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Chen, Hsin-Liang; Rasmussen, Edie M. – Library Trends, 1999
The increased availability of digital images is accompanied by a need for solutions to the problems inherent in indexing them for retrieval. Problems in image description and access are discussed, with a perspective on traditional and new solutions. Recent developments in intellectual access to images are surveyed and contrasted with…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Software, Indexing, Information Retrieval

Heidorn, P. Bryan – Library Trends, 1999
Reviews research on how people use mental models of images in information retrieval. Discusses cognitive and social processes that give rise the visual models shaped by indexers and searchers. Examines the representation of objects and shapes in visual mental models and how both content-based and concept-based indexes capture aspects of these…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Processes, Color, Indexes

Forsyth, D. A. – Library Trends, 1999
Computer vision offers a variety of techniques for searching for pictures in large collections of images. Appearance methods compare images based on the overall content of the image using certain criteria. Finding methods concentrate on matching subparts of images, defined in a variety of ways, in hope of finding particular objects. These ideas…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Oriented Programs, Indexes, Indexing

Weibel, Stuart L. – Library Trends, 1995
Examines the influence of the World Wide Web on the dissemination of scholarly literature. Discusses display and indexing of structured text, problems with matching the needs of session-based document retrieval and the stateless architecture of the Web, and the relationship of existing bibliographic description standards to emerging standards for…
Descriptors: Citations (References), Indexing, Information Dissemination, Information Retrieval