Besides a library's own collection, there is also an increasing use of web-based scientific information resources in library research and development services. The ever-increasing volume of such information, its fragmented location (in various databases, information retrieval systems, etc.) actualize the interest in automating processes when dealing with such scientific resources. The paper presents the functions of a software package for infometric diagnostics of the publication flow to serve users of the Belarus Agricultural Library (BelAL), which is being developed at the United Institute of Informatics Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and BelAL. The software package is designed to automate the information servicing of BelAL users in terms of search, delivery and analytical processing of scientific Internet publications on agriculture.

The article presented the basic parameters of a software complex of multi-streaming processing of scientific information for servicing the users of the Belarus Agricultural Library developed at the United Institute of Informatics Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.

Features of preparing reference lists for scientific publications of international level are discussed. International standards for creating bibliographical references are listed. The main styles of making references are presented: Harvard Style recommended by the British Standards Institute and the Modern Language Association; APA Style developed by the American Psychological Association. The general rules for bibliographic references in Harvard Style and APA Style are listed.