Five abstracts journals and one indexing service in the field of library and information science were compared for the efficacy of their subject retrieval performance. (Author)

In order to compare effects of input processing on information retrieval in three databases, 25 articles from a specific journal were examined. Tables and Venn diagrams show retrieval results from different manual and computer searches. The relation between document surrogates and subject matter of the documents is discussed. (SW)

Designed to provide students of information science with an introduction to British librarian Samuel Clement Bradford's 1934 findings about the scattering of information, this reader on Bradford's Law begins by discussing its use in calculating search procedures in printed bibliographies as well as in databases. The following additional materials…

The need for and probable use of a comprehensive abstract journal in educational research is called for as indicated by educational researchers' frequent use of the journal article, as opposed to the technical report, as a source of information. (AM)

A study of the coverage of a sample of the geochemical literature by major indexing and abstracting services showed a need for greater cooperation and coordination among the services. (Author/PF)

The two abstracting and indexing services are compared in regard to difference in time lag by place of publication for papers published in periodicals. (Author/PF)

In the field of United States history, the influence of abstracting and indexing services upon the use of serial literature, because of the highly inadequate retrospective and util recently, current access they afford to it, can only be regarded as a negative use. (Author)

Discussion of text summarization in information-retrieval systems focuses on summarizing the similarities and differences in information content among documents. Highlights a tool for analyzing document collections such as multiple news stories about an event or sequence of events. Contains 58 references. (Author/LRW)

A preliminary investigation which revealed the omission of four full length articles on rheumatology from Index Medicus'' is reported upon. Further investigations are in progress and will be reported at a later date. (Author/SJ)

Describes SALOMON (Summary and Analysis of Legal texts for Managing Online Needs), a system which automatically summarizes Belgian criminal cases to improve access to court decisions. Highlights include a text grammar represented as a semantic network; automatic abstracting; knowledge acquisition and representation; parsing; evaluation, including…

This fourth annual report summarizes the investigation of (1) a "sentence dictionary" and (2) a "word government dictionary" for use in automatic abstracting and extracting systems. The theory behind the sentence dictionary and its compilation is that a separation of significant from nonsignificant sentences can be accomplished on the basis of…

Indexing and abstracting can be thought of as a way of modeling an actual document or textual item. Both are miniature versions of the actual thing. Normally, the indexing model is used to locate desired information, while the abstracting model is used as a screening medium to help the searcher decide which of the apparently correct actual items…

Rules and guidelines are provided for the preparation of abstracts and annotations for documents and journal articles entering the ERIC database. Various types of abstracts are defined, including the Informative, Indicative, and mixed Informative-Indicative. Advice is given on how to select the abstract type appropriate for the particular…

Rules and guidelines are provided for the preparation of abstracts and annotations for documents and journal articles entering the ERIC database. Various types of abstracts are defined, including the Informative, Indicative, and mixed Informative-Indicative. Advice is given on how to select the abstract type appropriate for the particular…

This report presents the recommendations of 35 workshops participants, drawn from a variety of backgrounds and information environments, which was organized to: (1) highlight the role of subject access with the emphasis on the needs of the information seeker; (2) compare techniques for subject access now being used in the library and the…