- Bibliography of Fitts’ Law Research
- Bibliography of Scheme research
- Bibliography on vertex/facet enumeration
- BibTeX references from "Mesh generation and optimal triangulation"
- Boris Jeremić's Computer Science bibliography
- CADNA bibliography (floating point error)
- Collection of collision detection papers (bib file)
- Computational effects bibliography
- Computational geometry and volumetric visualization bibliography
- Computer Geometry Bibliography
- Computing in the Soviet Space Program Bibliography (links to more bibliographies not listed here)
- DANTE bibliography
- Data Engineering Whitepapers
- David Jones's Hypertext Bibliography Project
- Debugger bibliography (also see: 1)
- Domain-Specific Languages: An Annotated Bibliography (also see: 1, 2, 3)
- endatabas bibliography
- Ethical Considerations for Civilian AI Developers Using Open-Source Military Data
- Evidence-based Software Engineering
- Evolutionary Computation Bestiary (2026)
- Exascale Computing Project Library
- Famous Deep Learning Papers (also see: 1)
- Fortran Books
- Fortran 90, Fortran 95, F Bibliography
- Fuzzy scheduling bibliography (also see: 1, 2)
- Garbage Collection Bibliography
- Generative Programming
- Genetic Programming Bibliography
- GIS Master Bibliography Project (also see: 1)
- Gradual Typing Bibliography
- Gregory M. Kapfhammer
- HCI Bibliography (also see: 1, 2)
- Institute for Communications Technology, Technische Universität Braunschweig bibliography
- Knowledge Representation and Reasoning Group bibliography
- LEABIB
- Literature on Interprocedural Analysis of Programs
- Map-Labeling Bibliography
- Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik Index of proceedings
- Mesh generation bibliography
- Multipath TCP : Annotated bibliography
- Mutation Testing Repository
- Networked Computer Science Technical Reference Library (The Wayback Machine archive seems very incomplete.) (also see: 1, 2)
- The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies copies appear to be more complete.
- Object-Oriented Bibliography and Articles
- Object-Oriented Numerics Bibliography (also see: 1)
- ORA Canada Bibliography of Automated Deduction
- Pacific Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence bibliography
- Parallel computational geometry bibliography
- Parallel Debugger Bibliography (also see: 1, 2)
- pldb (programming languages)
- Real-Time Rendering, 4th Edition Bibliography
- Ruby Bib
- Self Bibliography
- Spack bibliography
- Survey of Flaky Tests bibliography
- Testing References
- Trail of Bits publications
- Transformative Artificial Intelligence Safety Bibliographic Database
- TSPBIB (Traveling Salesman Problem)
- Visual Bibliography of Tree Visualization (also see: 1)
- Željko Obrenović's Curated Reads (2025) (software engineering)
Math
- Abstracts in Imprecise Probabilities
- AI for math bibliography
- Benford Online Bibliography (2019)
- Bibliographic Notes on Voronoi Diagrams
- Bibliography for books on Bayesian analysis
- Bibliography on Automatic Differentiation
- Bibliography of Bernoulli Numbers
- Bibliography on Hardware Support for Interval Computations
- Bibliography on packing two discs
- Bibliography of Wavelet and Time Series Titles
- BiBTeX database and LaTeX macros of Pierre L'Ecuyer
- Cellular Automata bibliography
- David Eppstein Bibliography Files
- DispersiveWiki bibliography
- Electronic Bibliography in Ergodic theory and Dynamical Systems
- Freiburg Interval Library
- Geometry Literature Database (also see: 1, 2)
- GNU Triangulated Surface Library Bibliography
- Gröbner Bases Bibliography
- Harmonic Maps Bibliography (also see: 1)
- Imprecise Probabilities: A Bibliography
- Infinity References
- Interval Bibliography
- Karlsruhe Bibliography of Papers on Interval and Related Methods
- MathSciNet
- MGNet Bibliography (also see: 1)
- Miguel Sanjuan's Compiled List of References on Nonlinear Dynamical Systems and Chaos
- Mimetic discretizations bibliography
- Monte Carlo Method Reference List
- Multilevel Monte Carlo research
- Numerical Stochastic Differential Equation References (also see: 1)
- Prime Pages Reference Database
- Random Number generation Reference List
- Simulated Annealing References (also see: 1)
- Spline bibliography (mirror)
- Monte Carlo Variance Reduction
- SYNODE References on Geometric Integration
- SYNODE References on Symplectic Integration
Physics and engineering
- Advanced Topics in Aerodynamics Reference Desk
- Aerospace Controls Laboratory bibliography
- Annotated Bibliographies for Astrostatistics
- Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering Virtual Library
- Ballistics Bibliography
- Bibliography of CFD Verification and Validation
- Bibliography Of Turbulent Flows 1980-2002 by P. Bradshaw
- BIOBIB - A Database for biofuels
- Boris Jeremić's Computational Mechanics bibliography
- Britz Cold Fusion Bibliography and Related Indexes
- BRL-CAD Bibliography
- Cold fusion bibliographies
- Concentrating Solar Power Historical Documents
- Contrails
- Detonation Database -- References
- Discrete Physics
- Early Soviet/Russian LENR Bibliographic Index
- EqWorld Educational Physical and Mathematical Library
- Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDE)
- FDTD database (also see: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
- FireDOC
- IIHS research bibliography
- ILASS-Americas Conference Papers
- International Bibliography of Wildland Fire (also see: 1)
- Lester Gilbert's list of books related to RC sailing
- LENR-CANR.org library
- Local Preconditioning
- History of Aerodynamics
- History of bicycle steer and dynamics equations
- Mark Stock's vortex methods bibliography
- Nonlinear Dynamics Bibliography (also see: 1)
- One-Dimensional Turbulence
- Seventy-Five Years of Nuclear Criticality Safety Documents - A Bibliography
- Turbulence Research Laboratory LaTeX bibliography database (also see: 1)
Other
- Alchemy: a bibliography of English-language writings (also see: 1)
- Annotated Asimov Bibliography
- Bates' Bibliography of Works on Information Seeking, Indexing, and Information Retrieval System Design
- Bibliography on Incommensurability
- Bibliography on philosophy of chemistry
- Bibliography of secondary sources on the periodic system of the chemical elements
- Bibliography of Selected References to U.S. Marine Sand and Gravel Mineral Resources
- Bibliographie sur la sérendipité
- Bin Packing Problem Library (also see: 1)
- Boris Jeremić's (Engineering) Education/Learning bibliography
- Classical Works in Alchemy
- Collected Bibliography "History & Philosophy of Chemistry"
- Contextual Dynamics Lab bibliography
- Disinformation Annotated Bibliography
- EarthRef.org Reference Database (ERR) (also see: 1)
- EconLit (subscription-only)
- English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC)
- EThOS (also see 1)
- Forced Migration Bibliography
- General Morphology Reference List
- Gnomon Bibliographische Datenbank
- Handel Reference Database
- HEDBIB: International Bibliographic Database on Higher Education
- History of Science Reference Sources
- HUD USER Bibliographic Database
- Intelligence bibliography
- International Abstracts in Operations Research
- International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME)
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Isis Bibliography of the History of Science
- Italian Bibliography of the History of Science (BISS)
- Justification Logic Bibliography
- Knowledge organization literature
- Labordoc
- Language Evolution and Computation Bibliography (also see: 1)
- La Revolución Química
- Lib-Value bibliographic database
- Model validation bibliography
- Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization
- OpenGrey (borderline in terms of size, but is little known)
- Omnilux Clinical Bibliography (dermatology)
- open-medieval-bibliography
- Peter P. Wakker's annotated bibliography on decision and uncertainty (also see 1, 2, 3, 4)
- PhB - Pharmaziehistorische Bibliographie
- philbib
- PhilGeek
- Poly-PEDAL Library (animal locomotion)
- PrimateLit: a bibliographic database for primatology (also see: 1)
- Privacy bibliography
- Professional Ethics for Scientists: Annotated Bibliography
- Publications about UDC
- Reproducible Research bibliography
- Remote-Viewing Articles, Publications, and Bibliographies
- Resources for Teachers, Students, and Researchers (Nuclear history)
- Retraction Watch Database (also see: 1)
- SafetyLit (also see: 1)
- Selected Bibliography on the History of Chemistry
- Scientific Ocean Drilling Bibliographic Database
- socbibs
- Students' and Teachers' Conceptions and Science Education Bibliography
- System Dynamics Society bibliography
- Tacit knowledge bibliography
- The Alchemy Reference Library
- The Nozzle Forward Bibliography
- The Serendipity Society's Resources List
- TRAIL
- Wolfram's Library
- Writing-to-Learn in STEM Bibliographic Database
Lost or now unavailable
If anyone knows where a copy of these databases is, file an issue or pull request so that these databases can be moved to the active section.
