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Knapp, Sara D., Comp. – 1993
This book is designed primarily to help users find meaningful words for natural language, or free-text, computer searching of bibliographic and textual databases in the social and behavioral sciences. Additionally, it covers many socially relevant and technical topics not covered by the usual literary thesaurus, therefore it may also be useful for…
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Computers, Databases, Information Retrieval
Download full textCouncil for Cultural Cooperation, Strasbourg (France). Ad Hoc Committee for Educational Documentation and Information. – 1976
The European Documentation and Information System for Education (EUDISED), a multi-lingual, computer-based information storage and retrieval system, has passed through four major stages of development: (1) the initial feasability studies; (2) elaboration of the thesaurus of subject listings; (3) field tests; and (4) experimental operation. A…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Databases, Documentation, Educational Research
Digger, J. – 1975
A study was conducted to determine the most effective way to organize the data that are being accumulated by the European Documentation and Information System for Education (EUDISED). The study considered types of information services and search facilities which might be used to access the EUDISED data base. Indexing systems were examined and…
Descriptors: Classification, Databases, Indexing, Information Retrieval
Evans, L. – 1973
A study was conducted of the International Information Service in Physics, Electrotechnology, Computers, and Control (INSPEC) selective dissemination of information (SDI) user profile generation. Five degrees of user involvement in the generation of profiles were investigated ranging from having the user provide only a statement of subject…
Descriptors: Databases, Evaluation, Indexing, Information Needs
Walker, Geraldene; Janes, Joseph – 1993
This book is designed to assist the beginning searcher of those online systems that primarily provide information in the form of bibliographic citations. These systems also contain files in other formats that are designed to provide answers to reference-type questions. It is intended not only to provide basic "how-to" information on the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Higher Education, Library Education
Commission des Communautes Europeennes (Luxembourg). – 1977
The papers presented here have a double objective: to give those responsible for the Action plan for the improvement of information transfer between European languages a good view of existing and developing systems and to make future users of EURONET acquainted with methods and tools that will soon be available. The papers are arranged under six…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computational Linguistics, Databases, Documentation
