Discussion of human intellectual indexing versus automatic indexing focuses on automatic indexing. Topics include keyword indexing; negative vocabulary control; counting words; comparative counting and weighting; stemming; words versus phrases; clustering; latent semantic indexing; citation indexes; bibliographic coupling; co-citation; relevance…

This report discusses the use of the Science Citation Index produced by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) as a given "expert system" in the experimental study of different search levels. The inquiry has two objectives: (1) to test whether a "traditional" information system will also produce the rudiments of a…

The citation study technique, known as bibliometrics, was undertaken in this study to evaluate scholarly exchange among the core journals in the field of communication. The journals studied were "Central States Speech Journal,""Communication Research,""Journal of Broadcasting,""Journal of…

Gives a method for filtering out the important authors on and sources for information in crucial current areas of scientific research. (Author/PF)

This volume cumulates the indexes that appear in the six bimonthly issues of "Resources in Vocational Education," volume 11, numbers 1 through 6, during 1978. This cumulation is intended to be a companion volume to the individual issues of "Resources in Vocational Education," which contain the complete resumes of research,…

This inventory of federally supported population research activities for fiscal year 1970 up dates and expands a previous report, The Federal Program in Population Research, which covered projects supported during July 1, 1968 through April 30, 1969. Its purpose is to provide timely and comprehensive information on current population research…

A comparison of the Bradfordian ranking of journals by their production of papers in a subset of psychological literature with the same journals ranked by quality of papers judged by their frequency of citation shows no significant correlation. Quality is more closely related to journal circulation and rejection rates. (Author/MBR)

Citations from 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, and 1970 were recorded, counted, and tabulated by source and by author. A study of the tables revealed that the dependence function of the Journal increased as the Journal grew, sources of citations remained relatively stable over the years, and authors cited significantly changed during the same period.…

The Multi-Media Reviews Index is compiled on a cooperative indexing basis by professional AV personnel and librarians from coast to coast. The present installment continues the updating service begun in the October 1971 issue of Audiovisual Instruction, and supplements coverage contained in MMRI-1972. (Author)

Describes the use of the "Science Citation Index" in deciding whether to keep older basic science books that have failed to meet other criteria for collection retention. It is concluded that manual searching of the indexes proved feasible and reliable, while the lack of book titles on the online version reduced reliability of weeding…

Describes an examination of the effectiveness of retrieving and ranking records from citation indexes based on the number of references in common with an identified and relevant record. It is concluded that this retrieval method is potentially useful, especially in those searches backward and forward in time that are enabled by the design of…

Reports on the history of bibliometrics, citation indexing, and citation analysis in the legal field. Private and commercial ventures dating back to the nineteenth century, the influence of legal bibliometrics on bibliometrics in other fields, and possibilities for future development of legal citation analysis are discussed. (27 references) (LRW)

Examines the challenges of using the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) Indexes to perform citation searches for personnel decisions and offers specific guidelines for searchers to follow during the presearch interview. Potential obstacles, search techniques, and systems commands are also described. (five references) (KRN)

This compilation lists research completed in the areas of health, physical education, recreation, and allied areas during 1975. It is arranged in three parts: (1) Index; (2) Bibliography; and (3) Theses Abstracts. In the first section, cross references are given for all of the listings in Parts II and III. References are arranged under subject…

This document is a partial bibliography for marine educators in a truly cross disciplinary sense. It is intended for those who teach art, music, social studies, mathematics, business subjects, home economics and wood shop as well as science. Many marine science curricula guides are included in this bibliography. An introduction which indicates the…