History of the index from its beginning as a voluntarily produced publication through today. Current concerns for the Canadian Library Association, which took over the publication in 1948, are the rising costs of production, increased demands by users for greater coverage and services, and plans for online searching capabilities. (JAB)

An annotated guide to bibliographies, indexes, checklists of government publications, periodicals lists, and directories for Canada. (JAB)

Describes the historical development of the Canadian Periodical Index and explains the process used in determining subscription rates. (CHC)

Lists a selection of Canadian reference materials with annotations for 1978, together with a list of new editions. (CWM)

A description of the history, coverage, and capabilities of this index is intertwined with an explanation of indexes and indexing processes such as editing, production, development and planning, and publicity. Current difficulties and the future of indexes in Canada are discussed. (JAB)

Discusses compilation by the National Library of Canada of comprehensive and official national retrospective bibliography to provide a record of the published Canadian heritage. Scope (inclusion, exclusions, date, Canadiana--works published in Canada, by Canadians, or about Canada), bibliographic standards, publication, impact, and future plans…

Outlines the structure, activities, and publications of the United Nations and some of its specialized agencies. (PF)

This guide to sources of information on Canadian librarianship lists bibliographies and guides, indexes, directories, journals, overviews, annual reviews and monographs, as well as selected publications of and about the National Library of Canada and its Library Documentation Centre. (Author/CLB)

This overview of PRECIS indexing system use by the National Film Board of Canada covers reasons for its choice, challenge involved in subject analysis and indexing of audiovisual documents, the methodology and software used to process PRECIS records, the resulting catalog subject indexes, and user reaction. Twenty-one references are cited. (EJS)

Describes a project at the University of Guelph (Ontario) that combined both bibliographical and archival references in one large machine readable database to facilitate local history research. The description covers research tool creation, planning activities, system design, the database management system used, material selection, record…

Describes the online catalog in a university library, including the database, the database index, user instruction, the command language and search capabilities, functions of various commands, statistics generated to monitor system use, and hardware for both public access and staff use. (CHC)