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Baker, F. T.; Williams, John H., Jr. – 1968
To support studies in automatic indexing, classification and extracting, a general purpose frequency program was developed to further theoretical and practical understanding of text word distributions. While the program is primarily designed for counting strings of character-oriented data, it can be used without change for counting any items which…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Automation, Classification, Computer Programs
Martin, M. D., Comp. – 1974
UNESCO, in cooperation with several other organizations, has produced a manual, the scope and purpose of which has been to define, for most types of scientific and technical literature, a set of data elements which will constitute an adequate bibliographic citation, and to define the representation of these data elements as they should appear in a…
Descriptors: Automation, Cataloging, Citations (References), Computers
Stellhorn, William Howard – 1974
Response time in large, inverted file document retrieval systems is determined by time required to access files of document identifiers on disk and process a Boolean search request. A specialized computer system has been devised that can perform a complicated sample search involving 70 terms and over 60,000 document references 12 to 60 times…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computer Storage Devices, Computers, Data Processing
Levery, Francis – Informacion Bibliografica Educativa, 1971
Documentation centers are needed to handle the vast amount of scientific and technical information currently being issued. Such centers should be concerned both with handling inquiries in a particular field and with producing a general catalog of current information. Automatic analysis of texts by computers will be the best way to handle material,…
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Automation, Clearinghouses, Computer Science
Vasarhelyi, Paul – 1972
The new data retrieval system for the social sciences which has recently been installed in the UNESCO Secretariat in Paris is described in this comprehensive report. The computerized system is designed to facilitate the existing storage systems in the circulation of information, data retrieval, and indexing services. Basically, this report…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computer Science, Computers, Data Processing
Caudra, Carlos A., Ed.; And Others – 1975
With the stated purpose of describing and appraising information science developments and trends during the past year, the 1975 Annual Review provides articles in the areas of planning, techniques and tools, and applications. National planning is reviewed for selected countries, and planning, development, and testing of new information systems are…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Communications, Computers, Copyrights
Gilchrist, Alan, Ed. – 1997
This set of papers offers insights into some of the major developments in the field of classification and knowledge organization, and highlights many of the fundamental changes in views and theories which have taken place during the last 40 years. This document begins with a series of reminiscences from former delegates of the first International…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Access to Information, Cataloging, Classification