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Chinese Online--Problems and Solutions.
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Shi, Yunhua; Larson, Ray – Information Technology and Libraries, 1990
Discusses the distinctive differences between the English and Chinese languages from the system designer's point of view and explores the potential problems for Chinese information retrieval systems, focusing on character entry and retrieval. The advantages and disadvantages of current approaches are discussed, and a regular expression search…
Descriptors: Chinese, Ideography, Information Retrieval, Information Storage
On the Shoulders of Giants: From Boole to Shannon to Taube: The Origins and Development of Computerized Information from the Mid-19th Century to the Present.
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Smith, Elizabeth S. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1993
Describes the evolution of computerized information storage and retrieval from its mid-nineteenth century beginnings in theoretical works on logic by George Boole, to the applications of Boole's logic to switching circuits by Claude Shannon in the 1930s, to the development of coordinate indexing by Mortimer Taube in the 1940s and 1950s. (Contains…
Descriptors: Coordinate Indexes, Electric Circuits, Indexing, Information Retrieval
Video PATSEARCH: A Mixed-Media System.
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Schulman, Jacque-Lynne – Information Technology and Libraries, 1982
Describes a videodisc-based information display system in which a computer terminal is used to search the online PATSEARCH database from a remote host with local microcomputer control to select and display drawings from the retrieved records. System features and system components are discussed and criteria for system evaluation are presented.…
Descriptors: Databases, Display Systems, Evaluation Criteria, Information Retrieval
From Cards to Online: The Asian Connection.
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Rogers, Gloria H. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1986
Description of the conversion of San Diego State University Library's Asian collection from catalog cards to online catalog through OCLC discusses technical problems involved in creating databases with Chinese, Japanese, and Korean vernacular characters. Ambiguities created by romanization and decision to convert the collection only in romanized…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Asian Studies, Higher Education, Information Retrieval
Database Management Principles of the UCLA Library's Orion System.
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Fayollat, James; Coles, Elizabeth – Information Technology and Libraries, 1987
Describes an integrated online library system developed at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) which incorporates a number of database management features that enhance efficiency, for record retrieval and display. Design features related to record storage and retrieval and the design of linked files are described in detail.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Database Management Systems
Optical Storage and Retrieval of Library Material.
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Folen, Doris R.; Stackpole, Laurie E. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1993
Describes the newly installed optical disk storage system at the Naval Research Laboratory's Research Library and Technical Information Center. Planning and design of the system, the conversion of 140,000 reports to optical disk, the information retrieval process, and future plans are covered. (Contains nine references.) (KRN)
Descriptors: Archives, Computer Storage Devices, Computer System Design, Flow Charts