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Bond, David K. – 1983
A new search feature has been developed and implemented to enhance online information retrieval from the ABI/INFORM database, which includes abstracts from more than 500 journals covering all aspects of business and management. Published by Data Courier Inc., it includes material dating back to 1971. Because of the diverse nature of the database…
Descriptors: Administration, Business, Classification, Databases
Rice, Michael L. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1979
Software design is still a craft; techniques are based on the way things have been done, not on basic theorems or design principles. Suggests that academic software design needs to be more like a science or technology and that a taxonomy of design solutions or classification method is required. Describes two case studies. (MLW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classification, Computer Science, Data Analysis
Download full textKromer, Charles; Doyle, James – 1969
This document is one of a series describing the background, functions, and utilization of the Regional Information System (RIS), developed by the Michigan-Ohio Regional Educational Laboratory (MOREL). RIS, which was developed to improve the accessibility of information for the educational practitioner, is described in this handbook. The handbook…
Descriptors: Administration, Classification, Codification, Costs
Cooley, William W.; And Others – 1992
A state educational indicator system being developed by the Pennsylvania Educational Policy Studies (PEPS) project at the University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) is described. The extensive database that has been established as part of the PEPS project includes thousands of variables that are descriptive of the 500 Pennsylvania school districts.…
Descriptors: Classification, Data Analysis, Databases, Educational Change
Peer reviewedVickery, Alina; And Others – Journal of Documentation, 1987
Describes PLEXUS, an expert system for information retrieval related to gardening, designed at the University of London for use in public libraries. Focusing on the semantic problems encountered, methods used in artificial intelligence and information science to resolve them are discussed, including classification and facet analysis. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Classification, Databases, Developed Nations
McClure, Charles R.; And Others – Electronic Networking: Research, Applications and Policy, 1992
Summarizes a study that identified and described federal information inventory/locator systems and resulted in the Federal Locator Database--an electronic database describing 250 federal databases. Recommends that the U.S. Office of Management and Budget develop policy frameworks for the design of a governmentwide locator system accessible over…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Administration, Agencies, Classification
