Provision of abstracts-in-source for all articles in library and information science journals is proposed. Standards for the bibliographical format of abstracts should be compiled by the American National Standards Institute. Keywords for indexing-in-source of abstracts should be taken from a thesaurus of library and information science to be…

THE AVAILABILITY OF STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON HAD SUGGESTED THEIR POSSIBLE USE AS INDEXERS FOR INDEXING DOCUMENTS FOR THE AEROSPACE MATERIALS INFORMATION CENTER (AMIC). A STUDENT HAD BEEN EMPLOYED TWO YEARS AGO AND INFORMALLY TRAINED IN INDEXING. THE SUCCESS OF THAT EXPERIENCE, THE SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT OF A CONTROLLED VOCABULARY, AND…

This report summarizes the frequency of use of the 7144 descriptors used for indexing technical reports in the Defense Documentation Center (DDC) collection. The descriptors are arranged alphabetically in the first section and by frequency in the second section. The frequency data cover about 427,000 AD documents spanning the interval from March…

The development of the INSPEC vocabulary system which comprises a unified indexing and classification scheme is described together with the reasons for its adoption. (Author)

The field of education serves as the basis for this discussion on the use of categories in a thesaurus for information processing and documentation purposes. The author briefly shows how a number of writers concerned with the structure of the field of education, as well as makers of classification schemes, have commented on the value of setting up…

THE BACKGROUND, OPERATIONAL, AND PROCEDURAL EVENTS LEADING TO AND INCLUDED IN THE BUILDING OF THE "THESAURUS OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENTIFIC TERMS" ARE DISCUSSED. THE WORK WAS PERFORMED BY THE OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH, AT THE REQUEST OF THE DIRECTOR, DEFENSE RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING, UNDER A SPECIALLY ESTABLISHED TASK NAMED PROJECT LEX.…

The last half of a course in subject indexing for the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system is presented in this volume. The demonstration of indexing techniques, lesson 3, uses a typical document (given in full in an appendix in volume 1) to show how indexing concepts are chosen in practice and converted into terms contained in…

This paper on Thesauri in Educational Documentation attempts to show by description and analysis the difference in application between thesauri and classification schemes as indexing languages in documentary information systems, and from this to infer possible future developments. First, the differences between the pre-coordination and…

Describes a system based on a probabilistic inference network retrieval model that was used to study the retrieval effectiveness benefits of combining types of document and query information that are found in typical commercial databases and information services. Multiple document representations, multiple index representations, and multiple query…

In order to carry out its project for a mechanized documentation service based on a system of keyword coordination, European Atomic Energy Community's Centre for Information and Documentation was led to draw up an inventory of terminology in the nuclear field and maintain a tight control over it. A basic thesaurus of 1230 keywords was drawn up and…

This preliminary bibliography was prepared as a listing of background materials for use in connection with the development of an experimental thesaurus for the language sciences. The first half of the bibliography contains references to 68 sources of information on indexing materials in the language sciences. Actual indexes, lists of specialized…

This thesaurus is a list of descriptors and identifiers for the international indexing and retrieving of documents and data in the field of education. The descriptors are placed in seven broad fields; context terms, administration and research terms, instructional terms, people, growing and learning, content, and things. The terms of each field…

This programmed course consists of four lessons which cover the general principles of indexing, the specific methods of coordinate indexing, and the use of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Thesaurus. In the first volume the five appendices contain: (1) an index to the major themes of the course, (2) some definitions of form…

This volume contains the first two lessons of a course in subject indexing based upon the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Thesaurus, Lesson 1 is an introduction to indexing, containing definitions and concepts related to the theory of indexing and information retrieval as well as an introduction to the ERIC Thesaurus. Lesson 2 is…

This document describes the major organizational components of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system, the interactions between those components, and the major products and services provided by those components. (WTB)