- Access Russia
- Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues
- AMR Abstracts Database (Library of Congress CD-ROM copy, which is incomplete and on-site only)
- A Select Bibliography of the Historical Orientation of the Philosophy of Science (by Peter Barker & Xiang Chen)
- Bibliographic Index (Printed copies seem available, but I can't find anything digital.) (also see: 1)
- Difficult to Find Engineering Papers
- ESA/IRS (European Space Agency/Information Retrieval System)
- Maybe this isn't actually lost as the von Karman Institute says they have access.
- ETH Zürich Ropeway Literature Database
- Hypatia Electronic Library in Mathematics and Computer Science (The Wayback Machine archive seems very incomplete.)
- IBM publications (for example, see publications linked here)
- io-port.net
- Jet Impingement Database
- Liquid Crystal Database
- MPRESS
- OSH UPDATE (also see: 1)
- permalink.lanl.gov
- Ropeway Database (also see: 1, 2)
- SeqAnalRef (older location)
- Waternet
- World Translations Index
See what people are saying
README
specialized-bibs
This is an index of specialized bibliographic databases. The specialization contrasts with databases like Scopus. These databases may have entries not available elsewhere, may have curated the entries (beyond limiting to a particular area), may have more specific subject categories, keywords, or annotations than a less specialized database, are often developed by individuals or professional societies rather than for-profit corporations, and are often maintained for years after starting (unlike many published bibliographies). In other words, these specialized bibliographic databases often are developed with more care.
I'm using the word "database" here broadly, including everything from actual software with a SQL database down to .bib files and even .html and .txt files merely listing citations. Note that I'm not including bibliographies that existed solely in printed documents even if they were digitized later.
Contributions are welcome. Unfortunately these databases are often obscure or even no longer online, so I'm hoping that by creating an index I'll make these databases easier to find. This index is heavily biased towards my own interests and things I found by randomly browsing the internet and I would like to change that.
Note that inclusion of a bibliography here does not imply endorsement of the subject, endorsement of the views of the bibliographer, or endorsement of any of the cited documents.
To-do
- Add years to each. Hacker News style "(YYYY)" works.
- Go through bibdb.txt to find more that you already are aware of.
- Ask LLMs to find more. Since this is searching for a concept, a LLM might be a good way to find more of these.
Collections of bibliographies
- Andrew Cullison's Philosophy BibTeX files
- BibNet
- Biographies and bibliographies for Russian scientists in Novosibirsk
- Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies
- Government Attic has many bibliographies obtained via FOIA requests to the US federal government. Naming on the site varies, but you can search for "technical report" to find some of them.
- Internet Parallel Computing Archive Bibliographies
- Netlib bib directory
- TUG bibliography archive
Bibliographies
Computer Science
- Abstract Meaning Representation bibliography (also see: 1)
- Annotated bibliography on approximate computing (also see: 1)
- Annotated Bibliography on Graph Drawing Algorithms
- Annotated Computer Vision Bibliography
- Awesome Directed Fuzzing
- Awesome Fuzzing Techniques
- Awesome Grammar Fuzzing
- Awesome Mutation testing
- Bernard Pichon's bibliography
- Bibliography: Encoding and generating videogame mechanics
- Bibliography for Publications about Deep Learning using GPU
- Bibliography on Check digit systems
- Bibliography on Gradual Typing
- Bibliography of Fitts’ Law Research
- Bibliography of Scheme research
- Bibliography on vertex/facet enumeration
- BibTeX references from "Mesh generation and optimal triangulation"
- Boris Jeremić's Computer Science bibliography
- CADNA bibliography (floating point error)
- Collection of collision detection papers (bib file)
- Computational effects bibliography
- Computational geometry and volumetric visualization bibliography
- Computer Geometry Bibliography
- Computing in the Soviet Space Program Bibliography (links to more bibliographies not listed here)
- DANTE bibliography
- Data Engineering Whitepapers
- David Jones's Hypertext Bibliography Project
- Debugger bibliography (also see: 1)
- Domain-Specific Languages: An Annotated Bibliography (also see: 1, 2, 3)
- endatabas bibliography
- Ethical Considerations for Civilian AI Developers Using Open-Source Military Data
- Evidence-based Software Engineering
- Evolutionary Computation Bestiary (2026)
- Exascale Computing Project Library
- Famous Deep Learning Papers (also see: 1)
- Fortran Books
- Fortran 90, Fortran 95, F Bibliography
- Fuzzy scheduling bibliography (also see: 1, 2)
- Garbage Collection Bibliography
- Generative Programming
- Genetic Programming Bibliography
- GIS Master Bibliography Project (also see: 1)
- Gradual Typing Bibliography
- Gregory M. Kapfhammer
- HCI Bibliography (also see: 1, 2)
- Institute for Communications Technology, Technische Universität Braunschweig bibliography
- Knowledge Representation and Reasoning Group bibliography
- LEABIB
- Literature on Interprocedural Analysis of Programs
- Map-Labeling Bibliography
- Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik Index of proceedings
- Mesh generation bibliography
- Multipath TCP : Annotated bibliography
- Mutation Testing Repository
- Networked Computer Science Technical Reference Library (The Wayback Machine archive seems very incomplete.) (also see: 1, 2)
- The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies copies appear to be more complete.
