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Filing, Filtering, and the First Few Found.
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Buckland, Michael K.; And Others – Information Technology and Libraries, 1993
Discusses the traditional alphabetical arrangement of library card catalogs and suggests this order should be reconsidered in online catalogs. Online searching in library catalogs is described; the ordering of records in online catalogs is examined; and filtering is considered as a method to order retrieved sets of bibliographic records. (Contains…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Records, Filing, Higher Education
Design for an Adaptive Library Catalog.
Buckland, Michael K.; And Others – Proceedings of the ASIS Mid-Year Meeting, 1992
Describes OASIS, a prototype adaptive online catalog implemented as a front end to the University of California MELVYL catalog. Topics addressed include the concept of adaptive retrieval systems, strategic search commands, feedback, prototyping using a front-end, the problem of excessive retrieval, commands to limit or increase search results, and…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Software Development, Higher Education, Information Retrieval
OASIS: Prototyping Graphical Interfaces to Networked Information.
Buckland, Michael K.; And Others – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1993
Describes the latest modifications being made to OASIS, a front-end enhancement to the University of California's MELVYL online union catalog. Highlights include the X Windows interface; multiple database searching to act as an information network; Lisp implementation for flexible data representation; and OASIS commands and features to help…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Graphics, Databases, Higher Education