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Download full textUnited Nations Economic Commission for Latin America, New York, NY. Latin American Centre for Economic and Social Documentation (CLADES). – 1971
An attempt is made to provide a brief outline of the present situation with regard to the language used for computer retrieval. This language is increasingly based on descriptors and thesauri, which contain the key words for manual, mechanical or electronic data retrieval. After a review of the general problem, the document deals with techniques…
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Programs, Data Processing, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedRoberts, Norman – Journal of Documentation, 1984
The information retrieval thesaurus emerged in operational form following a confused intellectual history as a secondary indexing aid. Prescriptive language ideas of Moore and Luhn were absent in early forms and no one attempted to reduce retrieval language as advocated earlier. DuPont retrieval thesaurus (1959) offered a model for further…
Descriptors: Classification, Development, Dictionaries, Foreign Countries
Geisselmann, Friedrich – 2000
This paper begins with some general remarks about the indexing of electronic publications. Characteristics of today's information world are highlighted, including decentralization, distributed data collections, and heterogeneous data structures and indexing procedures. Three possible models for managing access to information are summarized: a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Classification, Decentralization
Creasey, J. C.; Wesley, C. – 1987
This report of a United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) pilot project, which was carried out during 1982-84 in Khartoum (Sudan) to develop a vehicle for providing access to information on research in progress, describes: (1) the study that led to the conclusion that a national register of research projects was…
Descriptors: Classification, Data Collection, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
