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Peer reviewedKeenan, Stella; Elliott, Marna – Special Libraries, 1973
FID and NFAIS are jointly preparing a machine readable inventory of information for computer publication as a directory to abstracting services of the world. The kinds of data recorded by the Services are described. A progress report and plans for the future are included. (9 references) (Author/DH)
Descriptors: Abstracting, Abstracts, Directories, Indexing
BOLVIN, BOYD M.; FINN, JAMES D. – 1964
THIS PRELIMINARY STUDY FOR DEVELOPING A SYSTEM OF INDEXING MATERIAL ON INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY INCLUDED--(1) A SURVEY AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ON INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL, (2) AN EXAMINATION OF LOW-COST INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS, (3) VISITS TO A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES USING EITHER MANUAL OR MECHANIZED…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Educational Technology, Indexes, Indexing
Download full textWhetsel, H. B. – 1970
The main purpose of this report is to help novice reviewers accelerate their apprenticeship at the Nuclear Safety Information Center, a computerized information service sponsored by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Guidelines for reviewers are presented in Part 1; Part 2 contains guidelines for the novice editor. The goal of the reviewers and…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Data Processing, Indexing, Information Centers
Smith, Gary R. – 1990
To identify the procedures for selecting documents for inclusion in the Resources in Education (RIE) portion of the ERIC database, the directors of each of the ERIC system's 16 clearinghouses were contacted and asked the following questions: What is the acceptance rate of unsolicited manuscripts submitted to your clearinghouse for possible…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Bibliographic Databases, Competence, Elementary Secondary Education
Williams, Martha E. – 1971
The Association of Information Dissemination Centers (ASIDIC) formed the Cooperative Data Management Committee to address the problems of information center operators and data base suppliers. The number of operating centers in the U.S. is limited and their future expansion in numbers and in type of services, will depend on the education of users.…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Administration, Data Processing, Databases
Myatt, DeWitt O.; Barclay, Donald A. – 1967
Extra-library information services are helping libraries find solutions to the problems created by the changes in the information environment, the demand for current information, and the media by which the knowledge is distributed. There are three types of these services: (1) document handling systems, (2) data handling systems, and (3)…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Computers, Documentation, Indexing
Simpkins, John D. – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1979
Discusses three possible contributions of information science technology and techniques to health information from the perspective of the health information needs of various populations: (1) extraction of a specific report passage or sentence in machine-readable form; (2) development of controlled vocabularies and thesauri; and (3) development of…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Computer Science, Essays, Health Education
HERNER, SAUL; AND OTHERS – 1968
A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO IDENTIFY ENGLISH LANGUAGE PERIODICALS RELATING TO EDUCATION, TO ANALYZE THE COVERAGE AND TREATMENT OF THE PERIODICAL LITERATURE PERTINENT TO EDUCATION BY AVAILABLE ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING PUBLICATIONS, AND TO IDENTIFY ANY DEFICIENCIES IN THAT TREATMENT. A BASIC LIST OF 357 PERIODICALS, APPROXIMATELY 55 PER CENT OF WHICH…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Documentation, Education, Indexes
Council of Europe, Strasbourg (France). Documentation Center for Education in Europe. – 1971
This collection of technical studies concerning the European Documentation and Information System for Education (EUDISED) presents the problems of educational information, documentation, and dissemination in Europe. In the first report, transmitter-receiver relationships and the understanding of each other's roles and needs are discussed. The…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Indexing
Saracevic, Tefko, Ed.; Rothenberg, Leslie, Ed. – 1967
The report deals with experiments in testing and evaluation of an information retrieval system within the Comparative Systems Laboratory (CSL). Section I outlines the approach and the general methodology developed in CSL, the operational design of the experiments, the construction and use of the manuals, and the general significance of the…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Codification, Comparative Testing, Computer Programs
Patrinostro, Frank S.; And Others – 1971
This second LARC (Library Automation Research and Consulting Association) automation survey presents a number of significant improvements over the first survey. Although the number of survey reports has not increased greatly, all of them have been updated and reflect, as nearly as it is possible to do, the current status of automation operations…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Automation, Cataloging, Computer Oriented Programs
Special Libraries Association, New York, NY. Documentation Div. – 1967
Included are six papers from the Special Libraries Association Documentation Division's Contributed Papers Session at the National Conference in New York, May 28 - June 1, 1967, which were not included in the November, 1967 issue of Special Libraries. The papers are: (1) "The Bibliographical Control of Aerospace Industry Conference Literature…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Aerospace Industry, Conferences, Indexing
Elias, Arthur W., Ed. – 1971
Nineteen documents on various aspects of information science are included in this introductory book of readings. The documents were selected because they are relatively easy to read for beginning students and are likely to be useful for a number of years. The documents cover the literature from 1958 to 1970. They are: (1) Information Science: What…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Documentation, Indexing, Information Centers
Peer reviewedLopez, Manuel D. – Urban Education, 1989
Evaluates the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database. Summarizes ERIC's history and organization, and discusses criticisms concerning access, currency, and database content. Reviews role of component clearinghouses, indexing practices, thesaurus structure, international coverage, and comparative studies. Finds ERIC a valuable…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliographic Databases, Comparative Analysis
DECROW, ROGER; AND OTHERS – 1967
RESULTS ARE REPORTED OF A STUDY OF THE FEASIBILITY OF A NATIONAL ADULT EDUCATION INFORMATION CENTER, IN WHICH IT WAS PROPOSED TO (1) STUDY INFORMATION PROBLEMS AND RESOURCES IN ADULT EDUCATION AND RECOMMEND NEW SERVICES WHICH WOULD BE MOST USEFUL TO THE FIELD , (2) DEVELOP THE TOOLS OF SUBJECT ANALYSIS WHICH WOULD BE NEEDED IN THESE SERVICES, AND…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Automation
