Print bibliographies are out of date the day the final proofs are submitted to the publisher. This presentation discusses tools available to amateur bibliographers to keep bibliographies as well as the resources they contain up-to-date.

Song Research Tools is a guide to bibliographies, indexes, dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases and chronologies of use to those interested in all aspects of Chinese society during the Song Dynasty (960-1279). The first edition was published in 1990. With the publication of the online guide in 2003 Song Research Tools went into its third edition. This edition offers the same functionality as the print editions, but also uses Web-based tools to provide new services to users. It is designed to allow for more accurate searching and to draw on the larger scholarly community for the constant addition of new titles as well as the scholarly discussion of all titles contained in it. This presentation outlines the design process and demonstrates the uses of this electronic bibliography.