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Creating a Newspaper Index: Microcomputers to the Rescue!
Walker, Alice – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1986
Describes a public library's newspaper index which provides unique genealogical and historical information, and supplements or replaces lost official records for local counties in the form of a printed index. The process of database design, staffing, software and hardware requirements, working with a programmer, and data entry are explained. (EM)
Descriptors: Computer Storage Devices, Databases, Genealogy, Indexes
Design Document: KWIC Module; L.A.P. Version I.
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Porch, Ann – 1972
The Language Analysis Package (LAP) was developed by the Southwest Regional Laboratory (SWRL) to assist researchers in the analysis of language usage. The function of the KWIC (Keyword-in Context or Concordance) Module of the LAP is to produce keyword listings from the input text being analyzed. Such listings will contain location information…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Content Analysis, Data Processing, Design
Automation at the University of Georgia Libraries.
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Christoffersson, John G. – Journal of Library Automation, 1979
Presents the design procedures, bibliographic system, file structures, acquisitions and circulation systems, functional implementation, and future development of the Managing Resources for University Libraries (MARVEL) data base at the University of Georgia Libraries, which accepts MARC input from OCLC and Library of Congress (LC) MARC tapes. (CWM)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Databases, Design, Indexes
The "New" NOTIS/LUIS Indexes.
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Veneziano, Velma – Information Technology and Libraries, 1989
Describes the implementation of a new set of indexes in the NOTIS/LUIS system that provide author, title, and subject access to bibliographic and authority records in the NOTIS/MARC format. The discussion covers index record structure and content, the design philosophy and process, and functions supported by the system. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Computer System Design
Design for an Internet-Based Government-Wide Information Locator System.
McClure, Charles R.; And Others – Electronic Networking: Research, Applications and Policy, 1992
Summarizes a study that identified and described federal information inventory/locator systems and resulted in the Federal Locator Database--an electronic database describing 250 federal databases. Recommends that the U.S. Office of Management and Budget develop policy frameworks for the design of a governmentwide locator system accessible over…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Administration, Agencies, Classification
Fire Education Resources Information System: FERIS. A Descriptive Model.
Rardin, Kevin – 1978
A descriptive model of the Fire Education Resources Information System (FERIS) is examined in this document. Information regarding educational materials relating to fire prevention, protection, and suppression is discussed. A description of the model is presented in two sections. Section 1, Problem Definition, surveys the background and needs for…
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Comparative Analysis, Data Processing, Fire Protection
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