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A Reference and Referral System Using Expert System Techniques.
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Vickery, Alina; And Others – Journal of Documentation, 1987
Describes PLEXUS, an expert system for information retrieval related to gardening, designed at the University of London for use in public libraries. Focusing on the semantic problems encountered, methods used in artificial intelligence and information science to resolve them are discussed, including classification and facet analysis. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Classification, Databases, Developed Nations
An Intelligent Gateway for the Department of Defense. The Technology Information System.
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Cotter, Gladys A. – 1984
Charged with facilitating access to scientific and technical information (STI) databases, online services, and networks relevant to the conduct and management of research and engineering programs, the Defense Technical Information Center was designated as the Department of Defense (DoD) focal point for the development of an intelligent gateway…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Agency Cooperation, Bibliographic Utilities, Computer Software
Integrated Bibliographic Information System: Integrating Resources by Integrating Information Technologies.
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Cotter, Gladys A.; Hartt, Richard W. – 1985
The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), an organization charged with providing information services to the Department of Defense (DoD) scientific and technical community, actively seeks ways to promote resource sharing as a means for speeding access to information while reducing the costs of information processing throughout the technical…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Utilities, Design Requirements, Government Libraries
The Shared Bibliographic Input Network (SBIN): A Summary of the Experiment.
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Cotter, Gladys A. – 1983
As part of its mission to provide centralized services for the acquisition, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of scientific and technical information (STI) to support Department of Defense (DoD) research, development, and engineering studies programs, the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) sponsors the Shared Bibliographic Input…
Descriptors: Costs, Government Libraries, Library Automation, Library Networks
The DoD Gateway Information System: Bibliography, Directory of Resources, Prototype Experience, [and] User Interface Design.
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Cotter, Gladys A.; And Others – 1986
The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), an organization charged with providing information services to the Department of Defense (DoD) scientific and technical community, actively seeks ways to promote access to and utilization of scientific and technical information (STI) databases, online services, and networks relevant to the conduct…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Design Requirements, Directories, Government Libraries
Beyond Boolean: Designing the Next Generation of Online Catalogs.
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Hildreth, Charles R. – Library Trends, 1987
Presents a classification scheme for generations of online catalogs; discusses current online technologies and identifies deficiencies; and discusses enhancements that will take online catalogs into the next generation. Such enhancements will include increased access to information through user-system dialogue, automatic search aids, subject…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Classification, Futures (of Society), Indexes