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Download full textCochrane, Pauline A.; Kirtland, Monika – 1981
A comprehensive guide to the literature published between World War II and 1979 which critically evaluates the Library of Congress list of Subject Headings (LCSH), this bibliography has been prepared for information personnel involved with subject authority files, thesauri, or vocabulary control. A brief bibliometric analysis of the literature…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Indexes, Indexing, Information Retrieval
Cochrane, Pauline A.; And Others – American Libraries, 1984
This sixth and final course installment discusses subject access to information through the online catalog. Highlights include online catalog transaction logs (printouts showing each step in all searches done in system), search effectiveness, online user training, unified access, Library of Congress Subject Headings, and online catalog design.…
Descriptors: Indexing, Information Retrieval, Library Catalogs, Online Systems
Cochrane, Pauline A. – American Libraries, 1984
In this fourth of five course installments, statements by four practitioners and researchers on role of Library of Congress (LC) and its subject headings in improving subject access to United States libraries are presented. Comments from LC and a tabulation of suggestions from 10 respondents are included. (EJS)
Descriptors: Indexing, Information Retrieval, Library Catalogs, Online Systems
Cochrane, Pauline A. – American Libraries, 1984
In this third of five course installments, the role of Library of Congress in providing improved subject access and weaknesses or defects of Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) are discussed. Reflections of six practioners and researcher/teachers on long term use of LCSH and the MARC bibliographic record are presented. (EJS)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Indexing, Information Retrieval, Library Automation
Cochrane, Pauline A. – American Libraries, 1984
In this second of five course installments, key terms in an up-to-date definition of "subject access"--access, collection of items, search words, vocabulary, index or catalog records, related words or clues, file--are identified, and their part in providing subject access in both traditional and computer-based services are discussed.…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Indexes, Indexing, Information Retrieval
Cochrane, Pauline A. – Research Libraries in OCLC: A Quarterly, 1982
This essay focuses on use of the Library of Congress Subject Headings system in online catalogs for the retrieval of information by subject. Among the topics addressed are differences among catalog forms (card, microform, and computer); user interface with different forms of catalog; the types of subject indexes employed in present online…
Descriptors: Design Requirements, Indexing, Information Retrieval, Library Catalogs
Cochrane, Pauline A.; And Others – American Libraries, 1984
In this fifth course installment, the impact of technological developments on subject access is discussed. Expert opinions concerning trends in online catalogs, information storage, information generation, the user interface, library use of computer technology, subject access to pictorial materials, user friendly access sytems, and quicker access…
Descriptors: Indexing, Information Retrieval, Information Storage, Library Automation
