The third in a series of five articles illustrates the need for a better understanding of the indexing function. (AB)

Key word indexing techniques are being used at the University of California, Berkeley, to improve access to serial titles in the libraries of the campus. The system developed for this purpose has involved new looks at problems of machine sorting and word recognition. (Author)

The development of an automatic indexing technique, called Double KWIC (DKWIC) Coordinate Indexing, is described which extends the KWIC indexing principles to provide easy access to an additional level of specificity for information indexed under these frequently appearing terms. Chapter 2 discusses indexing terminology and some fundamental…

It is shown that this new automatic indexing technique can be applied with the same effectiveness shown earlier for indexes derived from words in titles or title-like phrases; the basic difference being that linear notation symbols rather than words are used as the indexing units. (17 references) (Author/NH)

This keyword in context index of Public Law 94-553, 90 Stat. 2541, the statute for the general revision of the Copyright Law (Title 17 of the United States Code) which was signed into law by President Gerald Ford in October 1976, is an alphabetical list of each word used in the statute, along with the words that stand immediately before and after…

Describes a computer-assisted system for the production of printed indexes based on networks of concept relations expressed in natural-language-like form. The LIPHIS is designed to handle more complex networks of concept relations, and so produce better indexing of highly detailed subjects. (Author/CWM)

Since the U.S. Small Business Administration bibliography series'' is without an index and/or table-of-contents, this librarian has compiled a complete-title and key words index to this collection for all types of business and industrial libraries. (Author/NH)

The application of computer techniques to the making of concordances and indexes has brought about many innovations including the KWIC format and the exhaustive concordance. Although claims for the merits of these concordances are not always justified, the KWIC method offers the following advantages: (1) the detection of formulaic expressions and…

The "CumIndex" cumulates the back-of-book indexes of 96 English-language works in the field of library and information science and thus provides an in-depth index to important works in the field. The list is the result of a sequence of computer programs which edit, modify, and reorganize index entries from individual books to provide a coherent…

The Key Word Out of Context (KWOC) Index was successfully used to provide the public with a greater degree of accessibility to the document collection with a minimal degree of cost and staff effort. (Author/NH)

A procedure for producing a Key-Word-Out-of-Context (KWOC) alerting tool for a specific field of information as a temporary alternative to computerization. (Author/AB)

The indexing of Cranfield I and II is given and critical comments made of this indexing. Comparisons of Cranfield indexing to other types of indexing are made. (AB)

SOME MACHINE-PRODUCED INDEXES ARE COMPARED TO ASSIST IN DECIDING ON THE FORMAT FOR A PROPOSED INDEX. THE OBJECTIVES OF AN INDEX AND THE SEARCH PROCEDURE ARE ANALYZED, AND AN EXPLANATION AND A RELATIONSHIP IS GIVEN FOR KEY-WORDS-IN-TITLE AND KEY-REFERENCES OF THE SAME ARTICLE. BASED ON THE COMPARISON OF THE INDEXES, A 53- YEAR CUMULATIVE INDEX WAS…