According to the practice of Northwest Sci-Tech University of Agriculture and Forestry library, this paper has pointed out that in creating retrospective database for foreign language books, three aspects of work should be emphasized.

This paper analyzes the necessity of the retrospective bibliographic database construction of foreign books and periodicals, introduces the present situation of foreign bibliographic database in the library of Jianghan University, and advances some opinions on retrospective bibliographic database construction of foreign books and periodicals in the library of Jianghan University.

On the basis of the actual situation in university libraries,this paper has expounded the significance of establishing RCBD(retrospective bibliographic database)analyses the concrete problems and put forward corresponding measures and methods to cope with the problems.

Based on the practice of constructing the database of western language serials, this paper summarizes the significance, foundations, methods and description standards of retrospective bibliographic database construction, and probes into the concrete operation practice of database construction of western language serial

This paper has expounded the definition and characteristics of projects and project management,analyzed the feasibility of the implementation of project management of retrospective bibliographic database construction,and elaborated on the application and significance of project management in retrospective bibliographic database construction.

This paper analyzes on the problems existing in the western database establishment with back tracking method,and probes into how to do well the western database establishment with back tracking method in university library.

This paper explains the definition of the database establishment with back tracking method,analyzes on the necessity of periodical database establishment with back tracking method,and advances some problems needing attention in and some countermeasures for the periodical database establishment with back tracking method.