- Object-Oriented Bibliography and Articles
- Object-Oriented Numerics Bibliography (also see: 1)
- ORA Canada Bibliography of Automated Deduction
- Pacific Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence bibliography
- Parallel computational geometry bibliography
- Parallel Debugger Bibliography (also see: 1, 2)
- pldb (programming languages)
- Real-Time Rendering, 4th Edition Bibliography
- Ruby Bib
- Self Bibliography
- Spack bibliography
- Survey of Flaky Tests bibliography
- Testing References
- Trail of Bits publications
- Transformative Artificial Intelligence Safety Bibliographic Database
- TSPBIB (Traveling Salesman Problem)
- Visual Bibliography of Tree Visualization (also see: 1)
- Željko Obrenović's Curated Reads (2025) (software engineering)
Math
- Abstracts in Imprecise Probabilities
- AI for math bibliography
- Benford Online Bibliography (2019)
- Bibliographic Notes on Voronoi Diagrams
- Bibliography for books on Bayesian analysis
- Bibliography on Automatic Differentiation
- Bibliography of Bernoulli Numbers
- Bibliography on Hardware Support for Interval Computations
- Bibliography on packing two discs
- Bibliography of Wavelet and Time Series Titles
- BiBTeX database and LaTeX macros of Pierre L'Ecuyer
- Cellular Automata bibliography
- David Eppstein Bibliography Files
- DispersiveWiki bibliography
- Electronic Bibliography in Ergodic theory and Dynamical Systems
- Freiburg Interval Library
- Geometry Literature Database (also see: 1, 2)
- GNU Triangulated Surface Library Bibliography
- Gröbner Bases Bibliography
- Harmonic Maps Bibliography (also see: 1)
- Imprecise Probabilities: A Bibliography
- Infinity References
- Interval Bibliography
- Karlsruhe Bibliography of Papers on Interval and Related Methods
- MathSciNet
- MGNet Bibliography (also see: 1)
- Miguel Sanjuan's Compiled List of References on Nonlinear Dynamical Systems and Chaos
- Mimetic discretizations bibliography
- Monte Carlo Method Reference List
- Multilevel Monte Carlo research
- Numerical Stochastic Differential Equation References (also see: 1)
- Prime Pages Reference Database
- Random Number generation Reference List
- Simulated Annealing References (also see: 1)
- Spline bibliography (mirror)
- Monte Carlo Variance Reduction
- SYNODE References on Geometric Integration
- SYNODE References on Symplectic Integration
Physics and engineering
- Advanced Topics in Aerodynamics Reference Desk
- Aerospace Controls Laboratory bibliography
- Annotated Bibliographies for Astrostatistics
- Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering Virtual Library
- Ballistics Bibliography
- Bibliography of CFD Verification and Validation
- Bibliography Of Turbulent Flows 1980-2002 by P. Bradshaw
- BIOBIB - A Database for biofuels
- Boris Jeremić's Computational Mechanics bibliography
- Britz Cold Fusion Bibliography and Related Indexes
- BRL-CAD Bibliography
- Cold fusion bibliographies
- Concentrating Solar Power Historical Documents
- Contrails
- Detonation Database -- References
- Discrete Physics
- Early Soviet/Russian LENR Bibliographic Index
- EqWorld Educational Physical and Mathematical Library
- Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDE)
- FDTD database (also see: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
- FireDOC
- IIHS research bibliography
- ILASS-Americas Conference Papers
- International Bibliography of Wildland Fire (also see: 1)
- Lester Gilbert's list of books related to RC sailing
- LENR-CANR.org library
- Local Preconditioning
- History of Aerodynamics
- History of bicycle steer and dynamics equations
- Mark Stock's vortex methods bibliography
- Nonlinear Dynamics Bibliography (also see: 1)
- One-Dimensional Turbulence
- Seventy-Five Years of Nuclear Criticality Safety Documents - A Bibliography
- Turbulence Research Laboratory LaTeX bibliography database (also see: 1)
Other
- Alchemy: a bibliography of English-language writings (also see: 1)
- Annotated Asimov Bibliography
- Bates' Bibliography of Works on Information Seeking, Indexing, and Information Retrieval System Design
