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Download full textNiehoff, Robert; Mack, Greg – 1984
This report describes recent efforts to modify, test, and evaluate an experimental online database consisting of 15 vendor-supplied, controlled subject vocabularies or thesauri. The experimental database, called the Vocabulary Switching System (VSS), is designed to enhance search strategies and ultimately retrieval performance for users of online…
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Search Strategies
Markey, Karen; Demeyer, Anh N. – 1986
In this research project, subject terms from the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) Schedules and Relative Index were incorporated into an online catalog as searcher's tools for subject access, browsing, and display. Four features of the DDC were employed to help searchers browse for and match their own subject terms with the online catalog's…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Classification, Databases, Dewey Decimal Classification
Creasey, J. C.; Wesley, C. – 1987
This report of a United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) pilot project, which was carried out during 1982-84 in Khartoum (Sudan) to develop a vehicle for providing access to information on research in progress, describes: (1) the study that led to the conclusion that a national register of research projects was…
Descriptors: Classification, Data Collection, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Webb, Kathleen S.; And Others – 1987
The study described the issue of classification of Schedule C classified personnel in the Mesa Public Schools (Arizona). This schedule consisted of 393 primarily clerical employees. Since 83 separate job classifications existed within a 30-grade salary schedule, the major concern was whether classification and reclassification of personnel in this…
Descriptors: Classification, Clerical Occupations, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Programs
State Agency Libraries of Texas. – 1989
In 1988, the State Agency Libraries of Texas (SALT) surveyed state agency librarians to review the classification of librarians within the state classification plan and to compare librarians with similar professionals in state government. Findings indicate that, while the most frequently occurring salary group for other professional titles with…
Descriptors: Classification, Comparable Worth, Comparative Analysis, Competence
Cloud, Sherrill – 1979
An issues-oriented framework for selecting data to support typical state-level planning analyses is presented. Attention is focused on questions concerning the planning issues, and the general data requirements required to support a given state's analytical questions and decision requirements. State-level planning issues in postsecondary education…
Descriptors: Classification, College Planning, Data Collection, Databases
Lenning, Oscar T.; And Others – 1979
A guide to acquiring information needed about postsecondary education outcomes is presented for campus and state-level officials. Attention is directed to: over 200 outcome measures or indicators; standard definitions of each outcome measure; data sources and procedures to acquire data for each outcome measure; and suggestions concerning the…
Descriptors: Classification, College Attendance, College Graduates, Cultural Enrichment
