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Peer reviewedBeheshti, Jamshid – Information Technology and Libraries, 1992
Discusses methods of browsing in online public access catalogs (OPACs) and describes one method that uses information pertaining to the physical description of books from MARC records to simulate images of books on a library shelf. Electronic browsing through MARC is discussed, and methods of enhancing OPACs are reviewed. (51 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Information Retrieval, Library Catalogs, Online Catalogs
Peer reviewedRorvig, Mark E.; Wilcox, Mark E. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1997
Discusses some of the theory underlying visual access tools for special collections, introduces a specific World Wide Web application using the technology, and indicates some of the potential of the tool for visual access to images as well as text documents. Appendices include texts of courses used for proximity calculations as well as NASA…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer System Design, Information Retrieval, Information Sources
Peer reviewedBrooks, Diane – Information Technology and Libraries, 1988
Review of the literature on international computerized indexing systems for visual materials also describes technologies available for reproducing images, highlighting videotex, videodisk, and digital storage. Advances in the ability to interface these technologies with each other and with online retrieval systems are discussed. (76 notes with…
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Comparative Analysis, Computer Graphics, Information Retrieval