- Bibliography on Incommensurability
- Bibliography on philosophy of chemistry
- Bibliography of secondary sources on the periodic system of the chemical elements
- Bibliography of Selected References to U.S. Marine Sand and Gravel Mineral Resources
- Bibliographie sur la sérendipité
- Bin Packing Problem Library (also see: 1)
- Boris Jeremić's (Engineering) Education/Learning bibliography
- Classical Works in Alchemy
- Collected Bibliography "History & Philosophy of Chemistry"
- Contextual Dynamics Lab bibliography
- Disinformation Annotated Bibliography
- EarthRef.org Reference Database (ERR) (also see: 1)
- EconLit (subscription-only)
- English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC)
- EThOS (also see 1)
- Forced Migration Bibliography
- General Morphology Reference List
- Gnomon Bibliographische Datenbank
- Handel Reference Database
- HEDBIB: International Bibliographic Database on Higher Education
- History of Science Reference Sources
- HUD USER Bibliographic Database
- Intelligence bibliography
- International Abstracts in Operations Research
- International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME)
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Isis Bibliography of the History of Science
- Italian Bibliography of the History of Science (BISS)
- Justification Logic Bibliography
- Knowledge organization literature
- Labordoc
- Language Evolution and Computation Bibliography (also see: 1)
- La Revolución Química
- Lib-Value bibliographic database
- Model validation bibliography
- Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization
- OpenGrey (borderline in terms of size, but is little known)
- Omnilux Clinical Bibliography (dermatology)
- open-medieval-bibliography
- Peter P. Wakker's annotated bibliography on decision and uncertainty (also see 1, 2, 3, 4)
- PhB - Pharmaziehistorische Bibliographie
- philbib
- PhilGeek
- Poly-PEDAL Library (animal locomotion)
- PrimateLit: a bibliographic database for primatology (also see: 1)
- Privacy bibliography
- Professional Ethics for Scientists: Annotated Bibliography
- Publications about UDC
- Reproducible Research bibliography
- Remote-Viewing Articles, Publications, and Bibliographies
- Resources for Teachers, Students, and Researchers (Nuclear history)
- Retraction Watch Database (also see: 1)
- SafetyLit (also see: 1)
- Selected Bibliography on the History of Chemistry
- Scientific Ocean Drilling Bibliographic Database
- socbibs
- Students' and Teachers' Conceptions and Science Education Bibliography
- System Dynamics Society bibliography
- Tacit knowledge bibliography
- The Alchemy Reference Library
- The Nozzle Forward Bibliography
- The Serendipity Society's Resources List
- TRAIL
- Wolfram's Library
- Writing-to-Learn in STEM Bibliographic Database
Lost or now unavailable
If anyone knows where a copy of these databases is, file an issue or pull request so that these databases can be moved to the active section.
- Access Russia
- Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues
- AMR Abstracts Database (Library of Congress CD-ROM copy, which is incomplete and on-site only)
- A Select Bibliography of the Historical Orientation of the Philosophy of Science (by Peter Barker & Xiang Chen)
- Bibliographic Index (Printed copies seem available, but I can't find anything digital.) (also see: 1)
- Difficult to Find Engineering Papers
- ESA/IRS (European Space Agency/Information Retrieval System)
- Maybe this isn't actually lost as the von Karman Institute says they have access.
- ETH Zürich Ropeway Literature Database
- Hypatia Electronic Library in Mathematics and Computer Science (The Wayback Machine archive seems very incomplete.)
- IBM publications (for example, see publications linked here)
- io-port.net
- Jet Impingement Database
- Liquid Crystal Database
- MPRESS
- OSH UPDATE (also see: 1)
- permalink.lanl.gov
- Ropeway Database (also see: 1, 2)
- SeqAnalRef (older location)
- Waternet
- World Translations Index