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Getting to Know LISA and Other Thoughts on Abstracting.

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Purcell, Royal – Library Software Review, 1990

Compares "Library Literature" with "Library and Information Science Abstracts" (LISA) and outlines searching LISA on the SilverPlatter CD-ROM. Use of indexes and abstracts to aid information retrieval is explained; abstracting services are described; and five steps in writing an abstract are listed. Abstracts and annotations…

Descriptors: Abstracting, Abstracts, Bibliographic Databases, Computer Software

Looking at the Mirror: Reflections on Researching the Recruitment of Minority Librarians to the Profession in "LISA" and "Library Literature" on CD-ROM.

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Martin, Lynne M.; Via, Barbara J. – Reference Librarian, 1994

Describes a study that investigated index access to the literature of recruitment of minorities to the library science profession by comparing 12 representative articles from "Library and Information Science Abstracts" (LISA) and "Library Literature." Underrepresentation of minorities and the issue of recruitment of minorities…

Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Comparative Analysis, Indexes

Subject Indexing in the New "Ethnographic Bibliography of North America."

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Martin, M. Marlene – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 1991

Discusses problems encountered in creating a subject thesaurus for the "Ethnographic Bibliography of North America" that is adequate for both print and CD-ROM formats. Topics discussed include postcoordination versus precoordination of terms; precision and recall; natural language versus controlled vocabulary; free-text searching; and…

Descriptors: Databases, Ethnography, Indexes, Indexing

Reliability of Coverage of Periodical Indexing of Lesbian Theological and Womanist Theological Articles in the ATLA Religion Database (1995).

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Smailes, Suzanne A. – 1996

This study examines the reliability of article coverage in the American Theological Library Association's (ATLA) Religion Database CD-ROM of two emerging theological fields: lesbian theology and womanist theology. Indexing predictability and consistency of coverage is important for the access of needed documents. There is concern that women's…

Descriptors: Access to Information, Authority Control (Information), Cataloging, Classification