<s>
HistCite	B-Library
is	O
a	O
software	O
package	O
used	O
for	O
bibliometric	O
analysis	O
and	O
information	B-Application
visualization	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Eugene	O
Garfield	O
,	O
the	O
founder	O
of	O
the	O
Institute	O
for	O
Scientific	O
Information	O
and	O
the	O
inventor	O
of	O
important	O
information	O
retrieval	O
tools	O
such	O
as	O
Current	B-Library
Contents	I-Library
and	O
the	O
Science	B-Library
Citation	I-Library
Index	I-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
purpose	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
is	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
easier	O
for	O
individuals	O
to	O
perform	O
bibliometric	O
analysis	O
and	O
visualization	B-Application
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
typical	O
questions	O
asked	O
by	O
bibliometricians	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
answered	O
by	O
HistCite	B-Library
analysis	O
are	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Information	B-Application
visualization	I-Application
is	O
the	O
transformation	O
of	O
non-numerical	O
data	O
into	O
a	O
graphic	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visualization	B-Application
helps	O
various	O
researchers	O
and	O
scholars	O
understand	O
large	O
collections	O
of	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
there	O
are	O
numerous	O
uses	O
for	O
information	B-Application
visualization	I-Application
,	O
HistCite	B-Library
performs	O
one	O
specific	O
application	O
:	O
it	O
converts	O
bibliographies	O
into	O
diagrams	O
called	O
historiographs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
professionals	O
who	O
need	O
to	O
analyze	O
the	O
published	O
literature	O
use	O
HistCite	B-Library
for	O
analysis	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
:	O
researchers	O
,	O
historians	O
,	O
journal	O
editors	O
,	O
librarians	O
and	O
patent	O
lawyers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
perform	O
its	O
functions	O
,	O
HistCite	B-Library
must	O
import	O
a	O
bibliography	O
from	O
another	O
source	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
the	O
bibliography	O
is	O
imported	O
,	O
basic	O
point-and-click	O
commands	O
initiate	O
the	O
various	O
analyses	O
and	O
visualizations	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
HistCite	B-Library
is	O
currently	O
set	O
up	O
to	O
import	O
bibliographies	O
created	O
by	O
searches	O
of	O
the	O
Web	O
of	O
Science	O
database	O
offered	O
by	O
Thomson-Reuters	O
Scientific	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bibliographies	O
from	O
other	O
sources	O
can	O
be	O
manually	O
entered	O
into	O
HistCite	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
bibliography	O
the	O
user	O
feeds	O
to	O
HistCite	B-Library
represents	O
the	O
literature	O
of	O
the	O
subject	O
area	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
defined	O
by	O
that	O
user	O
's	O
unique	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
,	O
the	O
analyses	O
and	O
visualizations	B-Application
produced	O
by	O
HistCite	B-Library
from	O
that	O
bibliography	O
are	O
one-of-a-kind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HistCite	B-Library
operates	O
on	O
Windows	O
computers	O
with	O
Internet	O
Explorer	O
.	O
</s>
